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xToken DeFi protocol loses $7M in yet another exploit

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Steve Kaaru

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30 August, 2021

xToken DeFi protocol loses $7M in yet another exploit

xToken had been exploited in May and the attackers made off with $25 million—this time, it’s $7 million in an...

Coinbase ignores pleas of hacked customers, but the law offers a solution

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Jordan Atkins

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27 August, 2021

Coinbase ignores pleas of hacked customers, but the law offers a solution

CNBC recently conducted interviews with Coinbase customers all over the U.S., reviewing thousands of complaints which they say “reveal a...

Japan’s Liquid Exchange hacked, nearly $80M on in digital assets missing

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Steve Kaaru

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19 August, 2021

Japan’s Liquid Exchange hacked, nearly $80M on in digital assets missing

Liquid Exchange confirmed that the attackers had targeted its hot wallets and made away with 100+ BTC, 9 million XRP...

Poly Network attack: Here’s what happened to biggest DeFi hack in history

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Gavin Lucas

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11 August, 2021

Poly Network attack: Here’s what happened to biggest DeFi hack in history

The Poly Network allows users to swap tokens across multiple blockchains, including Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, Polygon, and others. Poly...

Nano developers petition court for $701K damages over ‘baseless’ class action

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Ed Drake

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5 August, 2021

Nano developers petition court for $701K damages over ‘baseless’ class action

The claim brought by token purchaser Alec Otto and the class action around it was filed too late, and was...

Brazil’s ‘Bitcoin King’ arrested over alleged $300M embezzlement

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Steve Kaaru

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8 July, 2021

Brazil’s ‘Bitcoin King’ arrested over alleged $300M embezzlement

Claudio Oliveira was the president of the Bitcoin Banco Group, a Brazilian digital currency brokerage company that reportedly lost over...

Cryptopia ex-employee admits to stealing $170K from old BTC addresses

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Steve Kaaru

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7 July, 2021

Cryptopia ex-employee admits to stealing $170K from old BTC addresses

The employee, whose name was withheld by the court, worked for Cryptopia before Cryptopia digital currency exchange fell victim to...

Mt. Gox trustee invites creditors to vote on rehabilitation plan

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Ed Drake

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5 June, 2021

Mt. Gox trustee invites creditors to vote on rehabilitation plan

In a “Notice of Release of Online Voting Function,” the court-appointed trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi has invited creditors to consider and...

Digital currency-related crime reports in Singapore shoot up 2,500% since 2018

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Steve Kaaru

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2 June, 2021

Digital currency-related crime reports in Singapore shoot up 2,500% since 2018

Singapore police noted that 393 reports of digital currency-related crime were filed in 2020, three times higher compared to 2019.

Turkish exchange BtcTurk admits to 2018 data breach affecting over 500K users

Business

Steve Kaaru

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21 May, 2021

Turkish exchange BtcTurk admits to 2018 data breach affecting over 500K users

BtcTurk had initially denied the hack, but after hackers started posting some of the data they accessed, the exchange was...

Dr. Craig Wright Stolen Bitcoin: Here’s what went down

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Jordan Atkins

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14 May, 2021

Dr. Craig Wright Stolen Bitcoin: Here’s what went down

With the defendants in Dr. Craig Wright’s Stolen Coin case being served this week, more details about the lawsuit have...

Craig Wright granted permission to serve Bitcoin developers in landmark suit

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Jordan Atkins

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12 May, 2021

Craig Wright granted permission to serve Bitcoin developers in landmark suit

Dr. Craig Wright, through Tulip Trading Limited, has been granted permission to serve 11 Bitcoin developers out of jurisdiction in...

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