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Bitcoin Mt. Gox creditors will soon benefit from $9 billion payback
By Christopher Harper published
Mt. Gox begins paying back users, ten years after it began collapsing in February 2014.
Bitcoin wallet with 20-character password cracked open by researchers
By Dallin Grimm published
Two hackers helped a netizen in need who had lost his Bitcoin wallet password back in 2013. The 10-year wait was thankfully worth his while.
Brothers charged with stealing $25 million in Ethereum in 12 seconds — Cryptocurrency heist exploited transaction validation process
By Jeff Butts published
The pair allegedly used their education in mathematics and computer science to exploit a weakness in the Ethereum blockchain.
Translucent orange Web3 gaming handheld mines and stores tokens while you game, will cost $500
By Christopher Harper published
A dubiously-priced "Web3 gaming" handheld with play-to-earn mechanics appears on the market, using cheap hardware akin to machines less than a fifth of its asking price.
Despite Ban, China-based cryptocurrency investors made $1B in gains during 2023
By Roshan Ashraf Shaikh published
Will this encourage GPU-based mining farms to flourish?
Just 137 crypto miners use up to 2.3% of total U.S. power
By Aaron Klotz published
The U.S government wants to crack down on the ballooning energy consumption of Bitcoin miners.
German police recover more than $2 billion in BTC in ongoing piracy investigation
By Mark Tyson published
Police in Germany have confiscated over $2 billion worth of Bitcoins (BTC) during investigations into suspected operators of the movie2k.to pirate movie streaming site.
$1.2 million mysteriously deposited in missing Bitcoin founder Satoshi's abandoned wallet
By Mark Tyson published
A mysterious deposit of 26.9 BTC, worth approximately $1.2 million by current valuations, has been added to the abandoned Genesis wallet.
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