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Mexican cartel's crypto farm seized in mountain raid
By Mark Tyson Published
There is increasing evidence that Mexican drug cartels are diversifying into cryptocurrency mining and are using crypto platforms to launder their ill-gotten gains.

Minecraft-spawned crypto kingpin faces 20 years for $245 million heist
By Mark Tyson Published
The ringleader of a cybercrime gang, which reportedly formed after meetups in Minecraft online, has plead guilty to a racketeering charge and now faces up to 20 years in jail.

Hackers drain $320 million in Bitcoin from Liquid Network, emptying roughly 95% of federation wallet
By Etiido Uko Published
Hackers claiming to be white hats drained about $320 million in Bitcoin from Liquid Network’s federation wallet, promising to return the funds after the platform fixes the underlying bug

Crypto bro faces 280 years in prison for defrauding investors with promises of an 'AI supercomputer' for mining
By Jowi Morales Published
He told investors that he’s using an AI supercomputer to generate returns of up to 15% to 30% annually.

Digital entrepreneur creates humorous 'physical NFT minting device' using a Raspberry Pi in quest for 'infinite money machine'
By Mark Tyson Published
An enterprising young man aims to catch up with the collective wealth of Elon Musk, and his first money spinner is a portable NFT minting gadget.

New AI-compute cryptocurrency Pearl sparks a GPU mining rush but profitability is already sliding
By Luke James Published
A new cryptocurrency called Pearl has set off a short-lived GPU mining rush.

Korean funeral services company loses $33 million in secret crypto bet against Ethereum
By Hassam Nasir Published
It wasn't even the only company siphoning customer funds.

Physical attacks against crypto holders, including kidnap and assault, up 75% in 2025
By Jowi Morales Published
Cryptocurrency's public blockchain feature is turning out to be one of its key weaknesses when it comes to physical protection.
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