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Man who lost half-billion dollar Bitcoin HDD sues local authority for $500 million for not letting him dig through landfill
By Mark Tyson published
A Welsh man whose partner accidentally threw out an HDD containing 8,000 Bitcoins has become increasingly desperate to recoup the lost treasure. Now, he is suing the council.
Twelve people sentenced for cryptocurrency heists and laundering
By Roshan Ashraf Shaikh published
A group of twelve criminals have been awarded multi-year prison sentences and restitution for committing violent crimes, including abduction and cryptocurrency theft via SIM swap.
FBI warns crypto industry as North Korea ramps up raiding campaigns
By Mark Tyson published
DPRK is increasing its crypto heist activity's persistence, scale, and sophistication.
Cryptominers made $100,000 from mining at an Airbnb for three weeks
By Jeff Butts published
After guests' electricity use cost her thousands of dollars, an Airbnb host was forced to implement what she considers bizarre new rules for her guests.
Cryptominer with palm-sized $179 ASIC hits the jackpot with $206,000 in Bitcoins
By Jowi Morales published
An individual miner successfully mined a complete block using a small, open-source Bitaxe miner with ~500Gh/s hash rate, winning approximately $206,000.
Mt. Gox customers benefit from 3500 percent increase in value, recoup losses despite only 15 percent of coins being returned
By Jowi Morales published
Although only 15% of cryptocurrency has been recovered, the massive increase in bitcoin prices means customers are getting much more than they lost in 2014.
Missing CryptoQueen bounty hiked to $5 million
By Mark Tyson published
Ruja Ignatova disappeared in 2017 and is now on the FBI's ten most-wanted list.
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.
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