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The Silk Road was shut down years ago and the main man behind the site is serving 2 life sentences behind bars, but, some of the money linked to his operation is moving – according to blockchain analysis. Blockchain trackers Elliptic and Ciphertrace have recently reported that about 69,370 bitcoin was moved from a wallet…
A South Korean court ruled on the 25th of September that the CoinOne cryptocurrency exchange must reimburse 25 million won ($20,800) to an investor after his wallet was hacked, and a large amount of cryptocurrency was stolen. The hacker used the investor’s personal login and password to steal 45 million won, while a daily withdrawal…
Bitcoin’s price has dropped rapidly from $9,800 to $8,150 in less than a day, for the first time in months. “According to data from Coin360, Bitcoin investors are experiencing a painful Tuesday, with BTC/USD hovering close to $8,100. Bitcoin’s rapid drop below $9,800 was the latest move in what was otherwise a slow grind downwards,…
Over $240 million in proceeds from the alleged crypto scheme PlusToken have reportedly moved through four Bitcoin (BTC) transactions. Whale Alert, a Twitter account, that is definitely worth a follow, dedicated to reporting large cryptocurrency transactions, posted on the 17th of August that four transactions adding up to 22,923 BTC were likely the transactions of…
Bitpoint, a licensed cryptocurrency exchange based in Japan, has been hacked for $32 million in cryptocurrency. According to a CoinDesk Japan report on Friday, Bitpoint stopped all withdrawal, deposit and trading services on Friday morning until further notice, after it noticed irregular withdrawal from its hot wallet on Thursday. It is not yet clear at…
A town in Florida, which was recently targeted in a ransomware attack, has decided to pay the $600,000 ransom. Municipal computers for Riviera Beach, a suburb of Palm Beach, were rendered unusable by the ransomware attack. The virus disabled email, hit emergency response systems and forced staff to use paper based admin systems. The local…
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