Another North Korean cryptocurrency-related hack trick spotted
North Korea, or the DPRK, is aware about the digital currency market and its state-backed hackers perform various malicious acts related to the crypto space
14 December 2017 21:00, UTC
UAE and Saudi Arabia to create transnational digital currency
One of the main features of this altcoin is going to be the fully institutional and legal payment between these two countries which have quite close economic ties
14 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Barbarian financing: woman arrested in US for sending bitcoins to ISIS
No matter who Satoshi Nakamoto actually is, there is little reason to believe he intended his creation to benefit one of the most cruel terrorist organizations in human history
14 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Indian officials are not pleased with non-taxed coin transactions
The authorities of India are neither fully anti-Bitcoin nor pro-Bitcoin, and the latest news about their sentiment points more at the regulative approach instead of full prohibition or permission
13 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Areopagus, Greece: Vinnik is going to the US
According to the American law enforcers, the Russian citizen committed multiple financial crimes by using a relatively old BTC-e crypto exchange (now renamed to WEX)
13 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Latent mining script spotted in… Starbucks
Apparently, someone decided to inject the mining script in the Wi-Fi instead of websites, the tactics everybody already got used to. And it’s not clear how to find out who was the criminal who did this
13 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Cyber crime goes offline: man robbed of his hardware Ethereum wallet containing $1.8 million
More than a million dollar sum temporarily lost after robbery involving disk with Ethereum in New York City, at least one of criminals under arrest, law enforcement thinks such crimes will only multiply
13 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Coinbase and Bitfinex down
At the moment this news is posted they both might return back online, but at the press time, around 9:45 a.m. ET, Bitfinex has had a DDoS attack and Coinbase — occasional technical difficulties
12 December 2017 21:00, UTC
No, former New Zealand PM did not advise to buy Bitcoin
Initial messages about the former Prime Minister of New Zealand telling that Bitcoin investments is a good idea are denied by both the person from this news and by the New Zealand Herald, the outlet these unidentified crooks copied
12 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Belarus is going to become more liberal on ICOs than South Korea
The democratic state where people recently persuaded the President to resign has banned ICOs recently, and the authoritarian post-Soviet state is now risking breaking some fundamental stereotypes
12 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Bitcoin Platinum is a fraud made by teenager
The supposed hard fork of Bitcoin protocol called Bitcoin Platinum actually was a scam created by a South Korean teenager who tried to play on Bitcoin’s price decrease
11 December 2017 21:00, UTC
SEC makes Munchee refund thousands of dollars back to token buyers
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission decides to close the initial coin offering of Munchee, Inc. after it becomes apparent the company does not interpret the federal law as it should
11 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Fake MyEtherWallet application becomes #3 in Finance in AppStore
The fraudsters were detected by the real MyEtherWallet employees, report to Apple already sent, the whole situation reminds: cryptocurrency mobile apps far from ideal
10 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Governments’ view on cryptocurrency economy
Bitnewstoday has prepared a review of statements and resonant claims of authorities and regulators regarding the world’s cryptocurrency economy
07 December 2017 21:00, UTC
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German Klimenko, Russian President’s high-tech adviser: crypto market is volatile due to its size
In an interview to a local TV channel, the Chairman of the Review Board of the Russian Association of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency told what he thinks about the current rise of Bitcoin
07 December 2017 21:00, UTC
SEC’s Cyber Unit to have more resources thanks to the cryptocurrency growth
CME and CBOE announce Bitcoin futures - more people buy Bitcoin ahead of trades - more scammers get to the market - SEC’s cyber unit receives more funds
07 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Drug merchants who tried to launder profits with Bitcoin caught in the Russian town of Kirov
Cryptocurrency was used in a buy-and-sell scheme – illegally received funds were changed for bitcoins, and then bitcoins were changed back to Russian rubles
07 December 2017 21:00, UTC
While sounding like a gimmick, this blockchain-based diamond supply can help fight crime
De Beers wants to establish diamond supply lines based on the blockchain which, if proven viable, could greatly help law enforcement
06 December 2017 21:00, UTC
NiceHash hacked, $60 million stolen, news amidst new BTC all-time high
NiceHash is a cryptocurrency marketplace and mining pool. It posted an official message confirming reports on its hack and promising to do everything in their power to get the money back
06 December 2017 21:00, UTC
South Korea to outlaw Bitcoin futures
Previously, the authorities of this country banned initial coin offerings which some called an absolutely shortsighted decision
06 December 2017 21:00, UTC