The Mt.Gox debacle, originating from the devastating 800,000 Bitcoin hack in 2014, continues, with recent court documents showing that creditors may finally get the money and Bitcoin they deserve. Civil Rehabilitation Process Finally Begins Mt.Gox is undoubtedly the cryptocurrency exchange with the most amount of notoriety, suffering the first notable Bitcoin hack, losing over 800,000 […]
This week, leading South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb experienced a major hack, while Mt Gox, the most notorious exchange to be hacked in bitcoin history, is also back in the news. In Switzerland, the Bank of International Settlements is spreading some misinformation about digital currencies and blockchains; meanwhile, attorney Pamela Morgan is in the U.S. […]
Entrepreneurs and developers behind four different blockchain startups can add their names to the list of Thiel Fellowship awardees.
Bitcoin fell to within touching distance of the $6,000 mark on Friday, a figure not seen since February, following improvement orders from Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) to six of the country’s crypto exchanges. Bitcoin Continues to Fall The number one digital currency is seeing its value being chipped away as the integrity of the […]
The Bank of England remains bearish on bitcoin, but the central bank has announced plans to overhaul its settlement system to allow private payment systems, including those based on blockchains and other types of distributed ledgers, to interface with the platform. Bank of England Governor Mark Carney announced the plans in a speech delivered on […]
For the second time in EOS’ infancy, transactions are being censored. For some, it’s a way to stop scammers. For others, it’s centralized overreach.
A top official in the US Secret Service has asked Congress to take action against privacy-centric cryptocurrencies like zcash and monero, which include features designed to help users make anonymous transactions. In prepared testimony given on Wednesday before the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Terrorism and Illicit Finance, Robert Novy — […]
The price of bitcoin slid below $6,000 on Friday, hitting a new low for 2018.
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that one should never expose their private keys to another individual or an untrusted piece of software. However, one EOS backer is putting that worldview to the test. On Friday, anonymous Steemit user “eosinsider” levied a challenge to the nascent cryptocurrency’s critics: here’s my private key — steal my funds. […]
The price of bitcoin fell to within $100 of its 2018 low Friday morning as last weeks rally proved to be short-lived.