The scales of cryptocurrency’s existential crisis regarding traditional finance and decentralized finance were always going to be tipped by crime. They’ve gotten a nearly $7...
Binance said Tuesday (Nov. 3) that last week’s $6.34 billion hack of its cryptocurrency exchange resulted from a sophisticated, multi-stage campaign that began in June....
Mercado Bitcoin is the latest digital asset company to suffer a hack, Bloomberg reported Monday (Nov. 2). The Brazilian cryptocurrency broker will absorb a $40...
Bitcoin payments tool BTCPay Server reportedly urged users Sunday (Nov. 1) to shut off their servers following word of an attack. That’s according to a report Monday (Nov. 2)...
Binance’s pledge to absorb an estimated $6.3 billion theft leaves the exchange responsible for replacing customers’ assets while investigators pursue a recovery whose timing and...
A flaw in bitcoin software wallet Electrum reportedly allowed cybercriminals to dupe users into signing over payments. As CoinDesk reported Monday (Oct. 26), Electrum revealed this vulnerability over the...
Bitcoin holders borrowing to finance leveraged trading retain their original investment and take on another source of exposure. Their coins continue to fluctuate, the financed...
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is moving to establish a federal regulatory framework for cryptocurrency exchanges after Congress failed to enact legislation that would have...
Citigroup has reportedly hiked its 12-month forecasts for bitcoin and ether as cryptocurrency activity picks up. The brokerage raised its target for bitcoin from $82,000...