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Today in Crypto: Former Celsius Execs Withdrew $17M Before Company Filed Chapter 11; Citi Ventures Invests in Digital Asset Management Startup xalts
Today in Crypto: Former Celsius Execs Withdrew $17M Before Company Filed Chapter 11; Citi Ventures...
October 06, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Two Celsius officials withdrew $42 million in cryptocurrency before the company froze withdrawals and filed for bankruptcy, Coindesk wrote. Former CEO Alex Mashinsky and CSO...

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The Case for Crypto Proof of Work: Bitcoin Is Dirtier but Safer
The Case for Crypto Proof of Work: Bitcoin Is Dirtier but Safer
August 29, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The blockchain industry has voted with its feet, and Bitcoin-style mining for cryptocurrency has largely been relegated to the scrap heap of history, at least...

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Chinese Bitcoin Mining Firm Canaan Creative To List On Nasdaq
Chinese Bitcoin Mining Firm Canaan Creative To List On Nasdaq
October 29, 2019  |  IPO

A bitcoin mining company in China is looking to raise capital in the neighborhood of $400 million and is aiming to file on the Nasdaq...

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Bitcoin Daily: NJ Assembles Blockchain Initiative Task Force; IBM Eyes Blockchain Browser
Bitcoin Daily: NJ Assembles Blockchain Initiative Task Force; IBM Eyes Blockchain Browser
August 11, 2019  |  Bitcoin

New Jersey’s governor has signed a bill to implement a Blockchain Initiative Task Force. Bill S2297 explained that the task force will study potential uses...

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Bitcoin Daily: QuickBit Confirms Data Breach Impacting 300K Users; Iran Says Crypto Mining Is Legit
Bitcoin Daily: QuickBit Confirms Data Breach Impacting 300K Users; Iran Says Crypto Mining Is Legit
July 23, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Swedish cryptocurrency exchange QuickBit revealed to investors that it accidentally leaked 300,000 customer records via an unprotected MongoDB database. “QuickBit has recently adopted a third-party...

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Bitcoin Gets Second (Or Third, Or Fourth) Wind
Bitcoin Gets Second (Or Third, Or Fourth) Wind
May 14, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

Fundamentals? Or merely a blip? A 60 percent surge in a month – for anything, really, be it stock or bond or digital currency –...

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Hackers Use Crypto Mining Software To Attack Cos
Hackers Use Crypto Mining Software To Attack Cos
December 03, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Hackers might have another way to steal data from corporations: cryptomining software. Troy Kent, a threat researcher at Awake Security, presented his findings at the...

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Cryptojacking New Bastion Of Growth For Hackers
Cryptojacking New Bastion Of Growth For Hackers
March 22, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

With the ransomware market becoming saturated and overpriced, hackers are setting their sights on so-called cryptojacking, which is giving them a new revenue stream. That’s...

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Bitcoin’s Missing 23 Percent Problem
Bitcoin’s Missing 23 Percent Problem
November 27, 2017  |  Bitcoin

Its expected that 21 million Bitcoins will have been mined by 2040, but the amount available to spend and trade will be a lot lower,...

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