Hackers exploit booming crypto market, laundering hits $1.3 billion in 2024
Crypto laundering from hacking activities skyrocketed in 2024, with $1.3 billion funneled through illicit methods. On Jan. 13, blockchain security...
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Vitalik Buterin helps Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm with $170k New Year donation
Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum’s co-founder, has donated 50 ETH (approximately $170,000) to support the legal defense of Roman Storm, a Tornado...
420,000 BTC Remain Unaccounted For as Whales Use Privacy Transactions to Accumulate Bitcoin
Privacy transactions on the Bitcoin network have skyrocketed over the past two years. Whales actively use methods like CoinJoin to...
Binance Drops a Surprise: Four New Futures Coins Listed at Once (AIXBT, FARTCOIN, KMNO, and CGPT)
Key Takeaways: Binance’ve listed four new perpetual futures contracts all at once: AIXBT, FARTCOIN, KMNO, and CGPT. AI tokens, meme...
Ilya Lichtenstein Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Role in Bitfinex Hack
Ilya Lichtenstein, a 35-year-old programmer, was sentenced to five years in prison for his part in laundering Bitcoin stolen from...
The Fight for Bitcoin Privacy Has Truly Begun
This article is featured in Bitcoin Magazine's "The Privacy Issue". Subscribe to receive your copy.First they ignore you, then they...
How Financial Surveillance Threatens Our Democracies: Part 1
When they descended into coal mines, miners would take a caged canary with them. The toxic gasses, notably carbon monoxide,...
LEAKED: Biden Admin to Attend Bitcoin Roundtable With Key Congressional Officials in DC
U.S. Congressman Ro Khanna, representing California's 17th congressional district, is set to host a Bitcoin and blockchain roundtable in Washington...
European law authorities raise concerns over privacy coins, Layer-2 networks and crypto mixers
The EU Innovation Hub for Internal Security has released its first comprehensive report on encryption, focusing significantly on crypto-related issues....
Norwegian authorities help Sky Mavis recover $5.7M from Ronin bridge heist
Sky Mavis, the developer behind Axie Infinity, successfully recovered approximately $5.7 million from the Ronin Bridge exploit with the Norwegian...
