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Coincheck hit by 'biggest crypto hack ever', now authorities demand answers
Hacked cryptocurrency exchange pledges that most victims of $500m cyberattack will be repaid but regulatory officials not convinced.
Shocking crypto robbery hits UK as trader 'forced to transfer bitcoin at gunpoint'
Raiders break into Oxfordshire home of digital currency trader and force bitcoin transaction in first cryptocurrency robbery in UK.
Former Lloyds FX head joins Cobalt blockchain post-trade platform
Ex Lloyds forex chief Darren Coote has also invested in Cobalt.
Bitcoin giant BTCC bought by Hong Kong investment fund, plans to focus on international market
BTCC has been acquired by an unnamed Hong Kong-based blockchain investment fund
Will blockchain make social media fairer?
Blockchain takes away the power from social media giants by giving the ownership of data back to users.
Coincheck hack: Massive cryptocurrency heist sees hackers steal over $500m as exchange halts trading
Hackers stole over $500m from Coincheck, a major Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange, in the biggest cryptocurrency heist to date.
US Treasury official urges global crypto crackdown as bitcoin faces 'seismic' shift
A senior US Treasury official has urged banks and financial regulators to do more to tighten oversight of trading in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
Blockstack focuses on building decentralised web amid crypto-token mania
Blockstack's Muneeb Ali refers to Google's motto – 'Don't be evil', and says shouldn't it be, 'can't be evil'?
Hackers hit over 15 million users with new XMRig Monero cryptocurrency mining campaign
Around 15 to 30 million people have likely been affected by the new Monero mining campaign, which was launched just four months ago.
Chinese fentanyl gangs get rich off Bitcoin from US drug buyers they meet on the dark net
Congressional investigators said on Wednesday that illicit fentanyl manufacturers were finding it too easy to send drugs to US citizens they connect with on the internet.
UK bitcoin crackdown: Regulation being 'very seriously' looked at says Theresa May
Prime minister Theresa May said that cryptocurrency regulation in the UK is being "very seriously" looked at by authorities.
Playing the game: Investment opportunities via cryptocurrencies are real
Egor Gurjev, CEO at Playkey looks at how cryptocurrency will truly empower gamers by monetising that network.
Bitcoin heist: Armed men attempt to hold up business for crypto-currency
Three men in Canada have held up a financial institution in Ottawa for Bitcoin. A 19-year-old has been arrested and police are still hunting for the remaining two suspects.
Over 600 blacklisted Bitcoin apps found in popular app stores may allow hackers to steal from users
Security experts analysed over 18,000 apps across 20 app stores to find that 661 blacklisted Bitcoin apps were still available to users.
50 Cent is a bitcoin millionaire after 'forgetting about cryptocurrency from 2014'
The rapper 50 Cent has reportedly become a bitcoin millionaire after discovering that an account used to accept cryptocurrency for a 2014 album now holds a fortune.
Unintended consequences: How decentralisation can help cybersecurity reinvent itself
Steve Bassi of Polyswarm explains how the network can quickly build micro-engines to tackle emerging threats, and be rewarded in cryptocurrency.
Europe to see bitcoin boost as global exchange BitFlyer given EU green light
One of world's largest bitcoin exchanges by volume gets go-ahead to operate in Europe, Tokyo-based business says.
South Korea's crypto-crackdown begins: Anonymous trading has just been banned
Seoul plan requires local banks to launch real-name system for cryptocurrency to make all transactions traceable in bid to block money laundering.
Blockchain 2.0: Exchanging value in the physical and digital world, continuously and simultaneously
The Spherity team consider liquid supply medium exchange: continuous transactions, token streaming and digital twins.
Status supports Matrix: ICO gains used to back non-blockchain decentralisation technology
Status, which last year tokenised to the tune of about $100m, has sunk $5m into non-blockchain decentralisation technology Matrix.
Blockchain identity system ShoCard meets GDPR standards
ShoCard removes the need for authentication data to be stored on an organisation's databases.
John McAfee says 'don't panic' as Indian banks probe top cryptocurrency exchanges
Technology pioneer John McAfee is urging spooked bitcoin investors not to panic after it emerged that major banks in India were investigating the country's top exchanges.
Is bitcoin doomed? Price may soon crash to $1,000, Wall Street veteran warns
Despite a rapid rise in value over the past year, the price of bitcoin could fall to $1,000 per coin in the next 12 months, a major Wall Street investment chief has warned.
BTL's blockchain energy trading project adds Gazprom, Total, Eni and more
Mercuria, Vattenfall, Petroineos and Freepoint are also joining phase two of BTL's 'OneOffice' trading project.
ING, Societe Generale and ABN Amro do first blockchain agricultural commodity trade
The enhanced Easy Trading Connect (ETC) blockchain prototype was coordinated by seller Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC); the buyer was Shandong Bohi Industry in China.
Cryptocurrency scandal: South Korean regulators probe claims of insider trading
As speculation about South Korea's stance on crypto shifts markets, it has emerged that at least one government official in the region is under investigation for insider trading.
Poloniex: Users of crypto-exchange fume over account issues: 'Can't access my money!'
Users of US cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex claim to be facing lengthy delays in verification, delayed customer service responses and account balance display errors.
From CryptoPunks to Decentraland: The work of art in the age of blockchain revolution
The Rare Digital Art Festival, which took place in New York City last week, was packed to the rafters.
The bitcoin resurgence? Cryptocurrency bouncing back after 48 hours of 'carnage'
Popular digital currency appears to rise in value after chaotic start to 2018 and particularly rough 48 hours.
Ethereum-based Digix and Republic Protocol doing dark pool crypto to gold trading
Republic Protocol is building a decentralized open-source dark pool protocol for the trading of cryptocurrency pairs across the Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains.