In the quiet hum of a San Francisco morning, a routine knock at the door quickly turned into a nightmare of coercion and irreversible loss, as a man posing as a harmless delivery driver gained entry to a home in the Mission Dolores neighborhood through the simple ploy of requesting a signature to receive a […]
Crypto Founder Defends FBI Involvement After Developer Accidentally Causes Blockchain Split
On Friday, Cardano’s mainnet experienced a significant chain split after a single malformed delegation transaction exploited a vulnerability in the network’s node software. The issue stemmed from a deserialization bug that had been present since 2022, allowing the transaction to pass validation on newer nodes while being rejected by older ones. This created two incompatible […]
Homeland Security Is Reportedly Probing Bitcoin Mining Giant Bitmain for National Security Reasons
According to a new report from Bloomberg, federal authorities have quietly been digging into Bitmain, the Beijing-based bitcoin mining hardware manufacturing giant, over fears that its devices could serve as a backdoor for Chinese espionage or even deliberate blackouts on the U.S. electrical grid. The Department of Homeland Security is said to have been running […]
Bitcoin Developers’ Pardon Request Creates Awkward Situation for Trump
The two developers behind the privacy-focused Bitcoin app Samourai Wallet have now been sentenced to multiple years behind bars. Keonne Rodriguez was sentenced a couple of weeks ago, while William Lonergan Hill was sentenced on Wednesday. These prison sentences have been heavily criticized by Bitcoin users and financial privacy advocates, as Samourai Wallet was non-custodial […]
Bitcoin Price Briefly Falls Below $100,000, a 20% Decline Since October’s High
The price of bitcoin briefly fell below $100,000 on Tuesday, a shocking plunge from the cryptocurrency’s all-time-high of over $126,000 on Oct. 6. The world’s best known crypto hasn’t been priced below $100,000 since May. Bitcoin dipped to $99,966, according to CNBC, before recovering above the $100,000 mark. Bitcoin is down 7% on the day […]
Bitcoin Price Plunges as Crypto Traders Get Nervous About Future
Bitcoin plunged over 4% on Thursday, falling as low as $106,290, as crypto traders reacted to signals from both the Federal Reserve and President Donald Trump. In short, crypto world seems nervous about the future. Bitcoin hit a record high of $125,245 on Oct. 5, prompting many crypto optimists to make wild predictions that it […]
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Ethereum Foundation Researcher’s Pivot Highlights Growing Cultural Divide in Crypto
On Friday, Ethereum Foundation Researcher Dankrad Feist announced he will be joining the stablecoin-focused blockchain startup Tempo, which was incubated via a partnership between fintech giant Stripe and crypto investment firm Paradigm. In response, some of the crypto purists on social media, most notably and understandably those who build on Ethereum, shared their disappointment, while […]
If You Can Read This, You’re About to Get Scammed
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Feds Scrutinizing Potential Insider Trading in Major Crypto Deals
Federal regulators are scrutinizing a growing number of companies that have embraced so-called crypto-treasury strategies this year, after unusual trading patterns in their shares caught their attention. The corporate trend has exploded in recent months, with hundreds of companies investing in crypto this year. Crypto-treasury strategies, popularized by Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), involve raising funds through […]