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$1.7B Stolen in 2018 – Cryptocurrency Theft Skyrockets as Prices Dropped

By NixCoin January 31, 2019

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According to the Q4 Cryptocurrency Anti-Money Laundering report by CipherTrace blockchain intelligence agency, criminals stole a massive $1.7 billion of …

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Kraken CEO Warns: Don’t Keep More Coins Than Needed on Exchanges

By NixCoin January 16, 2019

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Binance and Kraken CEOs weighed in on industry best practices for storing cryptocurrency in the wake of Cryptopia getting hacked. …

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‘How to Use Bitcoin Anonymously’ Article Gets Banned on Medium

By NixCoin January 4, 2019

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Publishing platform, Medium, has allegedly jumped on the censorship “ban-wagon”, after suspending an account which posted a Bitcoin anonymity guide. Whilst Medium …

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Bitcoin 51% Attack is Unrealistic, New Study Concludes

By NixCoin November 26, 2018

A Bitcoin 51% attack would be futile for attackers as it would require “significant expenditure” and “little financial returns,” according to …

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Russian Intelligence Officers Mined Bitcoin To Fund Attacks Against U.S. Democracy

By NixCoin October 15, 2018

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) indicted 12 Russian intelligence officers for conspiring to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential elections. …

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Bithumb Hack Update: Cryptocurrency Exchange Recovers 45% of Stolen Coins

By NixCoin October 15, 2018

Bithumb has managed to recover roughly 45 percent of the cryptocurrencies stolen during the June 20 hack. The platform announced …

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Factors That Will Push Bitcoin’s Price Higher Are Gathering Steam

By NixCoin October 15, 2018

The hacking of exchanges and relentless attacks from financial powers have, in the short run, adversely affected the price of …

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The Cryptocurrency Market Needs a Solution to the Hacking Menace

By NixCoin October 15, 2018

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The Coinrail hack of June 10, 2018, led to the theft of more than $40 million in cryptocurrency. Although not …

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Negotiating Bitcoin Ransomware With Cyber-Criminals as a Service

By NixCoin October 15, 2018

Despite oft-repeated advice to never pay in response to a ransomware attack, the reality is that this is not always a possibility. …

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‘Very Scary’: Bitcoin Core Developers Confirm Duplicate Transaction Bug Fix

By NixCoin October 15, 2018

Bitcoin developers released a new version of the Bitcoin Core client September 18 after fixing a “very scary” bug which …

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