Mark Karpelès submitted a pull request to Bitcoin Core that would redirect coins that have remained untouched since 2011 to a recovery address controlled by the MtGox trustee, reigniting the oldest ...

Binance floated a similar idea in 2019 after losing 7,000 BTC worth about $40 million in a hack. CEO Changpeng Zhao suggested a coordinated reorg with mining pools to erase the theft, but he quickly ...

After leaking the entire database of Chivo users in early April, the hacker group CiberInteligenciaSV started releasing the wallet’s code. The saga of El Salvador’s state-operated Bitcoin (BTC) wallet ...

One of bitcoin’s core developers, Luke Dashjr, has lost “basically all” his BTC holdings, he said in a series of tweets on New Year’s Day. Although the total amount of cryptocurrency is unknown, in ...

Former Mt. Gox CEO proposes a hard fork to unlock 79,956 Bitcoin. The plan sparks debate over protocol rules and creditor repayment.

A new cyber dispute has erupted between China and the United States over a huge stash of stolen cryptocurrency. China’s National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center (CVERC) has accused the U.S.

Alabama resident Eric Council Jr. was sentenced to 14 months in prison for his role in the January 2024 hack of the Securities and Exchange Commission's X account. Hackers used the SEC's account to ...

The price of Bitcoin bounced back to make new all-time highs on Tuesday after briefly dipping below $8,000 following a massive security breach at a rival cryptocurrency. On Tuesday, Tether reported ...

A judge on Friday sentenced an Alabama man to 14 months in prison for his role in the January 2024 hack of the Securities and Exchange Commission's X account, which was used to send out a tweet that ...