Stolen Poloniex Ether worth $53M never made it back to the exchange

Bitcoin (BTC) price could face fresh volatility if Craig Wright's giant $2 billion tax bill comes from dumping 200,000 coins on the market.Wright, who faced the law after allegations he stole $10 billion from former business partner Dave Kleiman, must now pay his widow Ira half of that sum, or 500,000 BTC.The payout, ordered by Magistrate…

"The offers and sales that the SEC challenges did not occur in this country and are not subject to the law that the SEC has invoked in this case," said the legal team. 1544 Total views 7 Total shares The lawsuit between Ripple Labs and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, now involves…

This week Bitcoin (BTC) and select altcoins broke above their immediate resistance levels and moved higher, which propelled the total crypto market capitalization above $2 trillion on March 24.One of the triggers that could have driven crypto prices higher was BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s letter to shareholders where he said that the Russia-Ukraine conflict has…

Grill.chat, a chat app based on the Subsocial network, has now implemented Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) wallet compatibility, allowing users to chat using their Ethereum identities and send crypto to each other via Polygon, according to a June 7 announcement.Subsocial is a Polkadot parachain designed for social media applications. Grill.chat allows users to participate in over…

The sanction of cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash in August caused the first major shift, but that is now accelerating even faster than projected. 283 Total views 8 Total shares Cybercriminals have accelerated their shift away from crypto mixers for cross-chain bridges over the past year, according to blockchain forensics firm Elliptic.In June and July, nearly

CryptoPunks v1 is no longer deemed authentic but its creators allegedly sold 210 ETH worth when the wrapped versions gained traction. 489 Total views 6 Total shares During its initial release, 10,000 CryptoPunks were sold and made it to the secondary market before users discovered a critical smart contract exploit that made it possible for…

“A vote for Biden is a vote against the American cryptocurrency industry,” said Charles Hoskinson in a video that lashed the White House for its ongoing treatment of crypto in the United States.

In early September of this year, the market capitalization of Bitcoin (BTC) was hovering at around $190 billion when the BTC price was hovering around $10,000.In the past two months, however, the price of Bitcoin rose from to over $15,000. With it, the market cap of Bitcoin surged from $190 billion to around $280 billion.…

Telecoms giant NTT Corporation’s Thai subsidiary plans to launch a major innovation lab focused on blockchain, artificial intelligence and internet of things technology. Thai English-language newspaper the Bangkok Post reported on the development on April 23.NTT Communications (NTT Com) Thailand is the local operating unit of NTT Com Group, a subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and…