Cracking the code: How researchers recovered millions from a decade-old, password-protected crypto wallet
A lost password proved to be a blessing in disguise
Cryptocurrency articles
Two MIT alumni brothers accused of $25 million crypto fraud in record time
Both are facing decades in prison if convicted
Sam Altman envisions a future where universal basic income is a "slice of GPT"
Altman fears the AI he created will lead to mass job losses
FTX customers could get back all the money they lost in the scam
The actual investors, however, may not be the real beneficiaries
Visa: Not all stablecoin transactions are "real"
Visa challenges the legitimacy of stablecoins as a payment technology
Economic desperation drives 500,000 Argentinians to Sam Altman's Worldcoin crypto project
Would you trade your biometric data for $50 of crypto?
Google sues alleged crypto scammers who uploaded fraudulent apps to the Play Store
An unprecedent move by Google
Sam Bankman-Fried has been sentenced to 25 years in prison
Not as bad as the 110 years he could have received
Crypto miners are buying up all the AMD Ryzen CPUs
The Ryzen 9 7950X is particularly sought after because of its support for AVX512 instruction sets
Sam Altman's iris-scanning Worldcoin crypto project has been banned in Spain over privacy concerns
Would you hand over your iris scans for free crypto?
Bitcoin surpasses $69K to hit new record, eclipsing 2021 peak and overcoming 2022 crypto winter
The Bitcoin rollercoaster hits a new peak
SBF lawyers plead for 5-7 year sentence calling possibility of 100 years "grotesque"
WTF?! Sam Bankman-Fried was living the high life in a private villa in the Bahamas, sipping on piña coladas, and rubbing elbows with celebrities and other billionaires. But his lawyers say poor old Sam was miserable that whole time. The courts should take pity because he has a "condition" that no regular person has heard of that makes him incapable of enjoying anything. No. Really. You can't make this up. Read on.
Bitcoin surpasses $51,000, reaching $1 trillion market cap for first time since 2021
*Looks nervously at graphics card prices*
There's a possibility FTX customers get repaid in full after all
The soaring price of Bitcoin has fattened FTX's bottom line considerably
Cryptomining accounts for up to 2.3% of US electricity consumption
It's like adding a second Utah to the grid
Bitcoin passes $45,000 for the first time in 21 months, predicted to reach record high this year
Two factors could push BTC even higher
"Crypto King" Sam Bankman-Fried convicted of $8 billion FTX fraud, faces up to 110 years in prison
SBF is believed to have been worth over $15 billion at the peak of FTX's popularity
Bitcoin surges to 18-month high, but GPU mining remains dead
Crypto winter may soon end, possible ETF approaches
Security firm claims it can unlock IronKey USB drive holding 7,000 Bitcoin hostage, but owner politely declines
Another team is already working on the issue
Ferrari now accepts crypto as a form of payment
Ferrari is testing the cryptocurrency waters
Sam Bankman-Fried's crimes didn't stop at defrauding investors, he tried to scam an entire government
SBF tried to unfreeze a billion in Chinese crypto using the stolen identities of Thai prostitutes
FTX employees discovered customer wallet backdoor, but bosses ignored their warnings
FTX Director of Engineering Nishad Singh could have avoided charges if he'd listened to subordinates
Another FTX executive signs plea deal, agrees to property forfeiture and fines up to $1.56 billion
Prosecutors also expect him to testify against Sam Bankman-Fried