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Crocodile Lichtenstein sentenced to five years

15 Nov 2024 1 minute read 1 comment Yugocean

Crocodile sentenced      Bitfinex hacker Ilya Lichtenstein has been sentenced to five years in prison by the District of Columbia Court. Lichtenstein was originally supposed to be sentenced to 25 years, but the DoJ had recommended prosecutors reduce...

Top 5 Exchange-Based Coins And Tokens by Market Cap

7 Jul 2024 3 minute read 6 comments Cryptonator`s

The cryptocurrency landscape constantly evolves, with exchange-based coins and tokens playing a central role. Those tokens can be from Centralized Exchanges as well as from Decentralized Exchanges. Typically these kinds of tokens are issued by crypto...

German Police Seized Bitcoins Worth Over $2.17 Billion

31 Jan 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Coins Reporter

Hacks aren't the only way for which criminals are loving Bitcoin. Other types of crimes are also loving Bitcoin to hide their illegal money from authorities. This is what I can conclude from the recent seizure of 50,000 Bitcoins, worth over $2.17 Bil...

Bitcoin Enters Hollywood with 'Razzlekhan'

30 Jan 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Coins Reporter

Well, our dear Bitcoin has marked it's arrival in Hollywood. Reports are claiming that Amazon's MGM studios is in the early stages of making a Film based on $3 billion Bitfinex Hack. The film would explore the life of the couple involved in 'the bigg...

Bitfinex Foils Attack and Saves XRP, USDT

15 Jan 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Yugocean

     Hackers cause damage to the crypto world, but on January 14-15, Bitfinex prevented an XRP attack, and saved itself, XRP, USDT from a big loss.   An unsuccessful attack      On January 14-15, Bitfinex faced a "Partial Payments Exploit," this is...

Low trust level for Tether and Bitfinex

10 Dec 2023 1 minute read 6 comments Yugocean

     Paolo Ardoino's centralized crypto firms Tether and Bitfinex have begun to act on the orders of US authorities, this has lowred trust. Tether controls it's stablecoin    Although the cryptocurrency community advocates for decentralisation, Tet...

The Day We Eclipsed The Whale

11 Nov 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Fushuma

A Collective Triumph Over Market Giants   In the crypto world, certain hypotheses are as immutable as the blockchain — these are the truths that shape the market’s course. Yet, even the mightiest can falter. These are the commandments engraved in di...

CageChain Newsletter #269 | Paul Tudor Jones Bets on Bitcoin, Bitfinex Buyback, Blockchain Disrupts Everything, Brazil v. Binance, and More

11 Oct 2023 2 minute read 0 comments KHubbard

  Top investor Paul Tudor Jones said today that Bitcoin is a good option during today's current "threatening geopolitical environment." The billionaire hedge fund manager said in an interview with CNBC Tuesday that we are living in a "really difficu...

72 million USD Hack on Bitfinex

18 Mar 2023 1 minute read 2 comments Bilal Huseynov

It was August 2, 2016, and Bitfinex, one of the largest Bitcoin exchanges at the time, was under attack. In a matter of hours, the attackers were able to steal approximately 120,000 Bitcoins from Bitfinex's hot wallet, resulting in a loss of around $...

Report Claims Tether Used False Documents to Open Bank Accounts

8 Mar 2023 2 minute read 12 comments ZeroRequiem

Hey Peeps!     On March 3rd, the Wall Street Journal published a bombshell report that claims the crypto companies backing Tether (USDT), the largest stablecoin in the world, used "shadowy intermediaries, falsified documents and shell companies" to...