Crypto News

The Bitfinex Bitcoin Hack: What We Know (And Don’t Know) 

by coindesk.com
The Bitfinex theft represents the largest loss of bitcoins by an exchange since Japan’s infamous Mt Gox lost 744,408 BTC in early 2014 (worth $350m), a breach that would ultimately cause it to cease operations.. ...

Canaan Reports $5.6M Loss in Q1 Despite Bitcoin Miner Price Cut

by coindesk.com
In an earnings report released on Friday, the firm said it made $9.4 million in revenue for the first three months this year with a growth of 44.6% compared to the same period last year.... ...

10 Years After Laszlo Hanyecz Bought Pizza With 10K Bitcoin, He Has No Regrets

by coindesk.com
Hanyecz is known as the first person to use bitcoin in a commercial transaction. On May 22, 2010, when bitcoin was a little over a year old, he bought two pizzas for 10,000 BTC. The day is now known as “Bitcoin Pizza Day.” ... ...

Winners and losers

Top 5 winners

Name                                 Price (USD)

Neo 10.1653570226  2.6898

[UNUS SED LEO] 1.13212308146 1.47124

IOTA 0.19662159084  1.21651

XRP 0.200009816207  0.279383

Ethereum Classic 6.38603385284  0.149539

Top 5 losers

Name                                 Price (USD)  HedgeTrade 2.08408341218  -3.252

Cardano 0.0541261014462  -2.41635

Ethereum 203.344315237  -2.04255

Bitcoin 9174.54802924  -1.91173

Monero 62.4940985609  -1.86243

Other great coins

Name                                 Price (USD)  Steem 0.205650497011  -5.37507

Hive 0.293479306891  -5.79485