Is the GENIUS Act an answer to Stablecoin regulation in the US? All about first-of-its-kind cryptocurrency legislationThe US Senate has advanced the GENIUS Act, a bipartisan bill aimed at regulating stablecoins, with a 66-32 vote. This significant step towa...
20 May, 2025, 06.21 PM IST
Bybit $1.5 billion stolen: Here’s how the biggest crypto heist took placeCryptocurrency exchange Bybit lost around $1.5 billion to hackers in February this year. Recently, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI...
06 Mar, 2025, 07.17 PM IST
FBI pings WazirX for info on attack by ‘North Korean hackers’Cryptocurrency platform WazirX suffered the biggest cyberattack on an Indian exchange, with hackers stealing more than $230 million worth o...
29 Jul, 2024, 06.01 AM IST
Crypto theft: North Korea hackers breach US IT company to target cryptocurrency firmsThe hackers broke into Louisville, Colorado-based JumpCloud in late June and used their access to the company's systems to target its crypt...
20 Jul, 2023, 04.24 PM IST
North Korean hackers stole $100 million in recent cryptocurrency heist: AnalystsNorth Korean hackers from the group Lazarus were responsible for stealing over $100m of digital currency from more than 5,500 users of the ...
14 Jun, 2023, 01.02 PM IST
The crypto world is on edge after a string of hacksHackers have terrorized the crypto industry for years, stealing Bitcoin from online wallets and raiding the exchanges where investors buy a...
29 Sep, 2022, 12.54 PM IST
US flags Indiamart on fake goods; FirstCry IPO in 2022Earlier today The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released a list of 42 online markets that reportedly conduct or f...
18 Feb, 2022, 07.17 PM IST
FBI to form digital currency unit, Justice Dept taps new crypto czarThe creation of the FBI's "virtual asset exploitation" unit comes after the Justice Department's largest-ever financial seizure earlier thi...
18 Feb, 2022, 02.30 PM IST
FBI to form digital currency unit, Justice Dept taps new crypto czarCryptocurrencies rely on blockchain technology, a database shared across a network of computers, in which records are difficult to change o...
18 Feb, 2022, 07.37 AM IST
Darknet crypto kingpin JokerStash retires after illicit $1 billion run: ResearchThe "Joker's Stash" marketplace, where stolen credit cards and identity data traded hands for bitcoin and other digital coins, ceased opera...
12 Feb, 2021, 05.34 PM IST
After hack attack, some US political figures start returning to Twitter7 of 10 Democrats locked out of their accounts were able to access the platform on Friday. “Guess who’s back?” President Donald Trump’s eld...
17 Jul, 2020, 10.55 PM IST
Twitter says about 130 accounts were targeted in cyber attack this weekIn its latest statement, Twitter said that the hackers were able to gain control to a "small subset" of the targeted accounts, and send twe...
17 Jul, 2020, 10.16 PM IST
Cryptocurrency is junk: Mastercard CEO Ajay BangaBanga stressed that in the current environment, it is time for people to have a debate about how open trade should be constructed.
26 Jul, 2018, 03.41 PM IST
Narendra Modi, Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma in Time magazine's 'most influential people list'The magazine has also included US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and British Prime Minister Theresa May.
20 Apr, 2017, 06.12 PM IST
ISIS is taking full advantage of the darkest corners of the internetFBI Director suggested that encryption on mobile devices may prevent law enforcement from intercepting communications between IS militants.
13 Jul, 2015, 12.52 PM IST
ED officials raided two bitcoin trading firm in AhmedabadThis is India's first bitcoin raid and second globally after FBI conducted the raid in October, they said.
27 Dec, 2013, 02.47 PM IST
From eatery to meetup, entrepreneurs increasingly accepting 'bitcoins' in IndiaWhile bitcoin gains in popularity in India, entrepreneurs and investors say they are concerned about the RBI’s stance on the digital curren...
25 Dec, 2013, 11.04 AM IST