Mid-year update: Crypto thefts top $2.17 billion in 2025, shows dataCrypto thefts in 2025 have already surpassed $2.17 billion, with the $1.5 billion ByBit hack leading losses, according to Chainalysis. The ...
21 Jul, 2025, 07.54 PM IST
US slaps sanctions on crypto mixer used by North Koreans for launderingThe US treasury department said in a statement that its action against Sinbad.io comes as the mixer has processed millions of dollars in vi...
30 Nov, 2023, 10.30 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
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 justice department seizes $3.6 billion in Bitcoin and arrests married coupleThe couple, Ilya Lichtenstein, 34, and Heather Morgan, 31, were accused in a criminal complaint of conspiring to launder 119,754 bitcoins t...
09 Feb, 2022, 02.56 PM IST
Decrypting Crypto Trends: Why is Square moving into the Bitcoin custody space?Square’s foray into the digital asset custody and service did not surprise many. In June, Jack was at his eloquent best at Bitcoin 2021 Con...
17 Jul, 2021, 03.30 PM IST
US charges North Korean officials with cyber theftThe department accused the three of a wide-ranging hacking and malware operation to obtain funds for their government while avoiding punish...
19 Feb, 2021, 07.06 AM IST
Sleuths scour for frozen Quadriga coins in crypto dramaThe virtually unregulated world of digital currencies has been a breeding ground for hacks and thefts since the Bitcoin was invented more t...
07 Feb, 2019, 10.30 AM IST
USD 60 million in virtual currency hacked in JapanJapan-based exchange Coincheck suspended deposits and withdrawal for virtual currencies
20 Sep, 2018, 11.02 AM IST
How Indian crypto-currency bourses adapting to RBI banInvesting in cryptocurrency is like hedging your net-worth against fall of the dollar imperia.
09 Jul, 2018, 06.11 PM IST
Coinsecure announces 2 crore reward to recover lost bitcoins; Promises refund in 15 daysIt is still unclear why the private key -- password that is kept by the company and stored offline — were leaked online, leading to the hac...
14 Apr, 2018, 08.47 AM IST
ICAI to come out with concept paper on virtual currencies"We are coming out with a concept paper on virtual currency... We are developing accounting and auditing standards also but it takes time,"...
14 Feb, 2018, 05.29 PM IST
Citi India bans use of debit and credit cards to buy bitcoinsCiti India in a message to its customers said it has banned usage of its debit and credit cards for purchase or trading of virtual currenci...
13 Feb, 2018, 03.02 PM IST
PAC panel raises noncompliance of CAG report on Bofors purchaseDoD additional secretary AN Das is learnt to have already communicated to the sub-committee that many records relating to this CAG report w...
08 Jun, 2017, 11.56 PM IST
'Death of currency' not a new subject, virtual currency poses several risks: RBI Deputy Governor R GandhiGandhi said that the trend about the elimination of cash and credit went back to 1950s and talks about the death of currency had always bee...
02 Mar, 2017, 12.30 PM IST
Bitcoin gets 121 siblings as price crashesThe number of other virtual currencies present in the world-wide-web has reached 121 and one of them is trading above $100,000.
23 Feb, 2014, 12.26 PM IST
Digital currency to abet money laundering: ReportThe growing use of digital currency will result in rise in cyber laundering as hacking attacks and online scams take centre stage on Intern...
21 Jul, 2013, 01.18 PM IST