A British man has been handed 20 months in jail and ordered to forfeit over £400,000 ($487,000) for offering hacking services and stolen private data in return for cryptocurrency. Nineteen-year-old Elliot Gunton was sentenced at
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Hong Kong Protest Leader Hopes to Incite Run on Chinese Banks
The 11th week of protesting in Hong Kong has passed as the world has witnessed massive sit-ins at the national airport and demonstrations across several locations citywide. The 2019 anti-extradition bill protests have affected Hong
Meet “Norman” – a new variant of monero-mining malware that employs crafty tricks to avoid being spotted. The malicious code was identified by researchers at data security firm Varonis when investigating a crypto-miner infestation at a
Blockchain Firm Settles With SEC Over Unregistered $6.3 Million SAFT
A healthcare-focused blockchain firm has settled charges with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over its 2017 ICO. The SEC said on Monday that New England-based SimplyVital Health, Inc. raised around $6.3 million in ether (ETH)
Legal Expert Katharina Pistor Weighs in on Facebook’s Libra
“You can’t put the genie back into the bottle,” said Katharina Pistor at our exclusive event in DC during the Libra hearings. Pistor, the Edwin B. Parker Professor of Comparative Law at Columbia Law School, explored the
New Zealand’s tax office, the Inland Revenue Department (IRD), has made it legal to receive salaries in cryptocurrency, and be taxed accordingly. In its August bulletin, the agency published a new ruling under the Income
BCH News Roundup: Transactions Spike, Cashaddr Support and Developer Congress
The last seven days have been busy within the Bitcoin Cash ecosystem with a slew of announcements and developments. Kraken exchange recently added the BCH-based Cashaddr address format and Coinbase open-sourced a utility that makes
Fifteen nations are planning to set up a system to monitor cryptocurrency transactions alongside the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a Friday report indicates. According to Nikkei Asian Review, the aim is to stem the
Katherine Wu was up until 3 a.m. Wednesday annotating Kik’s response to the complaint from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In 130 pages, Kik went point- by-point through the SEC’s case, and Wu
What if there were a mechanism that placed a time delay whenever someone spent bitcoin? The idea has been around for a few years now, and for good reason, it’s believed it could make it