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BigONE crypto exchange cleaned out for $27 million in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and more — Seychelles-based outfit says security attack occurred, will fully cover all losseseditors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) 2025年7月16日 23:42

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BigONE crypto exchange cleaned out for $27 million in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and more — Seychelles-based outfit says security attack occurred, will fully cover all losses

作者 editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales)

2025年7月16日 23:42

The attacker compromised the company's hot wallet, allowing them to move funds before being detected.

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Bitcoin investor moves $8 billion worth of crypto after 14 years, originally bought for less than $210,000 — 80,000 BTC transferred from dormant Satoshi-era wallet

作者 editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir)

2025年7月5日 23:22

An OG Bitcoin investor has moved his stash of 80,000 BTC in an unprecedented transaction worth over $8 billion.

Bitcoin investor looking at its value skyrocket

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Bitcoin firm says police shouldn't saw open Bitcoin ATMs to seize cash for scammed customers, will seek damages for destroyed machines — firm claims seizures are criminal and victimize the company

作者 editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales)

2025年6月29日 21:04

Bitcoin Depot Legal Chief says that police should not break open its ATMs to get scam victims' money back.

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Australian authorities say top crypto ATM users are scam victims and money mules — most transactions from victims or mules forced to deposit money into the machines

作者 editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales)

2025年6月25日 23:58

Scammers are using crypto ATMs as a tool to defraud victims out of their savings.

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Man behind $245m Bitcoin theft has bizarre tale that includes kidnapped parents, fraud, and money laundering — suspect now faces up to 24 years in prison, half-million-dollar fine, and possible deportation to India

2025年6月25日 23:43

Connecticut man, Veer Chetal, is one of three charged with stealing 4,100 Bitcoins in August 2024.

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Authorities saw open Bitcoin ATM to recover scammed money — almost $32,000 seized from machine

作者 editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales)

2025年6月22日 20:00

A Jasper County citizen was scammed out of $25,000, and the authorities used a power saw to seize the money from a Bitcoin ATM.

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Chinese manufacturers of Bitcoin mining rigs are moving production to the U.S. to sidestep tariffs and sanctions — 'This goes beyond tariffs — it’s a strategic pivot toward ‘politically acceptable’ hardware sources'

作者 editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales)

2025年6月19日 22:16

The three biggest mining rig manufacturers have started to or are exploring building local manufacturing facilities.

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Maker of world's largest AI chips was hit by a crypto scam — Cerebras confirms coin launched in its name is fake, X account retaken after being compromised by hackers [Updated]

作者 stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick)

2025年6月19日 21:05

Cerebras, maker of the world's largest AI chips, has had its X account compromized by a crypto scam, which also involves the launch of a fraudulent coin.

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$124 million armored truck crypto money laundering operation busted — Australian perps apprehended, could face life in prison 2025年6月16日 19:18

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$124 million armored truck crypto money laundering operation busted — Australian perps apprehended, could face life in prison

2025年6月16日 19:18

Australian law enforcement has charged four people for an 'elaborate and calculated' money laundering operation, cleaning $124 million

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Hacker who breached 5,000 accounts to mine crypto arrested — 7-year cryptojacking scheme incurs $4.5 million in damages

作者 editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales)

2025年6月6日 00:17

Ukrainian authorities nabbed a hacker who used over 5,000 compromised online hosting accounts for mining cryptocurrency.

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Crypto giant Coinbase falls prey to an inside job, expects up to $400 million in losseseditors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) 2025年5月15日 21:40

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Crypto giant Coinbase falls prey to an inside job, expects up to $400 million in losses

作者 editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales)

2025年5月15日 21:40

Some Coinbase employees stole customer information for hackers, causing some of its clients to fall victim to social engineering attacks.

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AI agents can be manipulated into giving away your crypto, according to Princeton researchers 2025年5月14日 01:23

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AI agents can be manipulated into giving away your crypto, according to Princeton researchers

2025年5月14日 01:23

Letting an AI agent run your finances could be hazardous to your wealth.

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The Lucky Miner USB stick is a $24 Bitcoin lottery ticket, with 210.7 trillion-to-one odds of mining a BTC block in a year 2025年5月12日 21:32

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The Lucky Miner USB stick is a $24 Bitcoin lottery ticket, with 210.7 trillion-to-one odds of mining a BTC block in a year

2025年5月12日 21:32

If you like a gamble, there's a fascinating little 1W crypto mining device called the Lucky Miner SOLO-LV02 now available via AliExpress for just $24.

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Energy use in a Kuwaiti city fell by over 50% after authorities cracked down on crypto mining

作者 editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales)

2025年5月3日 01:54

Over 100 houses are allegedly hosting crypto mining activities, with some of them using up more than 20 times the normal power consumption of the average Kuwaiti home.

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Bitcoin miners front-running tariffs by scrambling to ship thousands of machines before penalties hit 2025年4月3日 21:47

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Bitcoin miners front-running tariffs by scrambling to ship thousands of machines before penalties hit

2025年4月3日 21:47

Before tariffs apply, bitcoin mining hardware manufacturers rush to move units into the U.S..

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Man who lost $780 million in Bitcoin in a landfill now wants to buy the entire dump before city closes the site 2025年2月11日 01:36

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Man who lost $780 million in Bitcoin in a landfill now wants to buy the entire dump before city closes the site

2025年2月11日 01:36

A Welsh landfill site where 8,000 Bitcoins are thought to be buried will be repurposed, at least partly, into a solar farm - but the man who lost the haul has other plans.

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High court ruling ends man's hopes of recovering $750M bitcoin hard drive from a Welsh landfill — hard drive storing 8,000 bitcoins was lost over 10 years ago

2025年1月11日 21:39

The legal arguments over $750M worth of Bitcoin buried in Welsh dump have come to an unhappy end for the man who lost his crypto HDD in the trash 12 years ago.

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Bitcoin launderer hands over $400 million as he heads to prison — offender sentenced to three years in prison for laundering money for drug dealers

2024年11月17日 01:23

The U.S. District Court awarded an Ohio resident, Larry Dean Harmon, a three-year prison sentence with additional three-year supervised releases and ordered the surrender of over $400 million in assets for laundering money for drug dealers using a darknet-based Bitcoin mixer called 'Helix.'

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Bitcoin skyrockets to an all-time high of over $84,000 — a euphoric surge in investments from Trump's presidential win 2024年11月12日 01:58

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Bitcoin skyrockets to an all-time high of over $84,000 — a euphoric surge in investments from Trump's presidential win

2024年11月12日 01:58

Bitcoin has spiked to an all time high of over $84,000 as a result of Trump's electorial presidential win several days ago. Bitcoin is now more valuable than Gold.

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Man who lost half-billion dollar Bitcoin HDD sues local authority for $500 million for not letting him dig through landfill 2024年10月18日 02:01

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Man who lost half-billion dollar Bitcoin HDD sues local authority for $500 million for not letting him dig through landfill

2024年10月18日 02:01

A Welsh man whose partner accidentally threw out an HDD containing 8,000 Bitcoins has become increasingly desperate to recoup the lost treasure. Now, he is suing the council.

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Twelve people sentenced for cryptocurrency heists and laundering — perpetrators stole up to $3.5 million 2024年9月16日 23:37

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Twelve people sentenced for cryptocurrency heists and laundering — perpetrators stole up to $3.5 million

2024年9月16日 23:37

A group of twelve criminals have been awarded multi-year prison sentences and restitution for committing violent crimes, including abduction and cryptocurrency theft via SIM swap.

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Cryptominers made $100,000 from mining at an Airbnb for three weeks — the guests ran up a $1,500 electricity bill 2024年8月16日 02:17

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Cryptominers made $100,000 from mining at an Airbnb for three weeks — the guests ran up a $1,500 electricity bill

2024年8月16日 02:17

After guests' electricity use cost her thousands of dollars, an Airbnb host was forced to implement what she considers bizarre new rules for her guests.

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Cryptominer with palm-sized $179 ASIC hits the jackpot with $206,000 in Bitcoins 2024年7月25日 21:18

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Cryptominer with palm-sized $179 ASIC hits the jackpot with $206,000 in Bitcoins

2024年7月25日 21:18

An individual miner successfully mined a complete block using a small, open-source Bitaxe miner with ~500Gh/s hash rate, winning approximately $206,000.

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Mt. Gox customers benefit from 3500 percent increase in value, recoup losses despite only 15 percent of coins being returned 2024年7月7日 01:42

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Mt. Gox customers benefit from 3500 percent increase in value, recoup losses despite only 15 percent of coins being returned

2024年7月7日 01:42

Although only 15% of cryptocurrency has been recovered, the massive increase in bitcoin prices means customers are getting much more than they lost in 2014.

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Missing CryptoQueen bounty hiked to $5 million — woman ran a $4.5 billion crypto-ponzi-scam, says FBI 2024年7月1日 23:25

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Missing CryptoQueen bounty hiked to $5 million — woman ran a $4.5 billion crypto-ponzi-scam, says FBI

2024年7月1日 23:25

The FBI has increased the bounty on missing CryptoQueen Dr Ruja Ignatova to $5 million. Bulgaria-born German national Ignatova went missing in 2017 after a federal warrant was issued for her arrest. She is accused of defrauding crypto-investors out of more than $4 billion.

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Bitcoin Mt. Gox creditors will soon benefit from $9 billion payback — their BTC is over 10,000% more valuable than when it went missing

2024年7月1日 01:54

Mt. Gox begins paying back users, ten years after it began collapsing in February 2014.

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