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North Korean Hackers Might Sell Almost 1,600 Stolen BTC: FBI

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) discovered that the North Korean hacking collective – the Lazarus Group – has drained cryptocurrencies worth millions of dollars through several attacks in the past few years. The security agency believes the wrongdoers could soon cash out 1,580 BTC (worth almost $41 million at current prices). Stay Focused on the Lazarus’ Actions The FBI released a statement to notify cryptocurrency companies about a potential move that the...

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Bitcoin App Maker Primal Garners $1 Million in New Funds

Primal – a company that seeks to develop bitcoin-infused applications for the Nostr social networking community – has recently garnered as much as $1 million in new funds from firms like Ten31 and Hivemind Ventures. Primal Gets a Nice Chunk of Money The main goal of Primal is to allow users of the program to send “zaps” (small amounts of bitcoin) to other users that post content or items they enjoy anywhere in the world. Primal founder and CEO Miljan Braticevic...

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Bulletin hebdomadaire Bitcoin Optech #264

Bulletin d’information hebdomadaire Bitcoin Optech du 16 août 2023 traduit par@copinmalin. Le bulletin de la semaine résume une discussion sur l’ajout de dates d’expiration aux adresses de paiement silencieux et donne un aperçu d’un projet de BIP pour le payjoin sans serveur. Un rapport complet décrit la mise en œuvre et le déploiement d’un portefeuille basé sur MuSig2 pour les multisignatures sans script. Le bulletin comporte également...

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BONE, SUI Soar 20% Weekly, BTC Stagnates at $26K Again (Weekend Watch)

After the late-business week pump and dump that drove BTC to a six-day high, the cryptocurrency has returned to $26,000 as it did during the last weekend as well. Most altcoins are also calmer today, with XRP and SHIB standing out as the top performers from the larger-cap ones. BTC Back to $26K August 17 became one of the worst trading days for bitcoin this year when the primary digital asset plummeted by over $3,000 to register a two-month low of just over $25,300. It...

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Is This the Oddest Crypto Court Case Ever?

A man named Orion Alexander Holtby was found not guilty in a court of law in British Columbia, Canada after he was accused of stealing thousands of dollars in crypto from his ex-girlfriend. This Crypto Case May Be the Most Unusual The situation is odd in that while it was deemed that he likely did steal and then sell the crypto, the lack of traceability regarding situations like these wound up working in his favor. With little evidence to support the idea that he...

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Bitcoin’s Rally Toward $27K Stopped, But Network Fundamentals and Whale Activity Remain Strong (Weekly Crypto Recap)

The end of last week was a lot more eventful as the primary cryptocurrency dumped hard by over $3,000 in hours to see its lowest price tag in over two months at just over $25,000. Then came the recovery attempts that saw BTC regain around a grand. However, not much has happened to bitcoin’s price since then, as the asset calmed at around $26,000. The only exceptions were on Wednesday when it dropped suddenly by over $500, and yesterday. Thursday saw a more notable price jump...

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Double peine pour les clients de FTX

Kroll, prestataire spécialisé dans la gestion des créances d’entreprises en faillite, a récemment été victime d’un « incident de cybersécurité » ayant compromis certaines données des clients de la plateforme FTX et de BlockFi. Si les mots de passe des comptes n’ont pas été atteints, certaines sources affirment que les montants réclamés, les noms et les adresses des clients ont fuités....

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New Study Shows How BTC Can Defeat Censorship

Could bitcoin put an end to censorship? According to a new study conducted by Ville Kokkomaki of the Abo Akademi University in Finland, the answer is “yes.” Bitcoin: The Worst Enemy of Censorship? Censorship is a bad thing no matter how you look at it. Countries like the United States, for example, are free and have the status they have because they permit free speech (at least they used to – ask any conservative if they’re allowed to speak freely and they’ll...

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