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Jarryd Hayne – a former NRL superstar – has supposedly parted with $780,000 after falling prey in a Bitcoin scam. The athlete, who was slammed with a prison sentence for allegedly raping a woman, was tricked by a fellow inmate. The scammer is currently in jail after being accused of swindling $4.6 million from family and friends in a Ponzi scheme. Conned Even Behind Bars As reported by Daily Mail, the person in charge of the Bitcoin fraud was Ishan Seenar Sappideen, who met...

A slew of major U.S. grocery chains have been targeted by scammers in recent months posing fake bomb threats with demands for ransom payments. While often involving cash or gift cards, the scammers have sometimes requested that their victims pay them in Bitcoin (BTC). The Supermarket Scam As reported by the Wall Street Journal on Sunday, companies like Kroger, Walmart, Whole Foods Market have been targeted by the scam at various stores across and Wisconsin, with scammers...

Hut 8 announced entering into a $50 million credit facility with Coinbase Credit as the lender. In a statement, the North American crypto miner revealed that the proceeds from the loan will be used for general corporate purposes while providing it with added financial flexibility and helping it maintain a dynamic Bitcoin treasury management strategy. Initially, the credit facility provides a $15 million term loan, followed by an additional $20 million delayed-draw term loan...

Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) – the largest bank in the region – has reportedly allowed customers to buy and sell Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs, becoming the first local financial institution to do so. It also launched an educational program that investors need to read before hopping on the cryptocurrency bandwagon. As revealed by Wu Blockchain, HSBC will enable users to trade BTC and ETH exchange-traded funds (ETFs) listed on the Hong Kong Exchange. SCOOP:...

There’s been a rumor circling cryptocurrency-oriented social media circles throughout the past couple of days, that Ripple is planning to buy back 10 billion XRP tokens, currently worth just shy of $5 billion. The first to question the rumors was John Deaton, a lawyer representing thousands of XRP holders, who said he doesn’t believe it until the company itself confirms it. The rumors were spreading like wildfire, though, as it tends to oftentimes be the case. David Schwartz,...

In a major relief for the customers impacted by the Voyager bankruptcy, crypto exchange Gemini has announced the enabling of withdrawals. The crypto transfer window will end on July 23, 2023. In a recent blog post, Gemini confirmed allowing withdrawals for victims of the Voyager bankruptcy case while simultaneously offering a promotional welcome to all Voyager customers who join the crypto exchange. The exchange plans to offer $5 in BTC to new US customers from the bankrupt...

Self-custody infrastructure provider Safe (formerly known as Gnosis) has announced a strategic partnership with blockchain security firm Redefine. The main aim is to enable users to transact with “more confidence” by diligently checking each transaction which can be achieved by integrating Redefine’s pre-transaction risk assessment tool DeFirewall into Safe’s user interface. Enhancing Blockchain Security According to the official press release shared with CryptoPotato, the...

Prominent Bitcoin proponent and permabull Max Keiser has taken to Twitter to bash Ripple once again. Keiser, who’s also El Salvador’s President Bitcoin advisor, openly bashed Ripple, its CEO Brad Garlinghouse, and the company’s native cryptocurrency – XRP. He admitted that the US Securities and Exchange Commission is overreaching, but he’s also of the opinion that this “won’t stop them from killing off XRP and every other shitcoin.” The only exception, according to Keiser, is...

CryptoPunks, one of the first non-fungible token (NFT) collections on the Ethereum blockchain, has reached a significant milestone as it celebrates its sixth anniversary. Since its launch in June 2017, CryptoPunks has captivated the world with its 10,000 digital collectibles, leaving an indelible mark on the NFT realm as the largest NFT collection by market cap. According to data compiled by blockchain analytics firm Nansen, CryptoPunks currently has an estimated market cap...

Joseph James O’Connor, a U.K. citizen and one of the perpetrators of the 2020 Twitter hack, has been sentenced to five years in prison for his role in several cybercrime offenses. According to a press release by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, Judge Jed S. Rakoff sentenced O’Connor for two sets of charges: conspiracy to commit computer hacking and the theft of cryptocurrencies via a SIM swap attack; his role in the 2020 Twitter hack,...