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Iran stängs av 8,000 Illegal Crypto Mining Farms i 3 år

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Authorities in Iran have closed down more than 8,000 underground facilities for cryptocurrency mining in the past three years, rapporterade lokala medier. Despite the government’s crackdown, illegal crypto mining continues to account for a serious amount of energy consumption, official figures…

Crypto Exchange Coinbase står inför rättsliga åtgärder över biometrisk datainsamling

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The Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has been accused of “wrongfully” profiting from its users’ facial and fingerprint scans. “Coinbase collects, stores, possesses, otherwise obtains, uses, and disseminates its users’ biometric data to, amongst other things, further enhance Coinbase and its online…

Crypto Exchange Bitrue lider $23 Million Hack

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Singapore-based crypto exchange Bitrue has lost millions of U.S. dollar’ worth of ether and other coins in a hack. The trading platform suspended withdrawals until early next week to conduct additional security checks and promised to compensate the affected users. Bitrue…

FBI varnar för bedrägerier med stöld av kryptovalutor som använder Play-to-Earn-spel

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The FBI has issued a public service announcement (PSA) warning on the utilization of play-to-earn games as part of a scheme to defraud users of funds stored in the form of cryptocurrency. Criminals are introducing victims to this kind of game…

Amerikanska åklagare försöker ytterligare begränsa den tidigare FTX-vd:n Sam Bankman-Frieds internetåtkomst

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USA. advokat för Southern District of New York (SDNY), Damian Williams, och justitiedepartementet (DOJ) are requesting “proposed modifications” to the bail conditions of former FTX CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried. The SDNY prosecutor is asking the court to…

Ukraina höjer mer krypto än Ryssland under krigsåret, Analys avslöjar

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The two sides in the bitter conflict in Ukraine have been relying on crypto assets and technology to support their military and humanitarian activities, Elliptic says in a report. According to the blockchain forensics company, the targeted nation has attracted more…

Tidigare Cohasset High School-anställd anklagad för att ha stulit tusentals elektricitet för att bryta bitcoin på skolcampus krypgrund

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A former school assistant facilities director in Cohasset, Massachusetts, has been accused of operating a cryptocurrency mining operation inside a crawlspace at Cohasset High School. The Cohasset Police Department alleges that Nadeam Nahas stole nearly $18,000 in electricity to power the…

Kryptogrupper på ryska sociala medier träffade av bots som misskrediterar Bitcoin

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Social media groups devoted to cryptocurrencies in Russia have been attacked by bots in what looks like a campaign against bitcoin and the like. Their comments on Russia’s largest social media platform are triggered by certain keywords like crypto and blockchain,…

Nordkorea stal rekordmängd kryptotillgångar i 2022, FN-rapport avslöjas

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The regime in North Korea has managed to steal more cryptocurrency last year than in previous years, according to a draft U.N. Rapportera. Despite the difference between quoted estimates, the authors conclude that 2022 was a record-breaking year for crypto theft,…

Hackare stal $3.8 Miljarder från kryptoföretag i 2022, Säger Chainalysis

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Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis says 2022 was “the biggest year ever for crypto hacking,” med $3.8 billion stolen from cryptocurrency businesses. The firm added that decentralized finance (defi) protocol hacks accounted for 82.1% of all cryptocurrency stolen by hackers during the…