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Funds collected by the scam that breached Twitter this week appear to be on the move, cryptocurrency tracing firm Elliptic said. According to transaction data associated with crypto wallets used in the security breach, a total of about $123,000 was collected by the attackers. Of that about 22%, 2.89 BTC, was transferred late last night to […]
Twitter will not be joining the Libra Association, according to CEO Jack Dorsey, the CoinDesk announced on October 25. Dorsey replied with a conclusive “Hell no” on the question of his firm’s potential membership of the Facebook-led crypto payments scheme at a New York City-based Twitter event. As The Verge reported Thursday, he explained that Libra is […]
Shiv Madan is CEO and co-founder of blockchain ticketing startup, Blockparty. Madan previously served as COO at Time Inc.’s music brand NME.com. The following is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk’s 2018 Year in Review. The hash war between Bitcoin ABC and Bitcoin SV roiled the markets and dominated the cryptocurrency news cycle for a few weeks this past […]
An official, verified Twitter account owned by Google has become the latest to be hacked to host a crypto “giveaway” scam, the CoinDesk reported on November 14. Twitter user @B_u_r_t_o_n spotted the promoted tweet on the account of Google’s productivity and collaboration tools line, G Suite, on Tuesday, and managed to post a screenshot before it was deleted by the […]