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Cryptocurrency-Based File Sharing: Three Anti-Piracy Incentive Models

Business Oct. 2, 2019

Cryptocurrency-based file sharing is a big thing. TRON’s efforts in this area are particularly notable: following its acquisition of BitTorrent, the company introduced token rewards for file sharers. The trend...
Exchange Hacks Are On The Decline, Bank Says

Business Aug. 10, 2019

Exchange hacks are the biggest threats to crypto holders, as Binance users were recently reminded. But digital thieves are finding fewer opportunities to steal cryptocurrencies from investors and exchanges, according...
Elliptic Releases Data On $6bn Of Bitcoin Transactions

Business Aug. 4, 2019

If you’re trying to launder money, don’t use Bitcoin. Elliptic, a British company providing blockchain monitoring solutions for regulatory compliance, has teamed up with researchers from the MIT-IBM Watson AI...
Blockchain Ledgers Are Unlocking the Next Level of Forensics

Technology Jul. 22, 2019

Cryptocurrency gets a bad rap, and the media loves to associate virtual currencies with criminal activity. But an immutable ledger is actually more useful as a tool to fight crime...
Fatuous Hypocrite: Mnuchin Says Cash Isn’t Used For Money-Laundering

People Jul. 18, 2019

Listening to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin talk about money-laundering, cash, and Bitcoin, you come to one of two possible conclusions: Mnuchin does not know what money-laundering is, or… Mnuchin is...
CoinGecko: Exchange Hacks Are Increasingly Sophisticated

Technology Jul. 18, 2019

A new report by cryptocurrency aggregator site CoinGecko suggests exchange hacks have become increasingly sophisticated in the first half of 2019. The report also noted these vulnerabilities could be addressed...
Bitcoin Lays A Glorious Shining Trail Straight To Russian Intelligence (ahem…)

Analysis Apr. 23, 2019

Bitcoin transactions are not anonymous, and at least some Russian hackers are complete morons. Those are the two key takeaways from the Mueller Report (and some other political stuff, I...
Wash Traders Charge Exchanges Thousands For Fake Volume

Analysis Apr. 17, 2019

Commercial wash traders regularly approach cryptocurrency exchanges with offers to artificially inflate their trading volumes, according to one co-founder. Ed Woodford, who runs Seed CX, says that wash trading companies...

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Cryptocurrency-Based File Sharing: Three Anti-Piracy Incentive Models

Exchange Hacks Are On The Decline, Bank Says

Elliptic Releases Data On $6bn Of Bitcoin Transactions

Blockchain Ledgers Are Unlocking the Next Level of Forensics

Fatuous Hypocrite: Mnuchin Says Cash Isn’t Used For Money-Laundering

CoinGecko: Exchange Hacks Are Increasingly Sophisticated

Bitcoin Lays A Glorious Shining Trail Straight To Russian Intelligence (ahem…)

Wash Traders Charge Exchanges Thousands For Fake Volume