• Nukes, brought to you by hacked crypto (via Pixabay).
    Nukes, brought to you by hacked crypto (via Pixabay).
    Politics

    Exchange hacks funded North Korean nukes

    The rogue state stole $2 billion from cryptocurrency exchanges over the past two years, using it to fund nuclear weapons development

    August 5, 2019 /

    North Korea funded its nuclear weapons research by looting cryptocurrency exchanges of $2 billion, according to a confidential UN report.

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    Alt coins,  Bitcoin,  Media,  Tether

    Must-reads for August 24, 2018

    Here are the crypto stories you should be watching today and this weekend

    August 24, 2018 /

    It’s Getting Harder to Pump Up Prices in Cryptocurrency Markets (Bloomberg) Bloomberg’s Matt Leising is quickly becoming our personal hero. He faces a barrage of insults from cryptobros on Reddit and Twitter but instead of backing down, the intrepid reporter doubles down, noting, “It’s getting hard to pump amid the dump in the $209 billion cryptocurrency market. At least that appears to be the case when you look at Tether, one of the most-traded digital assets and also one that’s allegedly been used to manipulate the price of Bitcoin.” Stay strong, Matt. Stay strong!   Mt Gox’s Bitcoin Creditors Can Now File for Rehabilitation Claims (CoinDesk) Another step forward in…

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