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Bitmain Sues Alleged Bitcoin Thief in US Federal Court

Bitmain has filed a lawsuit against an anonymous thief in a US federal court, who allegedly stoled 617 bitcoin from the crypto mining giant.

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CFTC Fines Bitcoin Trader $1.1 Million for Crypto Fraud

A bitcoin trader has been jailed and fined over $1.1 million for stealing bitcoin and litecoin, and then defrauding investors to repay the loss.

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Crypto Exchanges Should Take a Hard Look at IP Address-Masking Services

Cryptocurrency exchanges will likely have to reckon with VPN access as part of any regulatory or law enforcement actions for market manipulation.

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Victims Sue AT&T, T-Mobile Over 'SIM Swap' Crypto Hacks

A cryptocurrency-focused law firm in the U.S. says it has filed lawsuits against AT&T and T-Mobile on behalf of victims of "SIM swapping" hacks.

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Chinese School Principals Caught Mining Ethereum At Work

Two principals at a Chinese school got in hot water after installing ethereum miners at the institution, according to a report.

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Hackers Breach Popular Web Analytics Site to Target Crypto Exchange

Cryptocurrency exchange Gate.io was apparently the target of hackers who compromised a widely used web analytics platform.

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Hackers Behind Zaif Crypto Exchange Theft May Have Been Exposed

Cybersecurity experts from Mitsubishi Group say they may have identified data that could locate the hackers of the Zaif crypto exchange.

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Winklevoss Brothers Sue Charlie Shrem Over $32 Million in Bitcoin

The Winklevoss twins are reportedly suing bitcoin entrepreneur Charlie Shrem over 5,000 bitcoin allegedly owed to them from a past business deal.

Charlie Shrem is the former founder of BitInstant and co-founder of cryptocurrency intelligence service CryptoIQ.

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Data Shows Millions Leaving Crypto Wallets Tied to Long-Troubled Exchange

Binance has frozen accounts that received more than 93,000 ether (over $18.9 million) from wallets indirectly linked to troubled Russian exchange WEX.

Attackers drained all liquidity from the affected QuickSwap pool. (Shutterstock)

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Bitcoin Trader Pleads Guilty Over Unlicensed Exchange Business

A bitcoin trader from California has pleaded guilty to operating an unlicensed money transmission business and now faces up to five years in prison.

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