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Draper-Backed Exchange in Lockdown Following 'Sophisticated' Attack

Coinhako has restricted user accounts since last Friday following an "attack," but has not released many details around the incident.

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DeFi Project bZx Exploited for Second Time in a Week, Loses $630K in Ether

The attacker manipulated price feeds in order to create and profit from an under collateralized loan.

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Markets

New Crypto Exchange Altsbit Says It Will Close Following Hack

Altsbit says it can only issue partial refunds after the hack and will shut down after that process is complete.

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Cryptopia’s Liquidator Claws Back Nearly $5M, But Identifying Crypto Ownership a 'Mammoth Task'

The liquidator for the collapsed New Zealand-based crypto exchange Cryptopia now has NZ$7.2 million on balance for potential user refunds. Finding out who's owed what, though, is proving a tough task.

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Markets

Upbit Is the Seventh Major Crypto Exchange Hack of 2019

These seven major hacks remind us: not your keys, not your crypto.

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Crypto Exchange Upbit Confirms Theft of $49M in Ether

342,000 ether have been taken from the wallets of South Korean crypto exchange Upbit, the firm's CEO says.

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North Korea Denies It Hacked $2 Billion in Fiat and Crypto

North Korea has denied a recent U.N. report suggesting it was behind major hacks that reaped around $2 billion for its weapons programs.

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Markets

Cryptopia Exchange Kept Users' Cryptos in Pooled Wallet: Liquidator

The liquidator for the collapsed Cryptopia exchange says the way the platform was managed is slowing up the task of determining user holdings.

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Exit Scams Swindled $3.1 Billion From Crypto Investors in 2019: Report

In total, investors, users, and exchanges have lost some $4.3 billion from illicit activity.

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Markets

Coinbase Sets Out How It Foiled a 'Sophisticated' Hacking Attack

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has detailed how it was targeted by, and foiled, "a sophisticated, highly targeted, thought out attack."

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong speaks at Consensus 2019.