Police in the Netherlands are investigating the brutal torture of a bitcoin trader, whose home was raided by criminals looking for cryptocurrency. Three robbers disguised as police entered the victim's home in Drenthe and attacked him with a drill in front of his four-year-old daughter, Dutch publication De Telegraaf reported. The hour-long ordeal also involved the victim being…
Samsung has finally revealed more information about its heavily-rumoured bitcoin wallet, which will come with its Galaxy S10 range of phones. Details about the cold-storage cryptocurrency purse were delivered at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, with the world's most popular smartphone maker confirming that it will support bitcoin, ethereum, Cosmee and Enjin, together with a range of…
The price of bitcoin has broken above $4,000 for the first time since early January, as cryptocurrency markets continue their recent surge. The latest gains come amid rumours that Samsung is planning a cryptocurrency wallet in its forthcoming Galaxy S10 range of smartphones, set to be unveiled on 20 February. In January, a leaked photo…
Investors who purchased Litecoin during the significant November 2018 sell-off earned four times more returns than the investors who bought Bitcoin, highlighted Joe McCann. The financial expert, who serves as the head of systematic trading at crypto asset management firm, Passport Capital, calculated the returns made by the “silver cryptocurrency” from its three-month low to…
The financial markets authority of Quebec (AMF) is requesting that investors in a cryptocurrency mining company contact them. The announcement comes after Technologies Crypto Inc. was issued with a series of freezing orders in connection with existing securities regulations earlier this month. Technologies Crypto Inc. reportedly took over $300,000 from investors that were under the…
A group of online criminals from Turkey have been detained by local authorities on suspicion of hacking a domestic cryptocurrency company. Those behind the security breach are thought to have used the popular video game PUBG to communicate prior to the attack. The Turkish company has had around $2.47 million taken from it in the hack.…
Research indicates that large cryptocurrency exchanges are increasingly being targeted by scammers using doctored photographs to trick two-factor authentication reset procedures. The attack once again highlights the importance of securing one’s own private keys and not entrusting security to a third party exchange. There is a market on dark web forums for doctored images and…
A dangerous app that steals bitcoin and other types of cryptocurrency from people’s phones has been discovered in the official Android app store Google Play. Security researchers at ESET discovered the so-called ‘clipper’ malware in early February within a legitimate-looking app called MetaMask. The malware works by intercepting cryptocurrency wallet addresses, which are used to…
Cryptocurrency markets have seen a dramatic turn-around in fortunes, as bitcoin, ethereum and litecoin experienced a sudden surge in price. Litecoin, which is often described as the silver to bitcoin's gold, saw the biggest gains, rising by more than 30 per cent in value in the space of just a few hours. The price rise is…
After largely trading sideways (discounting a break to the downside on January 10) for all of 2019, the total market capitalisation for the entire crypto market has shot up abruptly. Of the top 100 coins, only two are not in the green for the last 24-hours of trading. The biggest winners of the day include…