Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Gets Pushback from Global Financial Watchdogs June 24, 2019 By Alastair Marsh Facebook Inc. was hours away from the formal announcement of its ambitious foray into financial services, but French Finance Minister...
Investigation Uncovers Mystery of Quadriga’s Missing Cryptocurrencies Worth Millions June 21, 2019 By Doug Alexander It’s looking more and more like QuadrigaCX founder Gerald Cotten mismanaged the digital-asset exchange before he died, with cryptocurrencies from...
Hackers Steal 7,000 Bitcoins Worth $40M from Cryptocurrency Exchange Binance May 8, 2019 By Eric Lam Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, said hackers withdrew 7,000 Bitcoins worth about $40 million via a single...
Losses from Cryptocurrency Thefts, Fraud Surged to $1.2 Billion in Q1: Report May 1, 2019 By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss Losses from the theft of cryptocurrencies from exchanges and fraud-related activities surged in the first quarter of the year to...
Canada Eyes Regulation of Crypto-Trading Platforms Amid Ongoing Quadriga Scandal March 15, 2019 By Kristine Owram Canada is moving to overhaul its securities regulations to cover crypto trading platforms such as Quadriga Fintech Solutions Corp., a...
Mystery of Quadriga’s Missing Cryptocurrencies Deepens as `Cold Wallets’ Found Empty March 4, 2019 By Doug Alexander When Quadriga Fintech Solutions Corp. founder Gerald Cotten died, account holders feared the encrypted access keys needed to recover C$190...
‘Sextortion’ Is Emerging Cyber Risk for Businesses, Warns Beazley February 21, 2019 A new form of online bribery is emerging where cyber criminals attempt to extort cryptocurrency by claiming to have potentially...
Crypto Startup BitGo Offers Insurance Against Quadriga Cold-Wallet Debacle February 20, 2019 By Olga Kharif While users of the troubled Quadriga CX cryptocurrency exchange remain unable to retrieve millions in funds, a startup backed by...
Quadriga’s Frozen Cryptocurrencies Highlight Canada’s Regulatory Vacuum February 11, 2019 By John Tilak and Matt Scuffham Canada’s biggest securities regulator said on Friday that it was looking into Quadriga CX, as concerns grow that a regulatory...
Judge Pauses Lawsuits Against Crypto Exchange as It Hunts for Missing Password February 7, 2019 By Tyler Choi A cryptocurrency platform that lost access to millions of dollars when its founder died with sole knowledge of company passwords...