Cryptocurrency Industry Struggles to Buy Insurance, Hindering Growth Goals December 20, 2018 By Alun John Cryptocurrency exchanges and traders in Asia are struggling to insure themselves against the risk of hacks and theft, a factor...
Cryptocurrency Theft Soars to $927 Million During 1st Nine Months of 2018: Report October 12, 2018 By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss Theft of cryptocurrencies through hacking of exchanges and trading platforms soared to $927 million in the first nine months of...
Timeline: More Than $1 Billion in Cryptocurrency Thefts Since September 2012 June 22, 2018 By Andrea Tan and Yuji Nakamura Investors’ shaky confidence in virtual currencies took another hit after crypto exchange Bithumb, ranked seventh in the world by traded...
Hackers Steal $32M from S. Korean Cryptocurrency Exchange Bithumb June 20, 2018 By Cynthia Kim and Joyce Lee South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb said 35 billion won ($31.5 million) worth of virtual coins were stolen by hackers, the...
Bitcoins Worth $3M Stolen from India’s Cryptocurrency Trading Platform Coinsecure April 13, 2018 By Anto Antony and Archana Chaudhary One of India’s biggest cryptocurrency trading platforms has lost about 438 Bitcoins worth some 190 million rupees ($3 million), allegedly...
UK Government, Regulators to Examine Potential Risks from Cryptocurrencies March 19, 2018 By Huw Jones and Emma Rumney Britain’s government and regulators will look in detail at the potential risks from cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, British junior finance minister...
Coincheck Will Start Compensating 260,000 Victims of $500M Cryptocurrency Heist March 9, 2018 By Hideki Sagiike and Yuji Nakamura Coincheck Inc. said it will start compensating users who had their cryptocurrency stolen beginning as soon as next week, as...
More Hackers Target Red-Hot Cryptocurrency Space: Report February 2, 2018 By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss Bitcoin’s popularity and the emergence of about 1,500 other digital coins or tokens have drawn more hackers into the red-hot...
Timeline: Growing List of Major Cryptocurrency Heists February 1, 2018 By Andrea Tan and Yuji Nakamura The $500 million heist of digital tokens from Japanese exchange Coincheck Inc. on Friday is remarkable for its sheer size,...
Insurers Begin to Offer Cryptocurrency Theft Cover, Tackling Risks of Growing Sector February 1, 2018 By Suzanne Barlyn Major global insurers are starting to offer protection against cryptocurrency theft, willing to tackle daunting challenges it brings rather than...