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Tag Archives: Cryptocurrency and security

29Jan/18

Japan to punish hacked cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck

January 29, 2018FinanceBitcoin, Blockchains, Business/Finance, Coincheck, Coincheck Inc, Company: Coincheck, Cryptocurrencies, Cryptocurrency and security, Cryptocurrency bubble, Currency, Digital currency, Economy, Finance, Financial Regulator, Japan, Japanese yen, Modern currencies, Money, NEM, Politics, Tokyo, Volunteer computing, Yoshihide Sugasmbale

TOKYO, JAPAN (JANUARY 29, 2018) (REUTERS) – Japan’s financial regulator plans to slap an administrative punishment on cyrptocurrency exchange operator Coincheck Inc on Monday (January 29), the top government spokesman said, after the firm lost 58 billion yen ($534 million) worth of NEM coins to hackers. Continue reading →

28Jan/18

Nearly $530 million lost in world’s biggest crypto-currency theft in Japan

January 28, 2018SecurityBitcoin, Business/Finance, China Central Television, City: Tokyo, Coincheck, Company: CCTV, Company: Coincheck, Cryptocurrencies, Cryptocurrency, Cryptocurrency and security, Cryptocurrency exchange, Currency, Digital currency, Economy, Exchange, Finance, Foreign exchange market, Grand Theft Auto V, Japan, Japanese yen, Monetary hegemony, Money, NEM, Tokyo, United States dollarsmbale

China Central Television (CCTV) – A major Japanese crypto-currency exchange has lost 58 billion yen (about 528 million U.S. dollars) in digital assets after a hacking attack, making it the world’s biggest ever digital currency theft. Continue reading →

30Oct/17

Siberian entrepreneurs mine bitcoins to heat private house

October 30, 2017InternetArticles, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Attackers, bitcoin mining farm, Blockchain, City: Irkutsk, Cryptocurrencies, Cryptocurrency and security, Decentralization, Digital currencies, Dmitry Tolmachyov, eco-friendly bitcoin mining, Economy, Geography, Geography of Asia, Ilya Frolov, Irkutsk, Irkutsk Governorate, Money, Russia, Siberia, Vladimir Putinsmbale

IRKUTSK, RUSSIA (REUTERS) – Cheap energy prices and a long winter season could make the Russian Siberian town of Irkutsk an ideal spot for eco-friendly bitcoin mining.
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