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Bitcoin ATMs: Security, demographics, transaction fees, and other details
2020-02-25 21:31

Coinsource now offers ATMs that customers can use to manage their Bitcoin.

Police bust alleged operator of Bitcoin mixing service Helix
2020-02-17 11:45

The US Department of Justice announced on Thursday that Larry Harmon, 36, of Akron, Ohio, has been indicted on three counts of allegedly running a Bitcoin mixer service called Helix from 2014 to 2017. Harmon's Helix bitcoin mixer allegedly moved at least 354,468 bitcoin on behalf of customers: a sum that was valued at over $300 million at the time of the transactions and which is now worth about USD $3.6 billion.

Greece to Extradite Russian Bitcoin Suspect to France
2019-12-20 16:43

Greece's justice ministry has decided to extradite to France Russian Alexander Vinnik, who allegedly headed the bitcoin exchange BTC-e, on suspicion of money laundering, a ministry source said...

Malicious Tor Browser Fleeces Darknet Users of Bitcoins
2019-10-20 14:18

Cybercriminals Have Stolen About $40,000 So Far, Researchers SayESET researchers have uncovered a new cybercriminal scheme that uses a trojanized version of the Tor Browser for stealing bitcoins...

Malicious Tor Bowser Fleeces Darknet Users of Bitcoins
2019-10-18 17:48

Cybercriminals Have Stolen About $40,000 So Far, Researchers SayESET researchers have uncovered a new cybercriminal scheme that uses a trojanized version of the Tor Browser for stealing bitcoins...

Bitcoin money trail leads cops to ‘world’s largest’ child abuse site
2019-10-18 11:25

The Darknet server running the site, "Welcome to Video", and the website's convicted admin were tracked down by a global police force.

Thanks crims: UK cops' first auction of ill-gotten Bitcoin nets them £240k
2019-09-30 14:00

Cryptocurrency from selling hacking services, deets online helps fund fight against crime British cops have raised £240,000 in their first ever UK-based auction of cryptocurrencies seized from a...

CipherTrace’s new solution enables confidential transmission of Bitcoin transaction data
2019-09-12 03:30

CipherTrace, a leader in blockchain security, introduces an open source Travel Rule Information Sharing Architecture (TRISA). This secure and trustworthy framework enables cryptocurrency exchanges...

Cybercrook hands cops £923k in Bitcoin made from selling phished deets on the dark web
2019-08-23 15:30

27-year-old also shipped weed, flogged 'how-to' fraud guides A hacker from Kent has handed over almost a million quid in Bitcoin following a lengthy police investigation.…

Blackmailed for Bitcoin – exchange rebuffs $3.5m ransom demand
2019-08-09 14:53

Here's a story of super-sized digital blackmail aimed at one of the biggest cryptocoin exchanges out there.