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$400 million Coinbase hack was an inside job
By Jowi Morales published
Some Coinbase employees stole customer information for hackers, causing some of its clients to fall victim to social engineering attacks.

AI agents can be manipulated into giving away your crypto, according to Princeton researchers
By Mark Tyson published
Letting an AI agent run your finances could be hazardous to your wealth.

The Lucky Miner USB stick is basically a $24 Bitcoin lottery ticket
By Mark Tyson published
If you like a gamble, there's a fascinating little 1W crypto mining device called the Lucky Miner SOLO-LV02 now available via AliExpress for just $24.

Energy use in a Kuwaiti city fell by over 50% after authorities cracked down on crypto mining
By Jowi Morales published
Over 100 houses are allegedly hosting crypto mining activities, with some of them using up more than 20 times the normal power consumption of the average Kuwaiti home.

Bitcoin miners front-running tariffs by scrambling to ship thousands of machines before penalties hit
By Jowi Morales published
Before tariffs apply, bitcoin mining hardware manufacturers rush to move units into the U.S..

Man who lost $780 million in Bitcoin in a landfill now wants to buy the entire dump before city closes the site
By Mark Tyson published
A Welsh landfill site where 8,000 Bitcoins are thought to be buried will be repurposed, at least partly, into a solar farm - but the man who lost the haul has other plans.

Court ruling halts man's $750M bitcoin recovery effort from landfill
By Mark Tyson published
The legal arguments over $750M worth of Bitcoin buried in Welsh dump have come to an unhappy end for the man who lost his crypto HDD in the trash 12 years ago.

Bitcoin crosses $100,000 milestone as incoming U.S. administration looks increasingly crypto-friendly
By Kunal Khullar published
On Wednesday, Bitcoin's price exceeded $100,000, marking a significant achievement for a digital asset once dismissed as a passing trend.
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