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Hacked Bitcoin wallet maker warns of AI failure to detect bug

The company at the centre of a Bitcoin hack has warned that artificial intelligence failed to detect the software flaw that was exploited to steal users' funds.

FBI agent is accused of stealing cryptocurrency

The agent confessed to making unauthorised withdrawals from a criminal target overseas, according to court papers.

Hackers target bitcoin’s safest hiding place in ongoing attack

Hackers have found a software flaw in a brand of "cold" Bitcoin wallet and are siphoning tens of millions of dollars in an ongoing attack.

Scam artists are posing as IRS agents to drain crypto wallets

Scammers are impersonating the IRS to drain crypto accounts and steal identities, using official-looking letters to bypass digital defences, the agency's criminal investigation unit warned.

Cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX to shut down

CRYPTOCURRENCY exchange BitMEX said on Thursday that it will shut down its operations, effective September 23, and said that users' assets remained safe and under their control.

Vietnam fines crypto traders using unlicensed platforms

HO CHI MINH CITY: Vietnam will fine domestic investors up to 50 million dong (US$1,901) for trading crypto assets through unlicensed platforms under a new decree governing the country's pilot digital asset market.

Bitcoin ETFs log second week of inflows

WASHINGTON: US-listed spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded a second consecutive week of net inflows after nearly two months of capital flight, raising hopes that cryptocurrencies may be finding a floor.

Bitcoin breaks below US$60,000, big buyers balk

Bitcoin's slide back below US$60,000 is reviving a fear that has largely been absent from crypto for the past two years: what happens when the market's biggest buyer comes under pressure just as retail traders lose interest.

Bitcoin bear market fears deepen again 

Bitcoin's slide below US$60,000 last Friday has capped its worst week since the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX exchange in 2022.

Bitcoin’s US$235bil crash masks bigger shift in crypto

The easiest way to understand crypto used to be to look at bitcoin.