Elon Musk hit with insider trading claims over his Dogecoin crypto-hype Claim: Billionaire banked big bread boosting bizarro-bucks Personal Tech02 Jun 2023 | 22
1. This crypto-coin is called Jimbo. 2. $8m was stolen from its devs in flash loan attack 3. It's asked for 90% of the digital dosh back, or else it'll beg the cops for help Cyber-crime30 May 2023 | 44
Singapore's sovereign wealth fund regrets investment in crypto-villain FTX No fault found, but execs responsible punished with reduced compensation Software30 May 2023 | 9
Fahrenheit to take over Celsius 0°C×9/5+32 = how much money to thaw frozen crypto accounts? Legal26 May 2023 | 43
US bans North Korean outsourcer and its feisty freelancers They do your work – usually from Russia and China – then send their wages home to pay for missiles Cyber-crime24 May 2023 | 3
Pakistan turns its back on crypto to keep anti-terrorism watchdogs happy Meanwhile, will train a million IT graduates in Artificial Intelligence Legal24 May 2023 | 6
Ads for lucrative jobs in Asia fail to mention chance of slavery as crypto-scammer FBI warns jobseekers to be very skeptical of working holidays in Cambodia Cyber-crime23 May 2023 | 16
EU passes world's first regulatory framework for cryptocurrency Gone are the days of unlicensed exchanges and anonymous transactions – for EU citizens, at least Personal Tech17 May 2023 | 54
OpenAI's Sam Altman rattles tin for crypto startup that will support bot-replaced workers Idea is to scan irises to disburse universal basic income just for being human Offbeat16 May 2023 | 20
New York AG offers law to crack down on backfire-happy cryptocurrencies It's time to take out the trash Personal Tech06 May 2023 | 28
Biden proposes 30% tax on cryptominers' power bills Digi-dollars are toxic in many ways and the administration wants the sector to clean up its act Software04 May 2023 | 71
DoJ, Treasury accuses 3 men of laundering crypto for North Korea If the DPRK is named, you know it somehow involves Lazarus Group Cyber-crime26 Apr 2023 | 3
South Korea prosecutes Terraform Labs co-founder Daniel Shin Alleges large scale fraud, embezzling, and maybe even bribery, before crypto collapse Legal26 Apr 2023 | 5
Intel axes Blockscale mining ASICs it brought out just in time for crypto winter Another one bytes the dust Personal Tech19 Apr 2023 | 7
Inside FTX: Jokes about misplaced funds, diabolical IT, poor oversight, and worse How's the saying go? $50m here, $50m there, pretty soon you're talking real money Cyber-crime10 Apr 2023 | 22
Feds seize $112m in cryptocurrency linked to 'pig-butchering' finance scams Thieves go nose-to-tail stripping cash from victims Cyber-crime04 Apr 2023 | 13
British Prime Minister Sunak’s plans for UK NFT on ice Consultation with the Treasury puts non-fungible token proposals under review Offbeat28 Mar 2023 | 32
Where in the world is Terraform Labs villain Do Kwon? Montenegro, actually Probably in a jail cell, waiting to be extradited stateside Legal24 Mar 2023 | 12
Attackers hit Bitcoin ATMs to steal $1.5 million in crypto cash Terminal maker General Bytes shutters its cloud business after second breach in seven months Security23 Mar 2023 | 30
B-List celebs including Lindsay Lohan fined after crypto shill probe Didn't disclose payments as mastermind pumped up value of tokens with fake trades Cyber-crime23 Mar 2023 | 40
Police pounce on 'pompompurin' – alleged mastermind of BreachForums In Brief Crypto laundering service gets cleaned up by police and SVB mess draws in more criminals Security20 Mar 2023 | 3
Feds arrest and charge exiled Chinese billionaire over massive crypto fraud This one has it all: Donald Trump’s inner circle, a Beijing bot backlash, conspiracy theories, and more Cyber-crime17 Mar 2023 | 22
FTX inner circle helped itself to $3.2B, liquidators say SBF alone pocketed $2.2B, or so this bankruptcy paperwork goes Cyber-crime16 Mar 2023 | 20
Tough luck, Brits: Binance suspends UK deposits and withdrawals Perfect timing – we could use another bank run Legal15 Mar 2023 | 52
SVB collapse's mix of money, urgency and uncertainty makes it irresistible to scammers Phishing, dodgy domain names, and sophisticated attacks already deployed Security15 Mar 2023 | 1
Meta winds down NFTs but will continue token efforts 'We're looking closely at what we prioritize to increase our focus' – which increasingly means staving off TikTok Software14 Mar 2023 | 14
Two tech-centric banks strike trouble, spooking markets Silicon Valley Bank sold billions in bonds as startups struggle, crypto-centric Silvergate Bank just gave up Legal10 Mar 2023 | 12
To the Moon? Emojis can be financial advice, says judge QED, NFTs are securities Offbeat27 Feb 2023 | 36
Global finance wonks worry financial services too invested in outsourcers, Big Tech Not keen on crypto, either – and looking forward to consistent language on cyber incidents Legal27 Feb 2023 | 2
Bitcoin mining rig found stashed in school crawlspace Pics Don't blame the kids! Ex-city employee charged with $17k power theft Cyber-crime24 Feb 2023 | 84
FTX fiasco founder SBF faces further fraud charges Fake donors allegedly padded politicians' pockets, both Republican and Democrat Cyber-crime23 Feb 2023 | 21
Titanic mass grave site to be pillaged for NFTs Comment Company claims that's the best way to put 'historical' legacy in the hands of the global public Offbeat22 Feb 2023 | 56
FTX is back in Japan, where users can withdraw fiat and crypto System back online with money still there, thanks to Japanese regulations Software21 Feb 2023 | 33
Hong Kong to crypto exchanges: get a securities broker's licence, or go home Crashes like FTX and Terra have made regulation necessary, say authorities, even as Territory seeks to become a virtual asset hub Legal21 Feb 2023 | 7
Norway finds a way to recover crypto North Korea pinched in Axie heist Meanwhile South Korea's Do Kwon is sought for fraud by US authorities Cyber-crime17 Feb 2023 | 7
More victims of fake crypto investor scam speak to The Register Exclusive UK-based Coin Publishers were conned out of $206,000 after meeting in a Barcelona hotel Cyber-crime16 Feb 2023 | 50
99 year old man says cryptocurrency is for idiots Charlie Munger also thinks semiconductors are a terrible business, Taiwan's safe from China, Elon Musk is 'peculiar' Software16 Feb 2023 | 142
Craig Wright's crypto wallet claim against Bitcoin SV devs back before judges Another of the self-proclaimed BTC inventor's lawsuits rumbles onward Software15 Feb 2023 | 22
Crypto mixer Sinbad looks uncannily like a remix of North Korea's notorious Blender Lazarus Group’s favorite digi-dollar launderer may have risen again Software14 Feb 2023 | 12
Scammers steal $4 million in crypto during face-to-face meeting Demand to display wallet full of coin facilitated mystery heist Cyber-crime08 Feb 2023 | 86
Bank of England won't call it Britcoin but says digital pound 'likely to be needed in future' Technical paper says blockchain probably isn't up to the job Software08 Feb 2023 | 176
South Korea to treat crypto tokens and virtual assets as if they were securities ‘Food does not change no matter what bowl it is served in’ says regulator Legal07 Feb 2023 | 5
Guy accused of wrecking crypto exchange now hauled into court Mango Markets still offline for now ... but v4 comeback release looms Cyber-crime03 Feb 2023 | 16
Bankruptcy probe: Celsius cheated investors 'from the start' If it walks like a Ponzi, quacks like a Ponzi, guess what it is? Personal Tech01 Feb 2023 | 20
Amid FTX's burning wreckage, Japan outpost promises asset withdrawals in February Well what do you know – plenty of hard-nosed regulation by central authorities actually protected investors Cyber-crime31 Jan 2023 | 10
South Korea makes crypto crackdown a national justice priority It's listed alongside issues like tackling gang violence, drugs, and sex crimes Cyber-crime31 Jan 2023 | 2
New York again mulls letting people pay the state in crypto Ah, the 2020s, in which we fund public roads and schools with Dogecoin Personal Tech30 Jan 2023 | 17
AWS, Microsoft, Google among businesses owed money after FTX collapse Join the queue, eh? Personal Tech27 Jan 2023 | 5
FBI catches up with infosec and crypto communities, blames Lazarus Group for $100 million heist Well played, feds. What's next? Ransomware is rampant? Strong passwords are important? Cyber-crime25 Jan 2023 | 4
Finally, ransomware victims are refusing to pay up Near 50% drop in extorted dosh ... or so it says here Cyber-crime19 Jan 2023 | 18
FTX audit finds $415m in crypto mysteriously vanished Meanwhile SBF proclaims he's both innocent and solvent Personal Tech19 Jan 2023 | 44
Crypto exchanges freeze accounts tied to North Korea’s notorious Lazarus Group Well whaddya know, the crypto ecosystem did the right thing by stiffing the WannaCry bandits Cyber-crime17 Jan 2023 | 11
FTX boss Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty on eight charges $32 billion cryptocurrency failure on the dock Personal Tech05 Jan 2023 | 31
Crypto craziness craps out – and about time too Opinion Fintech, you're better than this. Time to concentrate on more helpful stuff Networks23 Dec 2022 | 150
FTX CTO and Alameda Research CEO admit fraud, pair 'cooperating' with Feds Samuel Bankman-Fried in FBI custody to face court 'as soon as possible' Networks22 Dec 2022 | 57
Anti-money laundering bill targeting cryptocurrency introduced in US Senate Frankly my dear, I do give a DAAML Personal Tech15 Dec 2022 | 11
To protect its cloud, Microsoft bans crypto mining from its online services Updated Windows giant fears coin crafting may upend its servers Off-Prem15 Dec 2022 | 51
FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried charged with fraud by just about everyone Billions in people's private funds siphoned off to bankroll hedge fund, watchdogs say Personal Tech13 Dec 2022 | 54
Bahamian rap: Crypto villain Sam Bankman-Fried arrested Indictment imminent from America, extradition likely. Grab some popcorn Software13 Dec 2022 | 43
FTX Japan would let customers withdraw funds … if only anyone could log in Add a busted tech platform to the list of the company's sins Software06 Dec 2022 | 7
Remuneration coming for TrustCor customers impacted by CA revocation In brief Also, a Capone henchman lands behind bars, while nearly 9/10 DoD contract firms fail security standards Security05 Dec 2022 |
Blockchain needs a reason to exist, Boris Johnson tells roomful of blockchain pros As for Twitter, politicians need to grow thick skins and stop mistaking it for advertisement Software02 Dec 2022 | 107