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Twitter Doesn’t Need Web 3.0 to Solve Its Identity Problem
17.7.2020
The great Twitter hack does not herald the end of the centralized web. But we need stronger cryptography for social media
First Mover: Why Bitcoin Traders Couldn’t Give a Sat About the Twitter Hack
17.7.2020
Bitcoin barely moved on this week’s Twitter hack. Here's what analysts said about why the attack had such little effect on prices
Twitter Says Hacker Group Targeted 130 Accounts
17.7.2020
The group behind Wednesday’s Twitter hack targeted up to 130 accounts and managed to gain full control of a smaller subset
What Does the Twitter Hack Mean for Bitcoin? Crypto Reacts
17.7.2020
Is the Twitter hack a watershed moment to decentralized social media? Does it reinforce negative stereotypes of Bitcoin only being used in crime? CoinDesk asked crypto luminaries to see what they think
In the Aftermath of Hack, Lawmakers Blame Twitter, Not Bitcoin
16.7.2020
Lawmakers are calling on Twitter to answer for a hack that shook the platform, focusing on cybersecurity rather than scapegoating cryptocurrencies
Market Wrap: What Twitter Hack? Traders Stay Busy Buying Bitcoin at $9,000
16.7.2020
Bitcoin suffered a short period of selling in early trading but has bounced back, seemingly immune to Wednesday's Twitter hack
Twitter Hack: Chainalysis and CipherTrace Confirm FBI Investigation
16.7.2020
The FBI is investigating Wednesday’s Twitter hack, Chainalysis and CipherTrace confirm
Maybe It Wasn’t About the Money – Few People Fell for Twitter Hack, Data Indicates
16.7.2020
While the crypto wallets associated with the scam registered over 400 transactions, the attackers seem to have made away with a relatively small haul
Twitter Hack 2020 Was Probably Done by a Bitcoiner – But Not a Savvy One
16.7.2020
A massive cyberattack against Twitter raised many questions about who people trust and what it means for the future of bitcoin
No, the Twitter Hack Wasn’t About Bitcoin
16.7.2020
The motivations and implications of a hack that had everyone from Coinbase to Kanye shilling a scam for bitcoin
Twitter Hacker Is a BitMEX Trader, On-Chain Data Suggests
16.7.2020
Whoever is responsible for yesterday's Twitter hack was deep into the cryptocurrency space, with the BitMEX receipts to prove it
Blockchain Bites: Twitter Hack Fallout, A New Way to ‘Yield Farm’ and a Hurricane-Proof CBDC
16.7.2020
What the Twitter hack means for Bitcoin, why stablecoins are on the rise in Hong Kong and a new way to farm yield using NFTs on Ethereum
After the Twitter Hack, We Need a User-Owned Internet More Than Ever
16.7.2020
Decentralized social media systems are still immature, but "as of yesterday, we can no longer claim they are a solution searching for a problem."
First Mover: ‘Boring’ Bitcoin Shrugs Off Twitter Hack as Stablecoins Co-Opt Satoshi’s Dream
16.7.2020
Prices for bitcoin barely budged, even as a scam involving the cryptocurrency appeared to be the motivation for a massive Twitter hack
Binance CEO Criticizes Twitter Security After Coordinated Attack on Prominent Accounts
16.7.2020
Talking to CoinDesk at the World Blockchain Summit Asia on Thursday, Chanpeng "CZ" Zhao called Twitter's security "weak" after a wave of account breaches Wednesday