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DEA Duped: How a Crafty Crypto Scammer Outwitted the Agency and Made Off With $55K
26.8.2023
In a revealing report published on August 24, 2023, a significant oversight by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) was brought to light. In their endeavor to manage assets confiscated from a nefarious enterprise, the DEA mistakenly funneled funds to an unrelated scammer, falling prey to a notorious...
Crypto headcount surges over 100% since 2019 despite implosions
18.7.2023
While industry giants like Binance hire and lay off thousands of people, other crypto heavy-weights like Tether currently only have 60 employees
UK Finance: Digital Pound Holdings Should Be Limited to £5,000 to Avoid Panic
4.7.2023
U.K. Finance, one of the largest finance membership organizations in the U.K., has issued its recommendations to the Bank of England regarding the issuance of a digital pound. The organization stated that individual holdings of the proposed central bank digital currency (CBDC) should be capped...
Today in Crypto: Citadel & Fidelity-Backed EDX Launches Trading, Core Scientific Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Plan, Canadian Securities Administrators Warns About Fraudulent Crypto Companies
21.6.2023
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________...
Read More: Today in Crypto: Citadel & Fidelity-Backed EDX Launches Trading, Core Scientific Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Plan, Canadian...
Apple removes malicious Trezor app from App Store
21.6.2023
Apple has removed a fake Trezor wallet app after a researcher revealed its presence in the App Store but others may still be lurking
Today in Crypto: Deutsche Bank Applies for German Digital Asset Custody License, Scam Trezor App Warning, Japan's Crypto Exchanges Urge Regulators to Relax Margin Trading Restrictions, New Banking Restrictions for Australian Exchanges
20.6.2023
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________...
Read More: Today in Crypto: Deutsche Bank Applies for German Digital Asset Custody License, Scam Trezor App Warning, Japan's Crypto...
How to Recover a Lost PIN Number for a Trezor Hardware Wallet – KeychainX Expert Explains
19.6.2023
Storing your digital assets on a cryptocurrency hardware wallet such as Trezor is considered to be one of the safest ways to secure your funds. If you have lost your PIN number to access it however, you might be afraid your money is completely gone as there is no-one else that can remember it...
Trezor CEO cites usability as top factor for the hardware wallet: BTC Prague
16.6.2023
Trezor doesn’t plan to introduce any private key recovery tools as it has provided all possible tools to help users secure the seed phrase, CEO Matej Zak said
Rivaling Visa, Skyrocketing Trezor, Binancing All and 20 Crypto Jokes
3.6.2023
This week in crypto: Ethereum transaction volume rivaled Visa as blockchain transactions soared, Tether saw its market capitalization hit a new record high, a long-forgotten Ethereum ICO wallet resurfaced with $15 million worth of funds after eight years of dormancy, and Saifedean Ammous...
Trezor Sales Skyrocket by 900% Despite Reddit Scam Warnings
29.5.2023
Hardware wallet maker Trezor’s sales just skyrocketed by 900% week-over-week, despite Reddit users warning that fake Trezor phishing websites are being promoted across social media.
Reddit user bitcoin-o-rama warned Reddit users that the social media site allows scammers to pay to promote fake...
Cybersecurity Firm Unciphered Hacks Popular Trezor T Crypto Wallet
25.5.2023
The US-based cybersecurity firm Unciphered claims to have successfully hacked into a Trezor T hardware crypto wallet by exploiting a hardware vulnerability.
The breach of the popular hardware wallet was made possible by physically taking apart the device using highly specialized tools.
The...
Ledger Recover Fiasco Exposes Gap Between Blockchain Ideals and Technical Reality
24.5.2023
After a video went viral of what appears to be a hardware wallet getting smashed with a hammer and then blow-torched into a charred mass, Ledger (and all of the crypto industry) got a searing reminder on the importance of managing expectations
Crypto Security Firm Unciphered Claims Ability to Physically Hack Trezor T Wallet
24.5.2023
Unciphered, a company of cybersecurity professionals who recover lost cryptocurrency, says it found a way to physically hack into the Trezor T hardware wallet. Trezor says it acknowledged a similar-sounding attack vector a few years ago
Hardware Wallet Rivals Offer Discounts in Wake of Ledger New Product Controversy
19.5.2023
In response to the latest controversy related to hardware wallet specialist Ledger and its new service, competitors are taking advantage of the worries expressed by some users. Among others, hardware producer Trezor hopes to capitalize on Ledger’s trouble by offering a discount to buyers.
“Open...
Kaspersky Uncovers Counterfeit Trezor Wallets That Jeopardize Crypto Assets With Pre-Knowledge of Private Key
17.5.2023
Kaspersky, the multinational cybersecurity and anti-virus provider, made a startling revelation on May 10th. According to their report, a victim of a crypto hack had unwittingly purchased a counterfeit Trezor Model T from a “trusted seller through a popular classifieds website.”...
‘Trusted seller’ vends fake Trezor wallets stealing crypto: Kaspersky
16.5.2023
Cryptocurrency users are once again reminded about the importance of using only authentic hardware wallets
Hardware Wallets Gain Popularity as FTX Collapse Pushes Users to Self-Custody
3.5.2023
The FTX collapse pushed many users away from exchanges and into storing their own crypto. But the potential issue of human error remains.
FTX was not alone in creating this trend. Celsius Network, Three Arrows Capital, Terra, and other crypto companies failing in 2022, as well as the March 2023...
Datový trezor se nově uživatelům na zkoušku aktivuje automaticky
28.4.2023
Noví držitelé datových schránek dostávají Datový trezor na zkoušku. Těsně před vymazáním první nesystémové datové zprávy, ať už odeslané nebo příchozí, jim je tato služba automaticky aktivována. Na tuto v tichosti zavedenou novinku jsme upozornili v rámci předchozího dílu seriálu Jak na digitální...
Trezor Enables Coinjoin for Trezor T Model to Bolster a ‘New Era of Privacy’
20.4.2023
According to Trezor, the crypto hardware wallet manufacturer, owners of the Trezor T model can now use a Coinjoin feature to preserve their privacy. Trezor had announced the Coinjoin feature’s impending arrival on the hardware wallet seven months ago, and the feature went live on April...
Trezor Model T Gets Bitcoin Privacy Upgrade With New CoinJoin Feature
20.4.2023
CoinJoin increases privacy by combining multiple bitcoin payments from multiple spenders to produce a single transaction whose history and ownership are obfuscated