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BTC traders caught off guard: 3 reasons Bitcoin dropped 2% in just 1 hour
2.11.2020
The price of Bitcoin declined by 2% in under an hour in a sharp correction on Monday, catching traders off guard likely due to three major technical factors
Italian man caught allegedly using airport computer systems for ETH mining
30.10.2020
You can't just mine crypto for profit using other people's systems without them approving it
Corporate Treasuries Caught Between an Inflation Rock and Bitcoin
24.10.2020
Bitcoin (BTC) is gradually becoming acceptable among mainstream investors and corporations. Nowhere has this been made more evident than with MicroStrategy’s adoption of the most popular cryptocurrency as its main reserve asset.
The Virginia-based tech consultancy converted over USD 400m of...
Another ‘Sleeping Bitcoin’ Block Reward from 2010 Was Caught Waking Up After Ten Years
14.10.2020
Another 2010 block reward was spent on Wednesday morning (ET) adding to the great number of ‘Satoshi era’ or so-called ‘sleeping bitcoins’ waking up in 2020. The block reward with 50 bitcoins was created on November 11, 2010, and transferred in block 652,669 after ten years....
$12M in ‘Satoshi Era’ Bitcoins Move: 21 Block Rewards from 2010 Spent After a Decade of Slumber
11.10.2020
On early Sunday morning around 1:38:02 a.m. (New York time), approximately 20 blocks with coinbase rewards from 2010 were spent in one block. 1,000 BTC was then consolidated into a single address before moving again. The massive movement of the decade-old ‘sleeping’ bitcoins was caught...
Hacker from the 2016 Bitfinex Breach Transfers $21M Worth of Bitcoin to Unknown Wallets
8.10.2020
On Wednesday morning (ET), around 2,034 BTC ($21.6 million) from the 2016 Bitfinex hack moved into a few unknown wallets. The action was caught by the Btcparser program as five transactions with around 400 BTC each moved for the first time in four years. On August 2, 2016, the popular digital...
Caught in two minds: DeFi meme coins spark debate over their intentions
12.9.2020
DeFi’s meme coins are causing a stir within the crypto community, as some call foul, others see the upside
Malaysian Crypto Miners Were Caught Stealing Electricity From the State
12.8.2020
They thought they had it made, but the Malaysian authorities were one step ahead
This is How Superman29 Laundered Millions in Bitcoin and Got Caught
24.7.2020
Kais Mohammad, a 36-year-old resident of Yorba Linda in California who nicknamed himself 'Superman29', has pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges of running Herocoin, an unlicensed cryptocurrency services business that exchanged up to USD 25 million through in-person transactions and a network...
Twitter Hackers Caught Using BitPay and Coinbase on Hack-Related Wallet
16.7.2020
The Twitter hackers had used one of the addresses involved, which shows transactions to BitPay and Coinbase
‘How to Buy Bitcoin in India’: Crypto Exchange Offers Rewards for Videos in All Indian Languages
15.7.2020
Indian cryptocurrency exchange Wazirx is offering rewards for videos about how to buy bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies in India in all Indian languages, including Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada, Bengali, and Telugu. News.Bitcoin.com caught up with Wazirx CEO Nischal Shetty to find...
Ukrainian Hacker Caught Selling Government Databases for Crypto
10.7.2020
A Ukrainian hacker stole data in government databases and attempted to sell it for crypto
WebP Image Support Coming to iOS 14
24.6.2020
Apple announced a ton of new updates at yesterday’s WWDC20 keynote address, from new hardware to updated applications. There’s lots to gawk at and enough device-envy to go around.
But there’s one little line in the Safari 14 Beta release notes that caught my eye:
Added WebP image...
Illegal Crypto Miner Caught After Stealing More Than $400K of Electricity
9.6.2020
Russian police arrested a 30-year-old crypto miner who they accuse of stealing over $494,000 in electricity from the state power network
Bitmain’s Feuding Co-Founders Are Fracturing the Firm and Staff Are Caught in the Middle
4.6.2020
Staff at bitcoin miner manufacturer Bitmain are being forced to choose between its two co-founders as a long-running feud over control of the firm worsens
Bitcoin Price Caught Between Key Support Levels as Bearish Sentiment Grows
27.5.2020
Bitcoin price is struggling to reclaim $9,000, leading investor sentiment to turn bearish on BTC’s short-term price action
Caught up in Steem Squabble, Bittrex to Return Tokens Diverted in Hard Fork
21.5.2020
Bittrex says it will return all confiscated steem tokens that got "rescued" soon after yesterday's hard fork
Some Innocent Fun With HTML Video and Progress
30.4.2020
The idea came while watching a mandatory training video on bullying in the workplace. I can just hear High School Geoff LOL-ing about a wimp like me have to watch that thing.
But here we are.
The video UI was actually lovely, but it was the progress bar that really caught my attention – or rather...
Chinese Kennel Owner Caught Stealing Electricity to Power Underground Bitcoin Mining Farm
29.4.2020
The largest oil field in the People’s Republic of China has been a target for individuals and organizations attempting to mine bitcoins with free electricity. After a bunch of mining farm operators allegedly got caught last summer, a dog kennel owner was recently busted for running cable...
Thinking in Behaviors, Not Screen Sizes
11.4.2020
Chase McCoy wrote a nifty post about the “gap problem” when making a grid of items. His argument might be summarized like this: how should we space elements with margins in CSS? He notes that the gap property isn’t quite ready for prime time when it comes to using it with flexbox, like this:
.grid...