The Department of Justice has indicted a supervisory special agent of the FBI for theft of nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency during the investigation of a crime. According to court filings, Patrick Steven Yaroch, a counterintelligence agent with a Top Secret clearance, allegedly abused his official position to move cryptocurrencies
Fintech companies have taken an awestruck look at the world of digital assets. Recently, the CEO of Tether, Paolo Ardoino, announced some remarkable figures about the user base of the firm. Currently, USDT is seeing more than 30 million new wallets getting added every quarter. In the third quarter of
This week, the topic of crypto security became a relevant one because of blockchain researcher ZachXBT’s remarks on the reliability of hardware wallets in relation to self-custody of funds. In fact, his views were in contrast to the current practices and drew attention to the issue of crypto wallets’ protection
Another 500 Bitcoins were recovered by the Irish authorities as part of the investigation. This was an international criminal group engaged in drug trafficking where cryptocurrency proceeds were used. The recovery was announced in a Facebook statement and in an X post by the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) on July
Cryptocurrency wallets are no longer just digital vaults for storing assets, rather they’ve evolved into full-featured platforms for trading, earning, spending, and interacting with decentralized apps (dApps). As crypto adoption grows globally, these wallets are competing to offer users better tools, broader blockchain support, and easier on-ramps to Web3. Here’s
Radiant Capital, a cross-chain lending protocol backed by Binance Labs, fell victim to a serious cyber attack. It resulted in losses exceeding $50 million in cryptocurrency On October 16, 2024. This incident underscores the significant vulnerabilities within decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms. Attackers gained control of the private keys belonging to
As one of the strong competitors in the crypto market, Cardano is growing strong with massive developments in its blockchain technology. Thereby, Cardano is grabbing the attention of large users. As a result, the network shares the rise in the number of ADA wallets in just one month. To be
Coinbase launches a new fiat-crypto transfer feature, Coinbase Pay. Enables direct transfer through chrome browser extension. Exclusive for only America and Canada, for now. Getting fiat into crypto wallets has always been a problem evidently. Lots of copy-pasting, and wallet addresses are always required for this process. In most cases,
Robinhood Markets Inc, a well-established financial services and trading platform based in California are all set to move from stocks and stock exchange towards cryptocurrency and crypto exchanges. This whole process has been going on for the past few months. Amidst all this, Robinhood’s CEO announces the launch of an
