An unfortunate Bitcoin (BTC) user was duped out of 0.255 BTC, almost $10,000, due to malware running on their computer. Louis Nel, a tech blogger and crypto enthusiast, flagged the issue on Twitter, referring to his friend as ‘C.’ A friend sent 0.255BTC from his bitcoin wallet to an exchange. He copied and pasted the […]
A new tweet from Wassabi Wallet regarding refusing certain UTXOs from registering to CoinJoin has resulted in many discussions in the market. The latest one is from Samourai Wallet. The original tweet says: The zkSNACKs coordinator will start refusing certain UTXOs from registering to coinjoins. pic.twitter.com/X3kBuQwieO — Wasabi Wallet (@wasabiwallet) March 13, 2022 “The zkSNACKs […]
Police in Shanghai arrested more than ten people in connection with an approximately $16 million pyramid scheme that involved cryptocurrencies, the first to be solved in the city. The Shanghai police bureau had conducted an investigation for over six months across different provinces to track down the criminal ring, according to a post on the […]
Although the Bitcoin network is a permanent open record of transactions, many third parties have built privacy functionality on top of it. One such service is Wasabi Wallet, which uses a mixer protocol, Tor integration, and is free to use and open source. Mixers work by “mixing” transaction inputs and outputs together so that the […]
The central People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has added new functionality to its pilot digital yuan app – but it appears that some citizens are already trying to commit crimes using the new token, and have attempted to use it to launder money. Per IT Home, the PBoC’s app, which debuted in 11 cities and […]