bitcoin
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Roughly One-Third of Bitcoin Is Controlled by a Small Cabal of Whales, According to New Study
For all the talk of democratizing finance, the vast majority of Bitcoin continues to be owned by a relative handful of investors.
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Gullible OpenSea Users Were Vulnerable to ‘Malicious NFT’ Attacks, Researchers Say
OpenSea, the world’s largest market for NFTs, says that it recently patched security flaws that would have allowed bad actors to pilfer users’ digital crypto wallets. The flaws were brought to the market’s attention by researchers with Check Point, a cybersecurity company based in Israel, which says that fraudsters wielding “malicious NFTs” could have targeted…
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A Bitcoin Mining Operation Started a Secret Power Plant, It Did Not Go as Planned
A There Will Be Blood-style drama unfolds in Canada, where a Bitcoin mining operation illegally tapped an unused natural gas well near a wealthy neighbourhood in Alberta. The company Link Global might have gotten away with pilfering gas, if not for noise complaints from area hot tub owners. This story has everything.
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Widely Used Bitcoin ATMs Have Major Security Flaws, Researchers Warn
Many of the Bitcoin ATMs that have popped up everywhere from gas stations and smoke shops to bars and malls across the U.S. have major security vulnerabilities that render them susceptible to hackers, according to a new report by security researchers with crypto exchange Kraken.