Bitget puts a price on getting its funds back
Bitget has moved to crowdsource the recovery of stolen funds, announcing a bounty program that pays 5% of any assets frozen or recovered through voluntary assistance from exchanges, security
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Spot Bitcoin ETF inflows run six days straight, but daily totals shrink for a third session
US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw net inflows of approximately $191 million on Thursday, marking their sixth straight day of net inflows. The total streak is now more than $2.8 billion, although Thurs
Bitcoin Rally Adds Billions to Satoshi's Stash
A sharp rise in Bitcoin ($BTC) prices over the past ten days has added an estimated $10 billion to the paper fortune of Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, as the asset cli
Bitcoin Privacy Proposal Brings Zcash Style Shielding to BTC
A team of cryptography researchers has proposed a new system called Shielded Bitcoin that would bring Zcash-style privacy to $BTC transfers without touching Bitcoin's core protocol. The white
Who is David Schwartz, one of XRP's three original architects?
From Bitcoin critic to ledger co-creator David Schwartz (@JoelKatz) is one of three engineers who built the XRP Ledger from the ground up. In early 2011, Schwartz, Jed McCaleb, and Arthur Bri
Who is Zooko Wilcox, the cypherpunk behind Zcash?
From DigiCash to Bitcoin's Early Days Long before Zcash existed, @zooko was already at the frontier of digital money. In 1996, he joined DigiCash, the early digital cash company founded by cr
Bitcoin Quantum Protection Gets 79% Cheaper
Cost Falls From $320 to $66 After Open Coding Contest StarkWare has reported a sharp drop in the estimated cost of preparing a quantum-safe $BTC transaction, with the figure falling to approx
Bitget puts a price on getting its funds back
Bitget has moved to crowdsource the recovery of stolen funds, announcing a bounty program that pays 5% of any assets frozen or recovered through voluntary assistance from exchanges, security
Musk's Grok beats Altman's ChatGPT in hot AI trading
Coinbase Global (Nasdaq: COIN), the top cryptocurrency trading exchange in the United States, launched Coinbase for Agents on June 11. The feature connects a trader's AI agent directly to the
4,500 BTC worth $378 million moves after 2 years, dust swept, holder skipped 2025 peak
A dormant Bitcoin address containing 4,500 BTC—valued at approximately $378 million—has been moved for the first time since April 2022. The transfer, which occurred for a fee of just 1,303 sa
Death of Former Hack VC Partner Hsin-Ju Chuang Ruled Suicide
Hsin-Ju Chuang, a former partner at the crypto venture firm Hack VC, has died at age 37, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner. The county’s Coroner Death Registry later list
Bitcoin whale moves 4,500 BTC idle since 2022, sweeping seven dust deposits with it
For a fee of 1,303 satoshis, or about $1.10, a 4,500 BTC stash that hadn’t been touched since April 2022 was moved to a new address in full. Seven dust deposits of 294 to 547 satoshis each ha