2018-12-28 20:09 |
A Taiwanese man has been arrested for allegedly stealing electricity worth over $3 million to mine Bitcoin and Ethereum worth around $14.5 million
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A man with the Surname of Yang has been accused of stealing 100 million Taiwanese dollars (nearly $3. 25 million) worth of electricity to mine cryptocurrencies. Yang is suspected of stealing power from 17 different stores in Northern Taiwan to fuel his mining operations.
2018-12-28 22:15 | |
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Electricity Thief That Mined $3 Million USD In BTC And ETH Is Arrested A Taiwanese man which is being accused of stealing about $3.25 million USD in electricity to mine Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), now he has been recently arrested in the country. The surname of the man is “Yang” but his first name […]
2018-12-27 20:35 | |
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One of the most common hacks to punctuate the 2018 cryptocurrency media was illicit crypto-mining, also known as crypto-jacking, a recent report shows just how widespread it is becoming. According to the latest report from cyber security firm McAfee Labs, 2018 saw a 4000-percent increase in instances of crypto-mining malware.
2018-12-20 15:06 | |
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The crypto-jacking epidemic continues this week with news that 415,000 routers have been infected with crypto mining malware. The targeted routers were quietly hijacked to mine cryptocurrency without alerting users.
2018-12-5 02:50 | |
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Gor Gevorkyan, a Los Angeles resident, has filed a lawsuit against Bitmain for allegedly mining cryptocurrency at his expense. The class action claims that bitcoin mining giant had redesigned its ASIC devices “to mine crypto currency for the benefit of itself rather than its customers who purchase the products”.
2018-11-27 13:00 | |
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A class-action lawsuit for over $5 million has been filed in northern California against Chinese mining giant Bitmain. The company is being accused of utilizing customers’ newly purchased machines to mine cryptocurrency at full power for its own benefit while customers were configuring their equipment.
2018-11-27 21:38 | |
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The total cost of the ongoing ‘hash rate war’ affecting Bitcoin Cash has topped $11. 8 million, data from Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency trading platform BitMEX shows. SV Bears Brunt Of Giant Losses Fresh research uploaded to social media November 21 reveals the true extent of the curious phenomenon, in which miners have opted to mine Bitcoin Cash’s two forks at a loss.
2018-11-23 18:00 | |
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Mining has been the key to uncovering new bitcoin since 2009. Those looking to get into the crypto game have been trying to mine blockchains with the hopes of getting a reward for their work, verifying purchases and transactions.
2018-11-13 09:10 | |
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Today marks a new milestone for Bitcoin Cash [BCH] supporters, as BCH miners have supposedly processed 32 MB block size. This is big news considering the fact that approximately 1. 3 million transactions have been validated over a time span of 24 hours.
2018-11-11 21:47 | |
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With more than 4 million bitcoins left to mine, you might want to consider getting into mining bitcoin. Mining bitcoin involves verifying and adding transactions to the public ledger which is the blockchain, hence releasing new bitcoins into the system.
2018-10-30 14:06 | |
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The Sia blockchain network has released the formal code for a hard fork that will block miners using hardware produced by Bitmain and other manufacturers to mine the network’s token Siacoin (SC).
2018-10-22 18:06 | |
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Bitmain, the biggest company in bitcoin mining, has filed for its IPO in Hong Kong. As part of the approval process, the company submitted a prospectus to the Hong Kong stock exchange at the end of August 2018.
2018-9-28 23:08 | |
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Several Chinese researchers from Fudan University, Tsinghua University and the University of California Riverside have produced the first systematic study of the malicious mining of cryptocurrencies, known as cryptojacking, unveiling increasing complexity over time.
2018-9-25 23:59 | |
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Chen Min, the former chief chip maker at Bitcoin mining chip developer Canaan Creative, is turning her attention to Ethereum. Announcing her venture at the Ethereum Classic Summit in Seoul, South Korea, Chen’s new company, Linzhi, will focus on building cryptocurrency mining devices, and its first official products are a series of application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) miners designed specifically for Ethereum and Ethereum Classic.
2018-9-15 01:22 | |
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Crypto, charity and cycling. It’s an unlikely triad, but two fitness enthusiasts-turned-crypto philanthropists believe that, taken in combination, the three can drive positive change.
2018-9-12 21:42 | |
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Bitcoin mining giant has invested in immersion cooling technology as it’s competing to mine the remaining of the 21 million mineable bitcoins. The post Bitcoin Miner Bitfury Knows How to Make Cooling 95% More Effective appeared first on CoinSpeaker.
2018-9-7 00:43 | |
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Norwegian bitcoin miner Kryptovault is facing a shutdown of its operations due to extensive noise complaints from locals and a lack of proper paperwork. The company, which is headquartered in a former paper mill in Norway’s capital of Oslo, uses more than 40MW of power to drive an arsenal of nearly 10,000 computers.
2018-8-24 23:36 | |
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Following a high-level proposal in July to ban the importation of all cryptocurrency mining equipment into Vietnam, the Vietnamese Customs Department has announced a total ban on all mining rig imports, according to a local news outlet.
2018-8-16 21:58 | |
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The former CTO of Russian electronic wallet and payment network QIWI once had a personal wealth of half a million bitcoins — but lost them. 3 Months, 4. 1 Billion USD The extraordinary claims came to light as part of an interview with CEO Sergey Solonin, who told the audience during a Moscow lecture on July 25 that the CTO had used the company’s ubiquitous payment terminals to mine bitcoin, starting in 2011.
2018-7-26 22:00 | |
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Computer manufacturing company HTC says it is on the verge of releasing its upcoming blockchain phone, Exodus, which was first announced in May of 2018. Chief crypto officer at HTC Phil Chen leads the company’s blockchain and cryptocurrency initiatives.
2018-7-18 19:47 | |
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League of Legends players in the Philippines are in a state after it was discovered that a malicious script used to mine cryptocurrencies by hijacking users’ computing power was discovered in the game’s Garena client.
2018-7-13 10:00 | |
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Hackers reportedly reaped more than $2 million in different cryptocurrencies after spreading malware across computers in China.
2018-7-9 12:00 | |
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“Virtual currencies are processed cryptographically, a miner is the machine that supports this encryption process. If you mine Bitcoin, you can process 12. 5 bitcoins in 10 minutes, which would be the equivalent of 10 million yen, (US$ 90,000).
2018-7-7 16:01 | |
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A miner has paid $13 million to convert an abandoned Intel chip manufacturing complex into an industrial mining farm. Also Read: Silicon Valley Whales Buy Diamonds in the Millions With Bitcoin New 85,000 Square Feet Mining Operation 3G Venture II, a California-based company, has paid $13 million for a big chuck of an abandoned Intel
2018-6-25 21:01 | |
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Following such places as Quebec and New York, the latest location in North America to attract large Bitcoin mining operations with a cheap supply of electricity is Colorado Springs. A miner has paid $13 million to convert an abandoned Intel chip manufacturing complex into an industrial mining farm.
2018-6-25 19:40 | |
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Companies mining cryptocurrencies are not required to obtain a license, the Ukrainian state agency responsible for licensing regimes said this week. The annual revenue generated by the Ukrainian crypto mining industry amounts to over $100 million, according to recently published data.
2018-6-24 10:55 | |
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Two suspects tied to a South American cargo theft ring were arrested after Los Angeles police recovered over $3. 9 million in stolen goods—including $2. 7 million worth of Bitcoin mining computers intercepted at LAX.
Russian crypto exchange CEO was detained by Polish police due to fraud and money laundering; the perpetrator will be extradited to the United States. Police in Poland have arrested Dmitriv Vasiliev because of the breaking of Polish privacy laws. This…
Two additional arrests have been made in the case of Kevin Mirshahi, a cryptocurrency influencer whose body was discovered in a Montreal park last month. Quebec provincial police announced that Darius Perry, 27, and Nackael Hickey, 25, face charges of…
The scheme promised 20x returns through investing in tokens that in reality had little value.
Victoria Police confiscated over $140,000 in crypto assets this year after a recent legislative change granted them new seizure powers. Victoria Police recently seized $142,679.10 in cryptocurrency as part of a drug trafficking investigation, according to their annual report. This…
Two people have been arrested following an investigation into a $243 million heist of a creditor of defunct trading firm Genesis, according to blockchain sleuth ZachXBT.
Two people have been arrested following an investigation into a $243 million heist of a creditor of defunct trading firm Genesis, according to blockchain sleuth ZachXBT.