CryptoPunks, one of the first non-fungible token (NFT) collections on the Ethereum blockchain, has reached a significant milestone as it celebrates its sixth anniversary. Since its launch in June 2017, CryptoPunks has captivated…
This week has seen many TradFi institutions rushing to apply for spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds, which in turn helped push the crypto past the $30,000 mark, despite the regulatory challenges standing in its…
The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has been busy tackling crypto scams this week. On Thursday, the Justice Department revealed that New Yorker William Ichioka pleaded guilty to multiple fraud charges…
Crypto market analytics firm Santiment has identified bullish on-chain signals for Ethereum (ETH) as the altcoin rebounds. Santiment notes that the supply of ETH on exchanges as a percentage of its total supply…
The Bank of England (BOE) has raised its key bank rate by 0.5% to 5%, citing inflation as the reason for the decision. The BOE warns that this increase may lead to higher…
Joseph James O’Connor, a U.K. citizen and one of the perpetrators of the 2020 Twitter hack, has been sentenced to five years in prison for his role in several cybercrime offenses. According to…
A British hacker, Joseph O’Connor, aka the PlugwalkJoe, has been sentenced to five years in a United States prison for stealing $794,000 worth of crypto through a SIM swap attack. The SIM swap…
The price of Bitcoin reached a new high of over $31,400 on Friday, the highest level since 2022. This surge is fueled by increasing institutional interest in the cryptocurrency. Although Bitcoin briefly retracted,…
Joseph O’Connor, also known as PlugwalkJoe, a British hacker, has been sentenced to five years in prison in the United States for his involvement in a SIM swap attack. The attack targeted a…