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An early Bitcoin (BTC) miner has signed a cryptographic message with 145 wallet addresses containing unspent UTXOs calling Craig Wright (CSW) a fraud and a liar.Satoshi’s ghost is rising again. Well, probably not but the interesting thing is that today the message came signed by 145 wallets containing Bitcoin (BTC)
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The credibility of Craig Wright – the Australian tech entrepreneur who controversially claims to be bitcoin’s pseudonymous inventor, Satoshi Nakamoto – has taken another blow. After a list of bitcoin addresses Wright had provided as being his holdings in an ongoing court case were briefly and “inadvertently” made public by plaintiffs
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A message signed by 145 wallets containing Bitcoin (BTC) mined in its first years calls Craig Wright a “liar and a fraud.” The message was published on May 25 with a list of 145 addresses and their corresponding signatures. This seemingly proves that the addresses do indeed belong to the person
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Distributed ledger technology (DLT) firm Algorand has partnered with blockchain-based tamper-proof media verification platform Attestiv to target fraud within the insurance industry.The firms will combine their tech to develop a single platform for verifying digital media for a multitude of stakeholders across the insurance sector — including insurers, customers, repair
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Global losses from cryptocurrency fraud and theft surged massively in 2019, doubling from 2018. Despite multiple efforts to tackle fraudulent crypto schemes, countries like Belgium continued to suffer losses to crypto fraudsters.According to a May 8 report by Belgian newspaper De Tijd, Belgium’s economic inspectorate reported 2.94 million euros ($3.2
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Popular Ethereum (ETH) block explorer Etherscan has launched a machine-learning powered surveillance engine to flag ETH and wallets that are associated with illicit activity.Wallets that have originated from illegal sources will now be blacklisted — allowing users to identify when coins they are receiving have a checkered history.Etherscan blacklists
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Mark Karpeles, the former CEO of defunct cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox, accuses plaintiff Gregory Greene of altering the factual basis of his claims against Karplese mid-case, according to his March 16 response to Greene’s justification for continuing the case.Gregory Greene, the last remaining plaintiff in what was previously a
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Cryptocurrency scams in 2019 were more risky for U.S. residents than fraud involving romance or payments.That's the conclusion of a report released last week by the Better Business Bureau (BBB), a nonprofit organization focused on marketplace trust. The report found an average dollar loss in crypto-focused fraud of $3,000 for
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On March 3, District Judge Charles Pannell dismissed a lawsuit claiming securities fraud charges against rapper ‘T.I.’ for selling FLiK tokens for his company’s initial coin offering (ICO) during August 2017.The judge failed to find concrete evidence of securities violations or negligent misrepresentation as T.I. made no claims regarding
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 is one of Nintendo’s most highly-anticipated future games. Someone on Reddit published a “leak” about the next Zelda title. It’s obviously fake… right? Nintendo fans everywhere are rabidly excited for Breath of the Wild 2. Some are so excited that
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