Category: wallets

DC Magistrate Judge Calls Unhosted Wallet ‘Horror Story’ a ‘Fiction’

January 14, 2021

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“Indeed, cash poses a greater challenge to law enforcement than cryptocurrency in unhosted wallets,” wrote Judge Zia Faruqui in an opinion on a forfeiture case. (Tingey Injury Law Firm/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk) Jan 14, 2021 at 3:47 p.m. UTCUpdated Jan 14, 2021 at 3:55 p.m. UTC DC Magistrate Judge Calls Unhosted Wallet ‘Horror Story’ a […]

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Ledger Adds Bitcoin Bounty and New Data Security After Hack

January 13, 2021

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Ledger was also targeted by hackers in Shopify’s data breach. Ledger wallet(Ledger) Jan 13, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. UTCUpdated Jan 13, 2021 at 4:15 p.m. UTC Ledger Adds Bitcoin Bounty and New Data Security After Hack Matt Johnson, Ledger’s new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), had no choice but to hit the ground not just […]

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Democracy Demands a Say in the Future of Money

December 30, 2020

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Dec 30, 2020 at 9:19 p.m. UTCUpdated Dec 31, 2020 at 7:04 p.m. UTC (solarseven/Getty Images) Democracy Demands a Say in the Future of Money The money we use is changing fast, much faster than we recognize. With the convergence of various exponentially accelerating technologies, such as encryption and distributed ledgers, the imminent future of […]

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Over 13% of Bitcoin Crime Proceeds Laundered Through ‘Privacy Wallets’: Elliptic

December 9, 2020

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Dec 9, 2020 at 3:14 p.m. UTCUpdated Dec 9, 2020 at 4:06 p.m. UTC (wk1003mike/Shutterstock) Over 13% of Bitcoin Crime Proceeds Laundered Through ‘Privacy Wallets’: Elliptic The number of criminals using so-called privacy wallets to facilitate crypto money laundering is on the rise, according to Elliptic, a U.K.-based blockchain analytics company. The firm estimates that […]

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Wallets with less than 1 BTC account for just 5% of Bitcoin’s market cap

November 27, 2020

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With the number of “wholecoiner” Bitcoin wallets holding at least 1 BTC increasing every year, the remaining addresses represent just 5% of Bitcoin’s market cap. 18559 Total views 74 Total shares New data suggests that “wholecoiners” — Bitcoin wallets holding 1 BTC or more — now account for 95% of the cryptocurrency’s entire capitalization. That […]

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