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‘Don’t do crime, crime is bad’ — Hack on ransomware gang LockBit exposes 59,975 Bitcoin addresses and thousands of victim negotiations: report

‘Don’t do crime, crime is bad’ — Hack on ransomware gang LockBit exposes 59,975 Bitcoin addresses and thousands of victim negotiations: report

Ransomware gang LockBit has been on the receiving end of a data leak of its own, exposing 59,975 Bitcoin addresses, public keys, and 4,442 negotiation messages with victims following a recent hack.LockBit is a notorious cybercriminal group that runs a Ransomware-as-a-Service operation, developing to…

$45 million stolen from Coinbase users in the last week — ZackXBT

$45 million stolen from Coinbase users in the last week — ZackXBT

Onchain sleuth and security analyst ZackXBT claims to have identified an additional $45 million in funds stolen from Coinbase users through social engineering scams in the past seven days alone.According to the onchain detective, the $45 million figure represents the latest financial losses in a str…

Zerebro dev’s death in question as ‘proof’ surfaces on X

Zerebro dev’s death in question as ‘proof’ surfaces on X

Members of the crypto community are circulating apparent “proof” that Zerebro developer Jeffy Yu faked his suicide as he promoted his new memecoin during a Pump.fun livestream on May 4.The belief appears to come from an unverified private letter supposedly sent by Yu to a Zerebro investor, trading a…

Senate Democrat probes Trump’s crypto ties in letter to World Liberty Financial

Senate Democrat probes Trump’s crypto ties in letter to World Liberty Financial

A U.S. investigative panel is preparing to scrutinize potential conflicts of interest related to President Trump's recent crypto activities, according to Senate Democrat Richard Blumenthal's letters to Trump-associated crypto companies.Blumenthal, who is the ranking member of the Senate Permanent Su…

Why is XRP price down today?

Why is XRP price down today?

Key takeaways:Ripple's end-to-quarterly market report fuels uncertainty, impacting XRP price negatively.Low open interest in XRP futures signals weak trader confidence.XRP price technicals weaken with resistance at $2.27 and declining RSI.XRP fell on May 6, down 3% in the last 24 hours to trade at …

Riot Sells 475 Bitcoin While MicroStrategy Makes Another $180 Million Purchase

Riot Sells 475 Bitcoin While MicroStrategy Makes Another $180 Million Purchase

Last month, Riot Platforms sold 475 Bitcoin in a reversal of its long-term hodling policy, while Strategy acquired BTC worth $180 million today. This was reportedly Riot’s first Bitcoin sell since January 2024.While MicroStrategy continues to stick to its aggressive accumulation policy, not all indu…

Trump’s two crypto dinners in May raise potential for conflicts of interest

Trump’s two crypto dinners in May raise potential for conflicts of interest

President Donald Trump is pushing back against criticism over his and his family’s ties to cryptocurrency.In a post on Monday on Truth Social, the Trump family-owned platform, the president said he plans to move forward with a gala dinner in Washington later this month for major backers of the Offic…

Good actors were 'unfairly targeted' by SEC — OpenSea's CEO

Good actors were 'unfairly targeted' by SEC — OpenSea's CEO

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) enforcement approach on crypto firms has left a lasting “regulatory overhang” within the industry, according to Devin Finzer, co-founder and CEO of OpenSea. Speaking to Cointelegraph, Finzer said that during Biden's administration the agency unfairly ta…

Crypto Pundit Says XRP To $10 Is Just The Start

Crypto Pundit Says XRP To $10 Is Just The Start

In his latest video, the market commentator known as CryptoInsightUK laid out a multi-step argument for why XRP could “very realistically go to $10 plus this cycle — and potentially into the $20-to-$30 range.” The analyst combined macro-asset rotation, historical dominance patterns and a series of b…

OpenAI to stay nonprofit, scrap proposed overhaul

OpenAI to stay nonprofit, scrap proposed overhaul

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has abandoned plans to become a for-profit company and reaffirmed commitment to its nonprofit status. In a May 5 blog post, OpenAI confirmed plans to convert its for-profit business unit into a so-called Public Benefit Corporation (PBC), which would remain under the nonprofit’s …

Stellar to Host Webinar on Zoom on May 7th

Stellar to Host Webinar on Zoom on May 7th

Stellar will hold the Q1 2025 review webinar on May 7th at 17:30 UTC, summarizing growth metrics and strategic developments from the first quarter of 2025. XLM InfoStellar is a decentralized, open-source blockchain platform for conducting financial operations. It was founded in 2014 by Jed McCaleb, …

Bitcoin pioneer and felon says he’s ‘vibe coding’ to restart the BTC faucet

Bitcoin pioneer and felon says he’s ‘vibe coding’ to restart the BTC faucet

Early Bitcoin entrepreneur Charlie Shrem says he’s working on bringing back the Bitcoin faucet — a website that hands out Bitcoin to whoever solves CAPTCHA tasks, normally used to distinguish humans from machines.Shrem shared his new Bitcoin faucet website — 21million.com — in a May 4 X post, which…