Colorado resident Bryan Conner Herrell has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for moderating disputes on the now defunct darknet marketplace AlphaBay.  AlphaBay formally launched on December 22nd, 2014, a month after the Silk Road was shut down by the FBI and Europol. It allowed the sale of similar

This article was updated with additional information on September 4th after the BTC Times received a response from SatoshiLabs. According to a developer of hardware wallet ShiftCrypto, an attack vector affecting KeepKey and Trezor devices could allow hackers to hold crypto funds ransom.  The developer goes by Marko and writes

A "serious" ransomware attack on Tesla's Gigafactory was derailed after one plucky employee resisted a million-dollar bitcoin bribe from a Russian hacker. According to a complaint published by the Department of Justice last week, a Russian national was arrested for allegedly attempting to introduce malware to

A new Bitcoin-focused Exchange Traded Product (ETP) will now allow accredited investors to speculate on negative Bitcoin price movements, according to a press release on Monday. Switzerland’s 21Shares, the issuer of over eleven cryptocurrency ETPs, announced its new Short Bitcoin ETP (SBTC) (Ticker: 21XS) will be available to trade

Swiss health insurance company Atupri Health Insurance announced on Monday that its customers will now be able to make payments using bitcoin or ether. According to the firm, users can set up the new payment method on their dashboard and start making cryptocurrency payments at no additional cost other than

According to a civil forfeiture complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), North Korean hackers allegedly stole around $28.7 million worth of cryptocurrencies in two separate hacking attacks, first on July 1st of 2019, and second on September 25th of 2019.  The DoJ was able to

The Magical Crypto Friends, a collaboration between Litecoin creator Charlie Lee, Blockstream CSO Samson Mow, angel investor WhalePanda, and Tari Labs co-founder Riccardo Spagni, have revealed the dates for the first ever Magical Crypto Conference VR (MCCVR 2020), the first Bitcoin conference hosted completely in a virtual reality setting. MCCVR

One of the world’s largest asset managers, Fidelity Investments, is doubling down on its involvement in Bitcoin as the cryptocurrency has continued to gain traction on Wall Street. Forbes reported on Wednesday that the company has filed paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a