The 2018 selloff in cryptocurrencies deepened, wiping out $42bn (R547bn) of market value over the weekend and extending this year’s slump in bitcoin to more than 50%. Some observers pinned the retreat on an
Browsing: Coincheck
The US$500m heist of digital tokens from Japanese exchange Coincheck on Friday is remarkable for its sheer size, but thefts in the lightly regulated world of cryptocurrencies are woefully frequent. In less than a
At 2.57am on Friday morning in Tokyo, someone hacked into the digital wallet of Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck and pulled off one of the biggest heists in history. Three days later, the theft of nearly $500m