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Jack Dorsey Touts 'Bitcoin Only' Cash App, Says Block's Wallet 'Improving Rapidly'
Wednesday, June 4, 2025 - 2:20am | 721Jack Dorsey, co-founder and executive chair of Block Inc. (NYSE:XYZ), reiterated the Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC)-only strategy of its "Cash App" digital wallet service on Tuesday. What happened: Dorsey took to X, stating, "We are Bitcoin only. And improving rapidly,” in response to a post that...
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Silent Bitcoin Wallets From 2011 Spring To Life, Transact $230M In Crypto Mystery
Thursday, November 2, 2023 - 5:41pm | 668Three dormant Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) wallet addresses tracing back to November 2017 transferred 6,500 BTC, worth $230 million, to new addresses late Wednesday. The activity of all the wallet addresses has a common date indicating they are connected or controlled by a single entity, The Block...
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Bitcoin Whale Exposed: Robinhood Revealed As Owner Of Massive Wallet
Thursday, August 24, 2023 - 3:14pm | 471The previously unidentified address that accumulated more than $3 billion in the world's largest digital currency over the past three months and now recognized as the third largest Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) wallet, has been identified. It allegedly belongs to Robinhood Markets Inc. (...
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Bitcoin Wallet Moves BTC Worth $31M After 11-Year Dormancy, Clocks More Than 600,000% Gains
Monday, July 24, 2023 - 12:41am | 424A previously dormant Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) wallet containing 1,037 BTC, equivalent to $31 million at current prices, has suddenly come to life after being untouched for over 11 years. The entire stash was transferred out, indicating a significant move in the cryptocurrency market. What Happened:...
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US Department Of Justice Hunts Down Russian Digital Warlords In Historic Mt. Gox Assault
Friday, June 9, 2023 - 3:53pm | 423The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed charges against two Russian nationals, Alexey Bilyuchenko, age 43, and Aleksandr Verner, age 29, for their alleged involvement in the infamous 2011 hack of the Mt. Gox cryptocurrency exchange and the subsequent operation of the shadowy cryptocurrency...
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EXCLUSIVE: Ledger CEO Says Open-Sourcing Does Not Equal Better Security
Wednesday, May 24, 2023 - 3:44pm | 614Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier says open-sourcing the company's Recover code does not equal better security, but ensures more transparency so people can verify the code is secure. Gauthier spoke with Benzinga regarding the roll-out of the Ledger Recover service after the Paris-based company...
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Anonymous Crypto Wallet Moves $250M In Bitcoin After Lying Dormant For 3.5 Years
Friday, January 6, 2023 - 9:52am | 340Over $250 million worth of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) was just moved to an unknown address from an inactive wallet that had been dormant for three and a half years. What Happened: The address that received the funds now holds almost half a billion worth of Bitcoin. See Also: Best Crypto Day...
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Deribit Hot Wallet 'Compromised,' Suffers $28M Hack: Are Client Funds Safe?
Wednesday, November 2, 2022 - 1:19pm | 433Cryptocurrency derivatives exchange Deribit has ceased withdrawals, following a $28 million hot wallet attack. “Deribit hot wallet compromised, but client funds are safe and loss is covered by company reserves," the company stated. "Our hot wallet was hacked for USD 28m earlier this...
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Jack Dorsey's Bitcoin Hardware Wallet Opts For Fingerprint Authentication Instead Of PINs Or Passwords: Here's Why
Monday, March 14, 2022 - 2:37am | 488Jack Dorsey’s payments company Block Inc (NASDAQ: SQ) is working on a Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) hardware wallet that will feature fingerprint authentication. What Happened: In a blog post on March 11, Block said its upcoming Bitcoin hardware...
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Square Considers Making A Hardware Wallet For Bitcoin While Dorsey Says BTC Is His Most Important Work
Saturday, June 5, 2021 - 9:38am | 471In a series of tweets on Friday, Square Inc (NASDAQ: SQ) CEO Jack Dorsey revealed that the company is considering making a hardware wallet for Bitcoin. What Happened: “If we do it, we would build it entirely in the open, from software to hardware design, and in collaboration with the...
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Freewallet Defends Self-Hosted Wallets After Elon Musk Criticism, Says Installs Increased By 50% Following Tweets
Saturday, February 13, 2021 - 2:58pm | 473Freewallet, a “multi-cryptocurrency” wallet with over 3.5 million users, said an incident with Elon Musk has “turned out to be staggering” for the company. What Happened: Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Musk on Wednesday criticized the wallet, tweeting...