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Thai authorities recently uncovered an illegal Bitcoin mining operation in Ratchaburi, a town near Bangkok, after residents complained about persistent power outages.
Blockchain analytics firm Arkham is rolling out a bounty program to track down the owners of crypto wallets involved in a digital asset scam.
Polygon is dealing with a serious security breach just before a major network upgrade. The project’s Discord channel has been compromised, raising concerns about potential phishing scams targeting users ahead of the MATIC to POL token swap.
On Thursday, speculation spread on social media that Changpeng Zhao, the co-founder and former CEO of Binance, had been released from prison early.
Crypto exchange WazirX, which was recently hit by a $230 million cyberattack, has announced that it will allow partial withdrawals in Indian Rupees (INR) starting from August 26.
U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick has ordered Kraken, the prominent cryptocurrency exchange, to respond to SEC charges of securities law violations within 20 days.
Bloomberg has reported that cryptocurrency exchange Kraken may face legal action from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for not registering as a cryptocurrency exchange.