A Crypto Micronation’s Future Hangs on a Border Dispute
Shooed away, the Liberty parked up on the opposite riverbank, on the Serbian side, just outside Liberland territory. Its passengers disembarked on a makeshift ramp made...
Fintech Unicorn Revolut Needs a Plan B
This year was supposed to be one big victory lap for Revolut, the UK’s largest fintech. The firm trumpeted its first ever year of profitability in March,...
Molly White Tracks Crypto Scams. It’s Going Just Great
As cryptocurrencies rise and fall, there’s one number that just keeps going up. Whenever somebody loses money to a crypto scam or hack, the Grift Counter...
Internal Report Suggests Security Lapses at Hacked Crypto Exchange Bitfinex
The Ledger Labs document said the tokens accessed by the hacker were associated with a generic “admin” email address and another linked to “giancarlo,” belonging to...
FTX-ed Crypto Investors Are Moving Back to Hardware Wallets
But with more crypto investors shifting to self-custody, both software and hardware wallet makers are trying to make their products more accessible and the process less...
An SEC Dissenter Says the Regulator Must Ease Off Crypto
A common frustration among crypto firms, articulated recently by Coinbase and Binance, is that efforts to discuss with regulators the aspects of crypto that do not tuck neatly...
China’s Metaverse Is All About Work
That ban helped set the path for the development of the Chinese metaverse, experts say, since it decoupled virtual spaces from digital assets. “The key difference...
Crypto Bankruptcy Markets Are Thriving After FTX’s Collapse
The motivations on each side of claim sales are different, but complementary. The seller either needs immediate cash to meet bills, wants to write down their...
North Korea Is Now Mining Crypto to Launder Its Stolen Loot
In the cryptocurrency ecosystem, coins have a story, tracked in the unchangeable blockchains underpinning their economy. The only exception, in some sense, is cryptocurrency that’s been...
What Is Blockchain? The Complete WIRED Guide
At this stage, when you say “blockchain,” you get two reactions: eye-rolling and dismissal or excited fervor at the potential for quick money. But it doesn’t...