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...
Most Criminal Cryptocurrency Funnels Through Just 5 Exchanges
For years, the cryptocurrency economy has been rife with black market sales, theft, ransomware, and money laundering—despite the strange fact that in that economy, practically every...
The Year the NFT Died and Came Back to Life
The thread connecting most of these applications is the use of NFTs and economic incentive as the foundation for community-building. Even creators originally drawn to NFTs...