Woman Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison After Failed Bitcoin Murder-for-Hire Plot
A woman has been sentenced to over eight years in prison after her murder-for-hire plot using bitcoin fell apart. Melody Sasser attempted to use the dark web to hire a…
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Bitcoin Giant Moves 777.91 Bitcoins Worth $52M After 7 Years
Following the activation of a dormant bitcoin address from 2017, which transferred 210 bitcoins at block height 854,501, another inactive wallet created on April 9, 2017, moved 777.91 BTC worth…
Massive Bitcoin Shift: $6B Moved as 5th Largest BTC Wallet Reactivates After Years of Dormancy
This week, blockchain observers noticed that the “37X” wallet, once holding the title of the fifth-largest bitcoin wallet, was activated for the first time since 2019. This significant move involved…
Sleeping Bitcoin wallet stirs after 11 years, moving over $30M
The anonymous Bitcoin whale is up over 600,000% from their 2011 purchase of BTC at $4.92.
Bitcoin Whale Transfers $13 Million Worth of Dormant Coins Dating Back to 2012 and 2013
Following the transfer of $60 million worth of bitcoins on April 19, after more than nine years of dormancy, another whale has made its move. The whale, who acquired 1,129…
14th Anniversary of Bitcoin’s Genesis Block: A Look Back at the Birth of Cryptocurrency
14 years ago on Jan. 3, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto launched the Bitcoin network and block zero at approximately 1:15 p.m. (ET) on a Saturday afternoon. Satoshi’s technology allows “online payments…
Three-quarters of BTC addresses still in profit despite market decline: Glassnode
The report by Glassnode also revealed that up to 60% of the transaction volume is in what it calls “profit dominance”, and long-term holders are the most likely to be…
Number of Addresses Holding BTC Taps 40 Million, Non-Zero Bitcoin Address Metric Grew 92% Since 2018
While bitcoin has risen in value in recent times, jumping 8% during the last seven days, statistics show that the number of addresses holding bitcoin has surpassed 40 million addresses.…
South Africa Ransomware Attack: Justice Department Denies Receiving 50 BTC Ransom Demand
South Africa’s Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJCD) has denied claims that it has received a 50 bitcoin ransom demand from hackers that attacked its systems on September 6,…
Darknet Users Leverage a New Blockchain Analytics Tool That Scans for Ties to Criminal Activity
According to the blockchain intelligence firm Elliptic, cybercriminals are leveraging cryptocurrency analytics to get ahead of law enforcement. Elliptic says a “blockchain analytics tool has been launched on the dark…