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Three suspects have been detained by Chinese police in connection with an alleged cryptocurrency theft. The estimated damage made up $87 million USD. Chinese police have arrested three individuals suspected to have stolen assets worth 600 million yuan ($87 million) through hacking. According to a report in Xinhua, China’s state-owned press agency, the police began investigating in Match of this year, after a resident of Xian complained that hackers had taken control of his computer and stolen 100 million yuan (US$15 million) worth of cryptocurrency. As a preliminary investigation showed, hackers had used remote hijacking techniques to gain access and control of cryptocurrency accounts belonging to the victim identified as Zhang. The police received assistance from several unnamed internet companies, and three months later, a suspect named Zhou was found. Zhou’s communications led to two more alleged accomplices, and all the ...

The cryptocurrency market attain a nine-month low since November 2017, as a huge sell-off is triggered in Bitcoin and altcoins. The Digital Currency market has made a new low for 2018 today as the overall market valuations have dropped below $200 billion. The market is reeling under a heavy selling pressure as over $25 billion have been wiped off the market in the last 24-hours. Bitcoin has lost nearly 7% in the last 24-hours as the world’s largest digital currency dipped below $6000 mark, momentarily, before finally recovering back. As per the global charts on CoinMarketCap, the cryptocurrency market has dipped to a low of $189 billion which is the lowest in the last nine months since November 2017. However, today’s price fall in Bitcoin is relatively low in comparison to other altcoins which have been the major reason for the huge slump in the market valuations. Data on the CoinMarketCap shows that except the Bitcoin, almost all the other top-twenty cryptocurrencies have ...

A crypto millionaire from Finland has lost more than 5,500 bitcoins due to a scam in Thailand. A famous Thai film actor is accused of having been involved. As you know, one of the marketing tools aimed at promotion of some products and services presupposes engagement of celebrities, whose reputation and image helps to draw public’s attention to this or that product. While the crypto market is continuing its rapid growth and development, more and more celebrities are joining the rows of crypto supporters and role models. Nevertheless, for a famous Thai actor his work with cryptos resulted into police intervention. As it has been informed by the Thai media, Jiratpisit Jaravijit, also known as Boom, was arrested after allegations of his involvement in a money laundering scheme with Bitcoin. As a result of such a scam, a Finnish man lost $34 million. In June 2017, the 22-year-old crypto millionaire from Finland became a victim of a scam scheme in which the actor and some other intr...