In an unprecedented turn of events, a convicted Bitcoin hacker has been released from prison earlier than expected, crediting former President Donald Trump for his newfound freedom. The news is making ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bitcoin Hack - Credit: Jaiz Anuar via Getty Images Ilya Lichtenstein, perpetrator of one of the biggest hacks in Bitcoin history, ...

In 2023, Lichtenstein and his wife, Heather Morgan, pleaded guilty to money laundering conspiracy in a wild 2016 scheme to steal 120,000 bitcoins (worth over $10 billion today) from Bitfinex, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ilya Lichtenstein, who orchestrated the theft of over $11 billion worth of Bitcoin from crypto exchange Bitfinex in 2016, is out ...

Bithumb itself has confirmed the error and indicated 620,000 bitcoin (worth around $43 billion) was accidentally sent to 695 users. The amount was large enough to cause a temporary 10% downtick in the ...

South Korea-based crypto exchange Bithumb said it mistakenly sent an excess amount of bitcoin to “some customers,” after an internal distribution error during ...