Tag: bitcoin

March 23, 2022

HubSpot, a Cambridge, Mass.-based provider of CRM, sales and marketing software, confirmed that hackers targeted customers in the cryptocurrency industry in a cybersecurity attack reported March 18, 2022. The “bad actor,” as HubSpot reported, compromised a HubSpot employee account. The […]

January 10, 2019

Bitwise Asset Management, a cryptocurrency index fund provider, has applied for a new bitcoin-backed exchange-traded fund (ETF). The application, submitted with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), outlines the company’s proposal. For the benefit of those not in the […]

June 18, 2018

Cyber-crime and info hacks happen now on a nearly daily basis…and no one is immune. Even though Bitcoin remains a tantalizing digital darling (despite the tumultuous cryptocurrency market), last week’s cyber intrusion on South Korea’s Coinrail crypto exchange, resulting in […]

April 28, 2017

Fish school. Birds flock. Bees swarm. A combination of real-time, biological systems blends knowledge, wisdom, opinions and intuition to unify intelligence. There’s no central control unit. These simple agents interact locally, within their environment, and new behaviors emerge. Swarm intelligence […]

January 23, 2017

Steve Jobs once said that “the ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do”. That’s the motto an anonymous person took to heart as he shook up the financial world by […]

August 8, 2016

Bitfinex, the digital currency exchange in Hong Kong that reported a bitcoin theft last week, has decided to shave a little over 36 percent from its customers’ accounts and assets to make up for losses from the hack. “Upon logging […]

August 3, 2016

A digital currency exchange in Hong Kong has suspended trading after a security breach in which thieves made off with an apparent $63 million worth of bitcoin. The exchange, Bitfinex, reported the intrusion on Tuesday and said it was working […]