Gone: Mastercard, Visa, PayPal, eBay, Stripe, Mercado Pago. Of six payments firms first involved in Libra, just one, PayU, remains.
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Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency dealt blow by PayPal’s departure
PayPal abruptly announced that it was leaving the Libra Association.
Hacker’s parents sentenced for selling his cryptocurrency
“You misguidedly tried to help your son” by moving his cryptocurrency, but it “didn’t help him at all,” a judge said.
Facebook Libra rejected by France as “dangerous”
France finance minister: Libra won’t be allowed onto European soil.
Tiny Pacific nation forges ahead with national cryptocurrency
The Marshall Islands is facing rising seas and financial isolation. But critics say their get-rich-quick cryptocurrency scheme won’t work.
Court squeezes $1 million back from convicted phisher
Prolific phishing scammer Grant West has been sentenced to 10 years, 8 months, and reimbursement for victims.
Coinbase explains background to June zero-day Firefox attack
A recent, highly targeted attack on cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase offers a glimpse into how sophisticated phishing attacks can be.
Blackmailed for Bitcoin – exchange rebuffs $3.5m ransom demand
Here’s a story of super-sized digital blackmail aimed at one of the biggest cryptocoin exchanges out there.
US chases fraudulent bitcoin exchange BTC-e for $100m
Two years ago, the US government fined an international cybercriminal and his fraudulent bitcoin exchange over $100m. Now, it’s going after them for the money.
Bitcoin eats as much energy as Switzerland
That’s around seven gigawatts, equal to 0.21% of the world’s supply: as much power as generated by seven Dungeness nuclear power plants.