Cryptopia Hackers Successfully Stole Funds During the Investigation

Ever since the Cryptopia trading platform got hacked, users have been wondering when things will improve. That question is very difficult to answer right now. The investigation is still ongoing. Even so, it seems some of the stolen funds were drained a slate as the day prior to the investigation. Additionally, some money went missing in … Read more

$16 Million Now Believed to Have Been Stolen in ‘Weird’ Cryptopia Hack

Details have so far been murky regarding millions of dollars worth of tokens stolen from New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia on Jan. 14. But data company Elementus has been investigating and now says the hack was different from previous attacks of this nature – and the amount stolen is much higher than originally thought.  Also … Read more

The Daily: Crypto’s Latest VR World, New Blockchain Analytics Tools

As the maxim goes, bear markets are good for building out cryptocurrency infrastructure – or “buidling” as the meme of the meme goes. Thursday’s installment of The Daily is rich in examples of the sort of development work being undertaken across the industry. From dapp trackers to virtual worlds, there’s a little bit of everything … Read more

The Daily: New Platform to Offer Tokenized Securities, Ledgerx Launches Volatility Index

In today’s edition of The Daily, we cover a number of stories that are of importance to cryptocurrency traders. A new trading platform is set to offer tokenized securities, Ledgerx releases a volatility benchmark based on U.S. BTC options, and the police investigate an exchange that suffered a significant security breach. Also Read: Bitwise Asset … Read more

Cryptopia Confirms Hack yet Total Financial Losses Remain Unclear

The cryptocurrency industry is subject to a lot of attention by criminals and hackers. This has caused many problems in the past, yet also affects present proceedings. The latest victim in this regard is Cryptopia, one of the more prominent altcoin exchanges. After a recent incident, the team confirmed someone accessed specific information and funds … Read more

Press Release – Between User Growth and a Microsoft Exec, Cryptopia Is Doing Great

The global cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia recently made headlines by hiring Raj Wadhera, the former CMO of Microsoft New Zealand. This hiring came following a steady growth surge that included the exchange experiencing user growth of 116 percent just since December 2017. Size of the Exchange Cryptopia was founded in 2014 and claims to host the … Read more

AurumCoin Claims Cryptopia Refutes a 51% Attack Resulting in Lost Funds

There are some serious allegations in the cryptocurrency world. Dirt slinging has, unfortunately become all too common. Even so, every single bit of potentially disastrous news needs to be taken into account at all times. The AurumCoin team claims the Cryptopia exchange will not confirm a 51% attack against the network caused nearly 16,000 AU … Read more

Most Masternode Coins Are a Scam

Long before Proof of Stake entered crypto consciousness, people were staking Proof of Work coins. In return for locking up a portion of tokens and running a masternode, you can earn verification rewards. Earning a passive income while helping to secure a network sounds as comfortable as it does noble. The reality, however, is that … Read more

Cryptopia Is Allegedly Vetting All Current and Future Listings to Avoid Legal Issues

Cryptocurrency exchanges list new currencies on a regular basis. In a lot of cases, those currencies add additional trading volume, which results in bigger profits for the exchange operators. Cryptopia is currently in the process of going through all new and existing listings to ensure that the exchange is fully compliant with current regulations. It’s an interesting … Read more