Scams, Schemes and Hacks

Cryptocurrency is an exciting new frontier, but new frontiers can leave you vulnerable to the unknown and susceptible to the biggest pitfalls in the...

California resident Michael Terpin, who is the co-founder of angel investing group BitAngels and BitAngels/Dapps Fund, has filed a $224 million lawsuit against his cell...

LocalBitcoins is a peer-to-peer platform that matches Bitcoin buyers and sellers. If you're interested in buying or selling Bitcoin but you don't want to join...

Indian police say they've busted a cryptocurrency scam that hijacked the Ripple brand name and convinced nearly 2,000 people to give away a total of...

California authorities arrested a 20 year-old college student who is accused of hijacking more than 40 phone numbers and stealing $5 million in cryptocurrency,...

Twitter is at long last tackling cryptocurrency scam artists who pretend to be high-profile, verified members like Elon Musk. The scammers use bots to...

Tech giant Elon Musk is talking about Ethereum for the first time, but it's not what you might expect. Musk took to Twitter to...

Bithumb, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea, issued an announcement on its website that 35 billion won ($31 million) worth of...

GainBitcoin, one of India’s leading crypto firms, set off a string of scams that have fleeced investors in India out of hundreds of millions...

The cryptocurrency market is taking a dive amid revelations that the crypto exchange Coinrail has been hacked. At time of publishing, Bitcoin stands at...