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Winner of Canadian Lottery Jackpot Says Impostors Using His Name to Steal Bitcoins

DIGIT — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 07:30:37 +0000

The winner of the Canadian lottery, Scott Gurney, has confirmed that scammers impersonating him on Facebook have conned unsuspecting victims of their bitcoins. To counter the scammers, Gurney said he has stopped accepting or sending friend requests on the social networking platform. ‘Too Good to Be True’ The Canadian Lotto Max jackpot winner, Scott Gurney, […]

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Huobi Layoffs Spark Controversy and Speculation, Justin Sun Claims Everything Is Fine

DIGIT — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 19:30:13 +0000

The cryptocurrency exchange Huobi is laying off 20% of its employees, according to multiple reports over the past two days. However, Huobi’s advisor Justin Sun, the founder of Tron, told the South China Morning Post that the layoff reports were untrue. A Huobi spokesperson later confirmed that the staff cuts are true and Huobi plans […]

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Twitter’s top brass gutted as Elon Musk’s takeover begins

DIGIT — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 03:34:43 +0000

Some of Twitter’s C-suite has reportedly been flushed out by the company’s new owner with its CEO, CFO, and legal head all sacked on Elon Musk’s first day at the helm.

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Criminals Target Privacy Coins: How To Avoid Downloading Fake Wallet Apps

DIGIT — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 19:30:13 +0000

Reports in the past few weeks detail that bad actors are targeting two privacy coin projects, Monero and Zcash, adding to concerns about the growing rate of security incidents involving blockchain networks. Such incidents, as well the repeated 51% attacks on the Ethereum Classic network or the Electrum wallet breach, suggest criminals are becoming more […]

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XRP Sentiment Manipulated by Thousands of Bots, Analyst Claims

DIGIT — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 16:53:17 +0000

In January, news.Bitcoin.com reported on the so-called ‘XRP army’ harassing Ryan Selkis, the cofounder of cryptocurrency data startup Messari. A recent data analysis has now alleged that the XRP army of shills is compromised of thousands of bots trying to sway market sentiment across social media channels like Twitter. Also read: Jeff Garzik Subpoenaed in […]

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ETH Bots Run Rampant While Twitter Claims to Ban Lookalike Accounts

DIGIT — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 21:55:41 +0000

According to reports the social media platform Twitter has been deleting millions of fraudulent accounts per day, and stated during the first week of July that it suspended more than 70 million accounts throughout May and June. However, the cryptocurrency industry is still plagued by tons of ‘ETH scam-bots’ pretending to be bitcoin luminaries and […]

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