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A surging number of crypto owners are trying to recover forgotten wallet passwords so they can cash in after huge token rallies
About 20% of bitcoin could be lost in locked wallets, according to Reuters. Crypto owners are tryin…
Filip De Mott
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The crypto industry has spent millions this election. Here's what it hopes to get in return.
The crypto industry has spent tens of millions on pro-crypto candidates this election cycle. Will i…
Katie Balevic,Kenneth Niemeyer
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A crypto data leak led the FBI to America's most wanted sex trafficking fugitive. Now, the victims want his bitcoins.
Michael Pratt was on the run for three years until a data leak involving crypto wallets he'd bought…
Laura Italiano
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A father and son who help clients find forgotten crypto passwords estimate billions of dollars worth of lost bitcoin is recoverable
Programmers Chris and Charlie Brooks of Crypto Asset Recovery estimate between 68,110 and 92,855 se…
Carla Mozée
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Bitcoin trader loses almost $70 million after sending crypto to wrong online account address
A bitcoin trader lost nearly $70 million after criminals tricked them into sending crypto to a fake…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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A new reality show is casting participants desperate to regain access to their locked cryptocurrency wallets
A new TV show may be in the works in which experts try and help people remember their passwords to …
Emily Graffeo
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Top ways to keep your cryptocurrency wallet safe and not end up losing millions due to a lost password or hard drive
There have been numerous stories about users losing access to their cryptocurrencies because they f…
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A hacker recovered a crypto wallet worth $2 million for the owner who forgot the password: report
Owners have lost nearly 4 million bitcoins thanks to unrecoverable wallets or lost hardware, accord…
Natasha Dailey
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I moved my crypto from Coinbase Wallet to a USB-like hardware device to have more control over my money. Here's how to do it.
After Coinbase disclosed this week that it could absorb users' crypto if it ever went bankrupt, I w…
Katie Canales
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People are calling on Coinbase users to transfer their crypto into hardware wallets after the exchange warned a bankruptcy could mean losing their investment
Experts told Insider that physical wallets are like "putting something in Fort Knox," which could s…
Katie Canales
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Crypto lost the battle to be an alternative to fiat money after FTX collapse, top economist says
"Only the legal, historical infrastructure behind central banks can give great credibility [to mone…
Morgan Chittum
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New iCloud phishing scam could drain users’ MetaMask crypto wallets
Crypto wallet MetaMask is warning its community of users about possible phishing attacks through Ap…
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The CFO of Robinhood says the company sees no reason to put a 'meaningful' amount of corporate cash into cryptocurrencies
Robinhood CFO Jason Warnick also told The Wall Street Journal that he is aware retail investors wan…
Isabelle Lee
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Ex-Twitter CEO reveals hardware crypto wallet for Bitcoin users
Jack Dorsey announced his company's work on the crypto wallet in June 2021. The company said the ha…
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Bitcoin owner whose story went viral after he lost his wallet password says he has 'made peace' with potential $220 million loss
Stefan Thomas made headlines after losing a password that rendered his bitcoin stash inaccessible. …
Tola Onanuga
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El Salvador's Chivo bitcoin wallet gets a new software developer after complaints about ID theft and disappearing funds
El Salvador will use crypto software developer AlphaPoint to deal with problems that its bitcoin wa…
Hamza Fareed Malik
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Coinbase customer who lost $96,000 in a crypto hack has sued the exchange after getting the brush-off
A Coinbase customer suing to recover the life savings stolen in a hack of his phone claims the cryp…
Zinya Salfiti
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Crypto just lost 3 of its most important banking partners in a week. Here's what experts say the impact will be on the industry.
Insider asked crypto execs and various experts where the industry will go after a slew of critical …
Morgan Chittum
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What is a crypto wallet? Understanding the software that allows you to store and transfer crypto securely
A crypto wallet is a piece of software or hardware that enables you to use cryptocurrency. There ar…
Brian Nibley
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Investors likely to lose almost $545 million worth Bitcoin in 2022 by forgetting passwords and various other mistakes, suggests report
"Crypto gets lost for a host of reasons: People forget the passwords to their wallets; people make …