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Thorchain’s RUNE Token Slides 15% Following Multi-Million Dollar Exploit

The price of RUNE, the native token of decentralized finance (DeFi) liquidity protocol Thorchain, dropped by about 15% today following yesterday’s attack which saw hackers drain 2,500 Ethereum (ETH) tokens (around $4.8 million at current prices) from the platform’s liquidity pools. At the time of writing, RUNE was trading at around $4.82, down 15.1% over …

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Is Seneca Lake Being Warmed By Bitcoin Mining? Not Quite.

Greenidge Generation has made millions of dollars mining somewhere between 3.8 to 4 Bitcoin per day at its Dresden, NY facility. Critics have argued the facility damages the local environment, and even undermines New York State’s climate goals. Last week brought further controversy for Greenidge, after NBC News reported on claims that Seneca Lake—which is …

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Ransomware Attackers Made Off With $33M in Bitcoin This Year

Hackers behind ransomware attacks have raked in about $33 million worth of Bitcoin since the start of the year, data by Ransomwhere shows. This amount can rise dramatically should Russian-speaking cybercrime syndicate REvil receive the $70 million it demanded from some 200 US companies hit by a massive ransomware attack earlier this month. A relatively …

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