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Twitter Hack 2020

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Markets
Scams
Twitter Hacker Is Mixing Bitcoin Loot Using a Wasabi Wallet, Elliptic Says
According to the crypto analytics firm, 2.89 bitcoin associated with Wednesday’s security breach was moved to a Wasabi wallet late last night.
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By Jaspreet Kalra
Jul 17, 2020 at 6:01 p.m. UTC
Jul 17, 2020
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Policy
Opinion
Money Reimagined: This Isn't Good for Bitcoin
This week's Twitter hack won't make it easier for the crypto industry to win friends in Washington D.C., with possible implications for DeFi and more. How we talk about events...
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By Michael J. Casey
Jul 17, 2020 at 5:31 p.m. UTC
Jul 17, 2020
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Markets
News roundup
Blockchain Bites: Binance's Bitcoin Mining, ConsenSys' Legal Trouble and Why Politicians Blame Twitter, Not Bitcoin
Binance will consolidate its bitcoin mining, ConsenSys is accused of intellectual property theft and Wonder Woman's illustrator will sell art on Ethereum.
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By Daniel Kuhn
Jul 17, 2020 at 4:31 p.m. UTC
Jul 17, 2020
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Tech
Web 3.0
Twitter Doesn't Need Web 3.0 to Solve Its Identity Problem
The great Twitter hack does not herald the end of the centralized web. But we need stronger cryptography for social media.
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By Preston J. Byrne
Jul 17, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
Jul 17, 2020
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Joseph O’Conner was accused of participating in a Twitter cryptocurrency scam.
Markets
Bitcoin
First Mover: Why Bitcoin Traders Couldn't Give a Sat About the Twitter Hack
Bitcoin barely moved on this week’s Twitter hack. Here's what analysts said about why the attack had so little effect on prices.
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By Bradley KeounOmkar Godbole
Jul 17, 2020 at 12:24 p.m. UTC
Jul 17, 2020
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Markets
Coinflash
Twitter Says Hacker Group Targeted 130 Accounts
Those behind Wednesday’s Twitter hack targeted up to 130 accounts and managed to gain full control of a smaller subset.
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By Paddy Baker
Jul 17, 2020 at 8:50 a.m. UTC
Jul 17, 2020
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Crypto twitter
What Does the Twitter Hack Mean for Bitcoin? Crypto Reacts
Is the Twitter hack a watershed moment to decentralized social media? Does it reinforce negative stereotypes of Bitcoin only being used in crime? CoinDesk asked crypto luminar...
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By Vinamrata ChaturvediDaniel Kuhn
Jul 16, 2020 at 10:24 p.m. UTC
Jul 16, 2020
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Policy
Congress
In the Aftermath of Hack, Lawmakers Blame Twitter, Not Bitcoin
Lawmakers are calling on Twitter to answer for a hack that shook the platform, focusing on cybersecurity rather than scapegoating cryptocurrencies.
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By Benjamin PowersNikhilesh De
Jul 16, 2020 at 9:53 p.m. UTC
Jul 16, 2020
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Markets
Dogecoin
Market Wrap: What Twitter Hack? Traders Stay Busy Buying Bitcoin at $9,000
Bitcoin suffered a short period of selling in early trading but has bounced back, seemingly immune to Wednesday's Twitter hack.
Source: CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index
By Daniel Cawrey
Jul 16, 2020 at 8:45 p.m. UTC
Jul 16, 2020
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Markets
Twitter
Twitter Hack: Chainalysis and CipherTrace Confirm FBI Investigation
The FBI is investigating Wednesday’s Twitter hack, Chainalysis and CipherTrace confirm.
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By Danny NelsonNikhilesh De
Jul 16, 2020 at 8:01 p.m. UTC
Jul 16, 2020
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