Japanese exchange Coincheck has confirmed that about $533 million-worth of cryptocurrency has been stolen from its digital wallets.
Former Vircurex customers are suing the exchange, four years after it first froze their funds and allegedly failed to repay them.
Tether, a startup that provides a dollar-pegged token, has said it plans to launch a new platform following a claimed security breach in November.
With $160 million in funds frozen on the ethereum blockchain, a search for solutions is ongoing – if not altogether promising so far.
The multisig wallet provider has created a website where uses can check their ethereum addresses to see if their funds were affected by the exploit.
The security lead for the Ethereum Foundation has said a hard fork will be required to free up funds frozen in a hack yesterday.
A subsidiary of global consulting firm NRI has announced the launch of a new blockchain system assessment service.
Money continues to trickle into an ethereum address compromised during an initial coin offering by a startup called CoinDash.