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North Korean hacker group Lazarus is responsible for at least five attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges, looting an estimated $571.3 million US according to a report by cyber security company Group-IB.

Chilean Buda Exchange is making headlines after integrating Bitcoin into the Lightning Network (LN).   This comes after Buda filed a lawsuit against 10 Chilean banks earlier this year.

Co-founders of Blockchain and ICO advisory Crypto PR Lab, Alexandra Karpova and Masha Prusakova are making their mark in the crypto community. The two are equally inspiring, with Masha a former Olympic snowboarder cross Berkeley Law student, before discovering crypto. For Alexandra, her beginnings were in some of New York’s top finance and Real Estate […]

The emergence of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has changed the way people view money, payments and asset trading. The invention of the first cryptocurrency as well as its subsequent trials and tribulations made the front page of reputable newspapers across the globe and enjoyed prime time broadcast on TV. Likewise, there are already dozens of […]

Looking for some Bitcoin and blockchain-related events in Australia? Here are some of the most interesting ones taking place in October and November.

In this guide, we explain what is Ethereum and unpack the differences between Ether and Bitcoin.

Rising To Fame: The Infamous Facebook Lawsuit  If you’ve seen David Fincher’s The Social Network, you may already be familiar with Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss. Sometimes referred to as Winkelvii or the Facebook Twins, Tyler and Cameron first came to fame following the famous Facebook lawsuit.  Claiming that Zuckerberg stole their idea for the social […]

Currency scams and illegal business dealings give Bitcoin a bad name. And while Bitcoin Australia likes to show our audience the potential and awesomeness of cryptocurrencies, it is important to remember that this is not always the case. To raise awareness, we’ve rounded up the top four scams in the industry.