North Korea hackers blamed for $290M crypto theft

The hack against Kelp DAO is the largest crypto heist of the year so far.

Ben McKenzie vs. crypto
Ben McKenzie vs. crypto

A few years ago, during the absolute peak of the cryptocurrency craze, a somewhat surprising skeptic emerged. Most people know Ben McKenzie from his acting work on Southland or Gotham, or would recognize him instantly as Ryan Atwood from The O.C. While seemingly everyone else was buying Bitcoin, McKenzie decided to figure out what Bitcoin […]

Final 2 days to save up to $500 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket

Ticket discounts of up to $500 will end tomorrow, April 10, at 11:59 p.m. PT. After that, prices for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 go up again. Miss this, and you’ll be paying more for the same access to one of the most anticipated tech epicenters of the yea…

British cryptographer Adam Back denies NYT report that he is Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto

Back, a longtime researcher and pioneer in cryptography, denies the allegation that he is the secretive creator of Bitcoin.

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Brickken secures €3M to expand tokenisation infrastructure

Barcelona-basedBrickken, a provider of tokenisation infrastructure for financial institutions,has raised €3 million in a pre-Series A funding round. The round includedstrategic investors from across E…

Belgium crypto startup Keyrock hits unicorn status, says valuation quadrupled

European crypto investment firm Keyrock has hit unicorn status, following a new funding round, with its valuation quadrupling from its previous round, it said today.The Belgium-based startup, founded …

David Sacks is no longer the White House AI and Crypto Czar
David Sacks is no longer the White House AI and Crypto Czar

David Sacks, the venture capitalist and tech billionaire who’d become Silicon Valley’s primary advocate inside the White House and a key architect of its aggressive AI policy initiatives, revealed on Thursday that he was no longer a special government employee – and therefore no longer President Donald Trump’s Special Advisor on AI and Crypto. Sacks’ […]

David Sacks’ big Iran warning gets big time ignored
David Sacks’ big Iran warning gets big time ignored

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