The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) is reportedly looking into Wednesday’s massive Twitter bitcoin hack. The incident saw the accounts of Uber, Apple, Binance, Coinbase, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, and others promote a fake bitcoin scam after being hacked.
A report revealed cryptocurrency exchanges have accepted 147,000 BTC (worth $1.3 billion) from addresses associated with high-risk entities in the first half of this year.
The cryptocurrency-powered Brave browser has announced it partnered with cryptocurrency exchange Geminin to let users buy, sell, store, and earn crypto while browsing the web.
Top stories in the Crypto Roundup today:
- The FBI Is Looking Into the Twitter Bitcoin Hack
- Crypto Exchanges Accepted $1.3 Billion From 'High-Risk Addresses': Report
- Crypto-Powered Brave Browser Integrates Crypto Exchange Gemini
At the time of writing, bitcoin (BTC) is trading at $9,107.55 (-0.11%) with a daily Top Tier volume of $1.97 bn. As for ether (ETH), it is trading at $233.18 (0.30%) with a daily Top Tier volume of $585.43 million. The MVIS CryptoCompare Digital Assets 10 Index is currently tracking at 3,136.43 (0.13%).