HONG KONG (Reuters) – Crypto-currency exchange Bitfinex’s plan to impose losses on all its trading clients for the theft by hackers of $72 million in Bitcoin rests on two flawed pillars, according to ...

A former cryptocurrency hacker convicted over the 2016 Bitfinex exchange breach has been released from prison earlier than expected, according to public statements and federal records. Ilya ...

The man behind one of the biggest cryptocurrency heists in history is already out of prison, and he says he has Donald Trump’s signature criminal justice law to thank. Ilya Lichtenstein, convicted in ...

Ilya Lichtenstein, who was sentenced to five years in prison in November 2024 after pleading guilty to charges tied to the 2016 Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange hack, was released from prison after ...

Ilya Lichtenstein, the hacker behind one of the largest Bitcoin thefts on record, has been released from prison just over a year after receiving a five-year sentence, thanks to a criminal justice ...

The hacker behind the 2016 Bitfinex breach says he was freed early under Donald Trump’s First Step Act, just over a year after receiving a five-year sentence. Ilya Lichtenstein, the hacker behind one ...

Ilya Lichtenstein, the individual who admitted to orchestrating the massive 2016 breach at cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex, has announced his impending early release from incarceration. In a recent ...