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Crypto Community Loses OXT Analysis Tool Amid Legal Troubles for Samourai Wallet

Crypto Community Loses OXT Analysis Tool Amid Legal Troubles for Samourai WalletAfter the Samourai Wallet indictment, the cryptocurrency community discovered that the Bitcoin blockchain analysis platform OXT is no longer operational, as it was acquired by the Samourai team in December 2017. On April 25, Laurentmt, a co-founder of OXT and bitcoin advocate, revealed the closure on the social media site X with the statement, “RIP […]

Why Self-Custody Is Vital for Bitcoin Security- Casa CEO Nick Neuman

Bitcoin’s Third Largest Wallet Changed Hands, but Onchain Data Shows It’s Likely the Same Owner

Bitcoin’s Third Largest Wallet Changed Hands, but Onchain Data Shows It’s Likely the Same OwnerLast year and during the first half of 2022, speculators assumed the third-largest bitcoin address was a ‘mysterious whale,’ even though the wallet had shown strong characteristics of being a cryptocurrency exchange. The address known as “1P5ZED” has since been replaced by another address, after the wallet started to transfer its entire bitcoin balance in […]

Why Self-Custody Is Vital for Bitcoin Security- Casa CEO Nick Neuman

Onchain Analysis Verifies the Number of BTC Held by Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust

Onchain Analysis Verifies the Number of BTC Held by Grayscale’s Bitcoin TrustAfter Grayscale Investments shared information concerning the company’s product holdings, people questioned why the firm wouldn’t share the public addresses associated with the crypto assets it holds. However, on Nov. 23, OXT researcher Ergo published a Twitter thread featuring onchain forensics that confirm Coinbase Custody holds a balance of 633K bitcoin that likely belongs to […]

Why Self-Custody Is Vital for Bitcoin Security- Casa CEO Nick Neuman

Another 5,000 Bitcoin Sourced From Mt Gox Wake up After Close to 9 Years of Dormancy

Another 5,000 Bitcoin Sourced From Mt Gox Wake up After Close to 9 Years of DormancyLast week Bitcoin.com News reported on two old bitcoin addresses created in 2013 sending 10,001 bitcoin to a myriad of wallets. Heuristics and clustering techniques indicate that the bitcoins were associated with Mt Gox, roughly around the same time the exchange was hacked in June 2011. Five days later, 5,000 bitcoins were transferred from a […]

Why Self-Custody Is Vital for Bitcoin Security- Casa CEO Nick Neuman