Bitcoin Unlimited May Have Received Stolen Funds as a Donation
The donations received by Bitcoin Unlimited may have come from funds stolen from Kraken a few months ago. Bitcoin Unlimited recently made news after it received an unusually large donation of around $500,000 in bitcoins. The donation amount is now mired in controversy after it was claimed to have come from a questionable source. According to few reports, the donation received by the project may have been part of funds stolen from Kraken, a leading digital currency exchange. There were unconfirmed reports of Kraken suffering from a security breach in late July that resulted in a theft.....
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