The U.S. Department of Justice announced the sentencing in a press release. Council and other hackers took over the SEC’s X ...

Arthur Hayes predicts Bitcoin could reach $1 million by 2028, a crypto analyst says an altcoin "powerful rally" looms: Hodler ...

Council and co-conspirators launched a SIM swap attack on the @SECgov X account of the SEC’s phone number and took control of the account to state that the Commission had approved spot Bitcoin ETFs.

The US has sentenced an Alabama man to 14 months in prison for his part in the hack of the X account belonging to the SEC.

An Alabama man will spend 14 months in prison for his role in hacking the SEC’s X account to spread false info about Bitcoin ...

Eric Council Jr. sentenced to 14 months for US SEC X account hack, fake Bitcoin ETF post, and SIM swap conspiracy.

Prosecutors said a statement purportedly made by the defendant claimed that the hack of the Securities and Exchange Commission X account “was an inside job.” ...

Saudi Arabia's central bank has revealed an investment in a strategy that marks its first indirect exposure to Bitcoin.

Eric Council hacked into the account using a process called SIM swapping to replace the phone number of then-SEC Chair Gary ...

Coinbase’s $400 million phishing bill was not enough to erode crypto investor sentiment, as Bitcoin withdrawals from ...

As of Dec. 31, the $162 billion SWIB owned more than 6 million shares of the spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund, which trades ...

Tether-backed Twenty One Capital purchases 4,812 Bitcoin for $458.7M, becoming third-largest corporate BTC holder ahead of ...