Crypto X Wattson Novels & Stories

The red mark on the cover bled slightly from the humidity in the air. “This,” he said, lifting the cover, “is the breach.” No one flinched, but several leaned in. “Two weeks ago,” he continued, “a cold wallet linked to the Tribunal Chain was compromised. $312 million, gone in a night. As we all know, this is a high-security, multi-sig crypto wallet jointly accessed by multiple families. Our families. And each faction has a key or passcode fragment, requiring mutual trust or coercion to move funds. And yet, one of us dared to extract such a huge amount without informing the body.”

"You can't touch the Cayman accounts without my live biometric signature. If you arrest me, the Alpha-Null wallet locks automatically, and the liquidity vanishes into the dark web forever. Your handlers will have a pile of dead servers and an empty case." "The wallet locks if you die, yes," Dante noted smoothly. "But it doesn't lock if you sign a federal asset-forfeiture waiver in exchange for a witness-protection cell in a federal penitentiary. I have the counter-leverage, Isabella. I have the full cryptographic trail of your thefts from the last six months. The moment my extraction team hits that courtyard gate at 0600, your private wallet is frozen by international treasury warrants." He

"I'm sorry, Holy One. About the holy weapon, I'll figure something out. You should get some rest." Walton had someone escort the Holy One back to his room. Then, he wandered alone in the hall, sighing. Just then, Greg walked in and said, "There's some news." Walton said anxiously, "What happened? Did you find that top hacker, Hansen?" "We have. Hansen has agreed to our request, but he's demanding five hundred million. As long as we're willing to pay, he'll steal the data from Cape's auction for us." "What? Five hundred million?"

A silent warning in his gaze. My little flame has a grit to her jaw. She clearly doesn’t look pleased, and that clenches my heart. Her gray eyes are just on Patricia, like she took something from her. Then it clicks in my mind. According to Bones, she came up with the idea for this project. It’s only natural that she presents it. “Project Phoenix is…uh…an anonymous crypto wallet that’ll…” “Whose idea is it to create this project?” I interrupt the stammering chick.