SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco man who can't remember the password to unlock his $220 million Bitcoin fortune says he long ago "made peace" with the reality he may never gain access. Stefan Thomas ...

Forgetting your Instagram password is annoying. Forgetting your crypto wallet password could be devastating. Crypto owners don't have the luxury of emailing themselves a password reset link if they're ...

Passwords: we all forget them from time to time. It’s normal, even expected. Thankfully, there’s usually a way to recover them. But for one man, forgetting a password may have cost him a fortune. Meet ...

As the value of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and other cryptocurrencies continues to rise, forgotten wallet passwords are becoming a significant problem for crypto owners. Professional Crypto Recovery, a ...

Of the existing 18.5 million bitcoin, about 20 percent, which is currently worth around $ 140 billion, appear to be in lost or stranded wallets. Stefan Thomas, a German programmer based in San ...

Stefan Thomas has 7,002 bitcoins worth up to $800M locked on an IronKey USB, with only two password attempts left in 2026.

Crypto prices are surging, and so are cases of lost crypto keys and crypto scams. Crypto recovery specialist Julia Burlingham is seeing a business boom as a result. Here's what happens if you lose ...