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Russian Court Denies Theft Victim Access to Stolen Bitcoin
2.7.2020
A Russian court has denied a claimant the right to reclaim almos BTC 100 (USD 920,000), stating that crypto has no legal value – meaning courts are powerless to enforce property rights.
Per a Telegram post from the district court’s press office, in Russia’s second-largest city, St. Petersburg,...
Wirecard: Crypto Card Users’ Funds Locked as UK Regulator Suspends Subsidiary
27.6.2020
UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on Friday suspended the license of Wirecard Card Solutions (WCS), a unit of troubled Wirecard AG, which is responsible for issuing Visa cryptocurrency debit cards. It means some users of cards such as Crypto.com’s Mco visa debit card and Tenx’s visa...
US Senators Introduce ‘Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act’ — With Backdoor Mandate
25.6.2020
US lawmakers have introduced the Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act to ensure law enforcement can access encrypted information. This bill is “a full-frontal nuclear assault on encryption in the United States,” one expert says. It requires manufacturers of encrypted devices...
BitMEX Users Can Now Access Aluna Social
19.6.2020
The much-awaited BitMEX Integration with Aluna is now live. Aluna Social, a social network, which offers multi-exchange support for crypto traders, announced the highly-anticipated coalition with BitMEX today. The all-in-one crypto trading terminal, Aluna Social, is all set to provide a bigger...
Binance’s New UK Exchange to Provide Institutions with Regulated Access to Crypto
17.6.2020
Binance U.K will provide regulated crypto trading services for British and European institutional investors
Adding a Custom Welcome Guide to the WordPress Block Editor
15.6.2020
I am creating a WordPress plugin and there is a slight learning curve when it comes to using it. I’d like to give users a primer on how to use the plugin, but I want to avoid diverting users to documentation on the plugin’s website since that takes them out of the experience.
What would...
Ethereum’s $5.2 Million Fee Scandal Explained: Exchange Held to Ransom by Hackers
13.6.2020
Hackers are holding an unnamed crypto exchange to ransom after an alleged cyber-attack forced the Ethereum blockchain to facilitate two separate transactions at a cost of $5.2 million in fees, new information suggests. The hackers may have gained access to the exchange’s funds but failed...
How to Get All Custom Properties on a Page in JavaScript
8.6.2020
We can use JavaScript to get the value of a CSS custom property. Robin wrote up a detailed explanation about this in Get a CSS Custom Property Value with JavaScript. To review, let’s say we’ve declared a single custom property on the HTML element:
html {
--color-accent: #00eb9b;
}
In JavaScript...
From Buenos Aires to Beirut – Covid-19 Excuse Restricts Millions of Citizens from Withdrawing Their Own Money
18.5.2020
The coronavirus and the government-induced lockdowns have wreaked havoc on the global economy and millions of people can’t access their own money. Reports from financial stricken areas like Venezuela, Argentina, and Lebanon show that citizens are being stopped from accessing their...
BitMEX Restricts Access to Japanese Residents, Citing Changes to Local Law
4.5.2020
New BitMEX users in Japan will be unable to open positions after the exchange restricted some accounts in accordance with new regulations
CoinEx Announces Global Strategic Partnership with Matrixport to Provide Over-the-counter Service
28.4.2020
Hong Kong, 27 April, 2020 – CoinEx, a global and professional cryptocurrency exchange service provider, is pleased to announce its new global strategic partnership with Matrixport, the one-stop digital asset financial service platform span off from Bitmain. This partnership allows...
Coinbase Launches Price Feed to Help Secure $1 Billion DeFi Economy
25.4.2020
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has released a price oracle that allows anyone to publish price data on-chain. The Coinbase Oracle, a signed price feed, grants users free access to data for BTC-USD and ETH-USD markets, the company announced Thursday. The idea is to make decentralized finance more...
US SEC Allows $10B Hedge Fund to Offer Access to CME Bitcoin Futures
18.4.2020
CME Bitcoin futures will now be on the radar of a hedge fund profiting from 2020’s stock market nightmare
Craig Wright Must Prove Access to 1.1M BTC Fortune by April 17
15.4.2020
Self-styled Bitcoin creator Craig Wright is once again ordered to provide documents on in the Kleiman case, this time by Friday, April 17
ShapeShift Acquires Non-Custodial Wallet Provider to Expand User Access to DeFi
15.4.2020
Following the acquisition, ShapeShift users will have integrated access to multiple decentralized finance applications and services
Guarda Wallet Launches Multisignature Functionality for Bitcoin
13.4.2020
Guarda has recently become the first multi-currency crypto wallet to offer support for Multisignature. Multisignature (also known as Multisig) wallets make it possible for two or more users to have access to the funds.
The post Guarda Wallet Launches Multisignature Functionality for Bitcoin...
Opera’s Android Web Browser Adds Access to .Crypto Domains for 80M Users
30.3.2020
The “blockchain-ready” web browser has added support for Unstoppable Domains’ decentralized .crypto websites
Coinbase Grants App Users Direct Access to Crypto Lending Platforms
26.3.2020
Major crypto exchange Coinbase has announced that it will allow users to lend out their crypto and gain interest from loans using decentralized finance (DeFi) apps via its Coinbase Wallet app.
The development comes as the crypto lending industry continues on a path of dynamic growth, with rapidly...
Mt Gox Bitcoins: Trustee Plans to Distribute BTC and BCH, Liquidate Forks Into Cash
25.3.2020
On March 24, the Mt Gox creditors’ trustee from Tokyo, Nobuaki Kobayashi, disclosed a newly written rehabilitation plan for claimants looking to access some of the funds they lost in 2013. According to the new plan, Mt Gox claimants will get BTC and BCH assets alongside the possibility...
Teamstack: Easy Automation of Identity Management (Sponsored)
23.3.2020
Access management can be a bit of a nightmare, especially when we realize that we rely on a number of different, independent services that power our organizations. Many businesses use Gmail for email, Google Docs for documents, Slack for communication, GitHub for their codebase, etc. Yet each...