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South Africa Ransomware Attack: Justice Department Denies Receiving 50 BTC Ransom Demand

22.9.2021
South Africa’s Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJCD) has denied claims that it has received a 50 bitcoin ransom demand from hackers that attacked its systems on September 6, 2021. Reports of Ransom Demand Deemed ‘Completely Untrue’ Instead, the DOJCD...

Adapt or die: Payments giants partner with crypto firms to ensure security

21.9.2021
Mastercard’s upcoming acquisition of CipherTrace demonstrates the need for payments giants to partner with crypto firms to enable digital asset innovation

PureVPN Can Help Crypto Users Stay Secure and Access International Exchanges

21.9.2021
Crypto users access their wallets and exchanges day in and day out and making sure it remains secure is one of their top concerns. While most of these apps have great security features like multi-factor authentication and biometrics, what happens to your data while it travels through the network...

Pnetwork Protocol Gets Hacked, Loses 277 Bitcoin on Binance Smart Chain

21.9.2021
Pnetwork, a multi-chain bridging protocol, announced it was hacked yesterday, losing 277 pbtc (its bridged version of bitcoin) on Binance Smart Chain. The protocol acknowledged that an attacker managed to exploit a bug in its codebase to take control of the stolen bitcoin. The bridging contracts...

Bitcoin.com Wallet Adds ERC-20 Tokens

20.9.2021
The Bitcoin.com Team is excited to announce the integration of ERC-20 tokens into the Bitcoin.com Wallet. That means anyone can now buy, sell, receive, store, trade, and send ERC-20 tokens with the convenience and security of the industry’s most user-friendly non-custodial wallet. ERC-20...

Hope For Four More S Korean Crypto Exchanges as Others Give up the Ghost

20.9.2021
for permits set to double.In order to apply for operating permits, exchanges must secure real name-authenticated banking services with a domestic bank and information security management system (ISMS) certification. Some 30 platforms have secured the latter, but the former is proving a

Crypto Investor Sues Apple Over Malicious App That Stole Cryptocurrencies

20.9.2021
A crypto investor has filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple Inc. after she downloaded a malicious application from the company’s App Store that led to the theft of her cryptocurrencies. Apple Sued Over Theft of Cryptocurrency Due to Malicious App Hadona Diep, a resident of the U.S....

AT&T Sued by Customer After Security Breach Led to Theft of Cryptocurrency

19.9.2021
An AT&T customer filed a lawsuit against the company last week accusing it of failing to provide “reasonable and appropriate security to prevent unauthorized access to its customer wireless accounts.” This has led to the theft of cryptocurrency from the plaintiff’s crypto...

Bitcoin-based security token offering approved in Germany

17.9.2021
Germany joins countries such as France, Luxembourg, Spain and Portugal by greenlighting the Bitcoin-based EXOeu token

Why hardware wallets might not offer as much protection as you think, explained

15.9.2021
Hardware wallet brands have been built on the promise of security — but in some cases, these devices aren’t as air gapped as you might think

South Korea: Four Exchanges Safe but USD 2.6B Closure Storm Brewing

10.9.2021
To do so, they need to fulfill a number of criteria, including securing information security management system (ISMS) certification and real-name authenticated banking contracts for their customers. The latter has proved extremely problematic for most exchanges.The market leader Upbit last

Payments Giant Mastercard Acquires Blockchain Intelligence Firm Ciphertrace

9.9.2021
Mastercard, the American multinational financial services corporation, announced the company is dipping further into the digital asset ecosystem by acquiring the blockchain intelligence firm Ciphertrace. The partnership announcement says the firm will help bolster Ciphertrace’s...

India’s Cryptocurrency Legislation Will Be ‘Distinct and Unique,’ Says Lawmaker

9.9.2021
The chairman of India’s Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance explains that cryptocurrency legislation in India will be “distinct and unique.” He added, “We have to balance stability and growth but we recognize how important this whole area of crypto is.”...

IX Swap Platform, Bridge Between Traditional Financial Markets and Crypto Tokenization

9.9.2021
a token. This allows for error free transactions that are automatically reconciled and authenticated on the blockchain, with no human mediation. An STO, which is a Security Token Offering works in the same way as an ICO, except that investors' funds are represented through security tokens, rather t

Meet the First BCH Dex Built on Smartbch — Benswap.cash Presents High-Yield Liquidity Pools, Noncustodial Swaps

8.9.2021
Decentralized finance (defi) has set a trend during the latter half of 2020 and into this year, as statistics show $168 billion is locked in defi across various blockchains. The Bitcoin Cash network now has the Smartbch protocol and in recent times, a decentralized exchange (dex) platform...