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The radical need for updating blockchain security protocols
25.6.2021
More profound security practices will encourage wider trust in DeFi and create a culture around security that will advance the industry
ICO issuer charged with fraud by SEC for selling unregistered security
22.6.2021
U.S. securities regulators are still going after ICO cheats from the 2017-18 bull market. Initial coin offerings raised tens of billions of dollars during the last major cryptocurrency bull market
NewsCrypto Partners with Lossless for DeFi Security Solutions
21.6.2021
Disclaimer: The Industry Talk section features insights by crypto industry players and is not a part of the editorial content of Cryptonews.com.
NewsCrypto, a decentralized platform that provides an all-suite crypto service to investors and traders, announced on June 27 that it has partnered with...
Coinbase-backed Securitize secures $48M in Series B funding
21.6.2021
Morgan Stanley Tactical Value and Blockchain Capital have led a funding round for Securitize
PayPal, Salesforce contribute to TRM Labs’ $14M investment round
17.6.2021
The venture funds of both companies joined Bessemer and others in financing another strategic investment round for TRM Labs
One in Five Kiwis Bullish on Crypto Investments, New Poll Suggests
15.6.2021
Cryptocurrency investing has been rising in popularity among New Zealanders and a fifth of the respondents in a new survey either plan to or have already, put money into digital assets. The poll also found that young Kiwis are more likely to use micro-investing platforms than older generations....
Crypto Cyberthreats Spike This Year With Russia Hit the Hardest, Report Reveals
14.6.2021
Cyberthreats related to cryptocurrencies have increased with rising demand for the digital assets, a study has concluded. Russia, Thailand and Peru are the most affected countries by malicious attacks designed to exploit the heightened interest in decentralized money, the authors point out. Booming...
Securing Your Website With Subresource Integrity
14.6.2021
When you load a file from an external server, you’re trusting that the content you request is what you expect it to be. Since you don’t manage the server yourself, you’re relying on the security of yet another third party …
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Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht Speaks Publicly for the First Time Since 2013
13.6.2021
At the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, attendees listened to the first phone interview with the Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht from the depths of the maximum-security prison in Tucson, Arizona. During the interview, Ulbricht spoke about bitcoin and how the decentralized crypto asset...
CD Projekt Red Confess Hack Severity While Everyone's Distracted With E3
10.6.2021
It’s corporate PR 101: If you want people to miss your announcement, drop it at 5 p.m. on a Friday. Or, at the very least, wait until everyone’s looking at something else.Read more
China Arrests 1,100 People Allegedly Using Cryptocurrency to Launder Criminal Proceeds
10.6.2021
Chinese authorities have announced that more than 170 criminal gangs have been eliminated and over 1,100 suspects arrested in the latest round of crackdown on criminal groups providing cryptocurrency money laundering services for telecom fraudsters. Crackdown on Telecom Fraud Using Cryptocurrency...
The BTC-Colonial Pipeline FUD Gives A Lesson On Bitcoin Security
8.6.2021
There is an abundance of FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt) the Cryptoverse is fighting to debunk today - after millions of USD in bitcoin (BTC) was allegedly seized, used as ransom in the US Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack in early May. One of these flames being put out today is that Bitcoin...
21shares to Launch Bitcoin ETP for Institutional Investors in the UK
8.6.2021
Switzerland-based 21shares announced it’s going to offer its crypto exchange-traded product (ETP) to institutional investors in Britain. The platform said the aim is to provide U.K. investors with exposure to bitcoin without the need to deal with crypto custody and security. New Bitcoin...
Biden to discuss crypto’s role in ransomware attacks at G7, says national security adviser
7.6.2021
The U.S. president has rarely made public statements on crypto and blockchain, though officials in his administration are reportedly reviewing current regulations
South Korea’s Financial Regulator Holds Closed-Door Meeting With 20 Crypto Exchanges
5.6.2021
Regional reports disclose South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) had a closed-door meeting with roughly 20 different cryptocurrency exchanges on June 3. The report highlights that virtual asset business operators (VASPs) that attended the meeting all had ISMS (Information Security...
Biden Makes Cryptocurrency a Focus of New Anti-Corruption Directive for National Security
4.6.2021
Cryptocurrency is a point of focus in President Joe Biden’s new directive aimed at combating corruption as a core national security interest of the U.S. An official of the Biden administration says that major parts of the directive will focus on cryptocurrency and cybercrime. Crypto a Focus...
Security tokenization may be the next big use case for blockchain tech
3.6.2021
Tokenized Apple, Tesla and GameStop stocks have surpassed $1 million per day in trading on cryptocurrency exchanges Binance and FTX
Security Firm Develops ‘Crypto Bunker’ That’d Make a Bond Baddie Blush
2.6.2021
The Spanish security company Prosegur has announced it has developed a top-secret “crypto bunker” – the details of which would turn a spy movie supervillain green with envy.
The firm, which first announced its entry in the crypto custody arena in November last year and has launched a subsidiary...
Southeast Asia’s Largest Bank DBS Launches First Security Token Offering on Its Cryptocurrency Exchange
1.6.2021
DBS, Southeast Asia’s largest bank, has launched its first security token offering (STO) on its cryptocurrency exchange. The DBS Digital Bond is priced at 15 million Singapore dollars. “We expect asset tokenization to increasingly become more mainstream,” said a DBS executive....
Singapore’s DBS Bank launches digital bond security token
1.6.2021
Institutional or accredited investors signed up to the DBS Digital Exchange will be able to access secondary markets for DBS’s digital bond