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Canada Funds Blockchain Firms Looking to Trace Steel
9.3.2020
Blockchain technology will improve tracing in the Canadian steel industry
Crypto Investment Fund Suffers Hack Exposing Data of 266,000 Users: Report
5.3.2020
The personal data of about 266,000 people registered with the fund may have been exposed
Web3 Foundation Funds Technical Bridge Connecting Polkadot to Bitcoin
5.3.2020
Web3 has awarded grants to more than 60 projects building on Polkadot
Huobi Withdraws Steem Votes, Admits to Mobilizing Customer Funds
4.3.2020
Four of Steem’s former witnesses have been reinstated after Binance and Huobi removed support for the apparent coup
US Charges North Korea-Linked Chinese Nationals for Laundering Over $100 Million in Stolen Cryptocurrency
3.3.2020
The U.S. government has charged two Chinese nationals involved in laundering stolen cryptocurrency worth $100 million from an exchange allegedly for the benefit of North Korea. They are linked to the U.S.-designated North Korean state-sponsored Lazarus Group. A total of 113 cryptocurrency accounts...
From Single Key to Sophisticated Computation: The Evolution of Crypto Exchange Custody
28.2.2020
When the first cryptocurrency exchanges sprung up in late 2010, multisig wallets had yet to be invented. As a result, a single private key was commonly used to control all customer funds. Today, multisig has been complemented by sophisticated solutions such as Unbound Tech’s CASP, which uses...
FCoin Working to Resume Operations, Promises to Return Lost Funds
27.2.2020
FCoin announces its relaunch, promising to repay all its users
Tokenized US T-Bond Fund Seeks Foothold in $17T Market
26.2.2020
The crypto industry is taking aim at one of Wall Street’s oldest redoubts: investing in the $17 trillion market for U.S. Treasury bonds
Bitcoin’s Coronavirus Selloff Throws Cold Water on Safe-Haven Argument
24.2.2020
As U.S. stocks tumbled on Monday by the most in six months amid renewed coronavirus fears, bitcoin barely budged - at least in terms of the notoriously volatile cryptocurrency’s trading history
Understanding Defi Flash Loans: Complex Attacks, Inflation and Composable Systems
23.2.2020
Two recent flash loans on the defi platform Bzx have started a fierce debate about the subject of using uncollateralized loans in a quick trade. Essentially these flash loans are providing people with the ability to borrow crypto without relinquishing any collateral. The scheme was used to exploit...
Poloniex ‘Last Resort’ Trade Reversals Necessary to Safeguard Trader Funds
19.2.2020
Crypto exchange Poloniex says an error that led to a complete reversal of trades was a “last resort” to safeguard traders’ funds
Crypto Hedge Funds See Best January on Record
18.2.2020
Crypto hedge funds see best January returns on record and first positive January since 2017
European Space Agency Funds Blockchain Project Recording Satellite Data
18.2.2020
Major global space exploration organization, the European Space Agency, continues to explore the benefits of blockchain use for space
Currency.com Accused of Exploiting KYC to Withhold Customer Funds
18.2.2020
Know Your Customer (KYC) and Know Your Transaction (KYT) are ostensibly deployed by exchanges to combat money laundering. In practice, these provisions are used as an excuse to surveil, cajole, and threaten customers, who risk losing funds if they are unable to meet the impossibly high burden...
DEX Volume Soars But Bzx Exploit Raises Questions About ‘Decentralization Theatre’
18.2.2020
As the decentralized finance juggernaut rolls inexorably forward, the exploitation of defi project Bzx – in which $350K, or around 2% of total assets was taken – has called the decentralization of the industry into doubt. The attack forced an admin key reset to redeem lost funds...
IOTA Foundation Investigates Funds Allegedly Stolen From Trinity Wallets
13.2.2020
Multiple IOTA holders have reported missing funds, in possible conjunction with Trinity wallet usage
How to Recover Your Funds If You Lose Your Bitcoin Wallet
13.2.2020
Losing a phone or hardware wallet containing cryptocurrency is inconvenient, but it shouldn’t be fatal. Provided you’ve backed up your private key, recovering your coins is a simple exercise. Should you find yourself in such a predicament, however, there’s a few things you should...
Bitcoin ETFs in Japan: FSA Explains New Rules for Funds Investing in Cryptos
7.2.2020
Japan’s top financial regulator, the Financial Services Agency (FSA), has explained to news.Bitcoin.com its recently adopted rules regarding the creation and sale of cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Meanwhile, Japan now has a crypto index, launched by major Japanese companies....
Some DigixDAO Investors Doubled Their Funds By Killing DAO
31.1.2020
The price of the DigixDAO (DGD) token rallied recently as the team is closing their decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) DigixDAO this quarter and promising to buy back DGD at a higher price.
Since talks about the dissolution of the DAO started in November, the price more than doubled...
Another Crypto Exchange Discourages the Use of Bitcoin Mixing Services
30.1.2020
The cryptocurrency exchange Binance was recently scrutinized for flagging a customer’s funds because the individual had used a bitcoin mixing application. Now the platform Paxos Global is discouraging the use of crypto mixers after a customer allegedly sent coins to a mixing service. Also...