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US Space Force taps blockchain firm Xage Security for data protection
21.9.2020
Going where no blockchain has gone before
Twitter Tightens Security Ahead of Presidential Election
18.9.2020
Twitter is making a host of new security measures compulsory for accounts belonging to users considered influential in the upcoming election
Is Uniswap (UNI) a Security? Lawyers Divided, While Token Skyrockets
18.9.2020
As the DeFi gravy train keeps on rolling, lawyers have begun to ask the question that will likely one day end up on the lips of regulators: Are tokens like uniswap (UNI) securities?
With debates now raging on Twitter, a number of legal experts have been wading in with their two cents – as...
INX exchange taps Israeli crypto startup GK8 for crypto custody
17.9.2020
The SEC-approved IPO holder prefers to store crypto 100% offline
US Homeland Security Challenges Freelancers to Design It a Digital Wallet
17.9.2020
DHS officials are putting up $25,000 in cash prizes to designers who win the month-long competition
Aspen offers cheap resort rooms as real estate tokens struggle
17.9.2020
As real estate tokens falter, AspenCoin has announced cash rebates for token holders who stay at its resort
Forex Strapped Nigeria Designates Crypto Assets as Securities
15.9.2020
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Nigeria has designated crypto assets as securities as the authorities step up efforts to regulate Africa’s largest cryptocurrency market. The SEC says the classification of crypto assets for regulation is consistent with the country’s...
Web 3.0 would enable new possibilities and opportunities
15.9.2020
Web 3.0 will certainly be a step toward a more decentralized, immutable and censorship-resistant version of the web
The Tell Tale Signs of a Scam Crypto Website: Bitcoin-Up.Live
13.9.2020
From late March 2020, when the global pandemic Covid-19 paralysed many economies, the appeal of cryptocurrencies has grown. Several statistics show increased interest from downloaded wallet apps to peer-to-peer traded volumes. In many ways, this interest in bitcoin and altcoins is evidence that...
Binance will ‘do what they can’ to help recover funds stolen in yesterday’s $5M Eterbase hack
10.9.2020
Whether CZ is coming to the rescue or not remains to be seen
Blockchain needs to walk before it runs to DeFi
10.9.2020
Before we run to build more DeFi products, let’s first walk to improving the underlying infrastructure
$5M stolen from a European crypto exchange after hot wallets compromised
9.9.2020
Hot wallet attacks have been making a lot of headlines lately
Hash Power Broker Nicehash Denies It Enables 51% Attacks on ETC Network
9.9.2020
Hash power broker Nicehash denies that it enables bad actors to use its hash renting platform to launch 51% attacks on blockchain networks. The broker insists that it does not have any way of monitoring or determining which blockchain is benefitting from a particular algorithm hash data. Only...
Security Firms Warn of Potential DeFi Exit Scam After $2.5M in ‘Locked’ Cryptos Moved
9.9.2020
Two blockchain security firms have warned that the creators of a DeFi contract on the EOS network may have fled with users' funds
CEX.IO Cryptoexchange Makes CryptoCompare Top 10
8.9.2020
The international cryptocurrency exchange CEX.IO made it into the CryptoCompare top 10 July 2020 report, with an overall A grade. The CryptoCompare Exchange Benchmark rating evaluates over 165 exchanges around the world on aspects like adherence to regulations, platform security, liquidity, asset...
Balancing Security, Decentralization & Scalability in Blockchain
8.9.2020
Marie Tatibouet is the Chief Marketing Officer at crypto exchange Gate.io.
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It was a quantum leap for Bitcoin (BTC) when its block size got close to 1 MB in 2017. However, the BTC blockchain is still only allowed to tackle seven transactions per second, many times fewer than the actual...
Microsoft warns digital currency owners to be aware of new malware
6.9.2020
Windows users must be wary
Criminals Target Privacy Coins: How To Avoid Downloading Fake Wallet Apps
4.9.2020
Reports in the past few weeks detail that bad actors are targeting two privacy coin projects, Monero and Zcash, adding to concerns about the growing rate of security incidents involving blockchain networks. Such incidents, as well the repeated 51% attacks on the Ethereum Classic network or...
Migration of $180 million worth of SUSHI from UniSwap to SushiSwap has been approved
4.9.2020
This chef may be cooking the biggest sushi of them all
Research: New Malware Employs Tor and Bittorrent To Steal Bitcoin and Ether
4.9.2020
A new trojan called Krypto Cibule uses infested computers’ power to mine cryptocurrency, steal crypto wallet files, and redirect incoming digital assets to a hacker address. The malware rides on the Tor network and the Bittorrent protocol to perform attacks, according to an extensive report...