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UCSF Hospital Paid $1.14M in Bitcoin After Ransomware Attack
30.6.2020
Ransomware group Netwalker is believed to be behind the attack on UCSF which temporarily restricted access to the School of Medicine’s data
California University Pays Million-Dollar Crypto Ransom
30.6.2020
The University of California at San Francisco has paid a million-dollar ransom following unsuccessful negotiations with a ransomware hacker group
Michigan State University Hit by Ransomware, Refuses to Pay Criminals
11.6.2020
MSU officials stated that the ransomware gang won’t receive any payments following the attack
Not So Private: 99% of Zcash and Dash Transactions Traceable, Says Chainalysis
10.6.2020
Chainalysis says it can track 99% of transactions involving Zcash, and almost all of Dash’s – coins that both fancy themselves as private and untraceable. Now, that’s because the majority of users do not utilize the optional privacy-enhancing features available on the...
ViaBTC Group Announces Strategic Upgrade to Advance Innovation and Improve Customer Experience
30.5.2020
Hong Kong, 30 May, 2020 – ViaBTC Group, an innovative technology company specialized in blockchain and dedicated to providing users with comprehensive digital asset management services, today announced a strategic upgrade, which included a new organizational structure, product innovations...
Canadian University Adds Two Blockchain Programs to Meet Job Demands
29.5.2020
Canada-based York University will start two new blockchain education programs in September 2020 in order to meet rising demand for professionals in the field
Australian University Launches Blockchain Postgraduate Program With IBM
26.5.2020
Australian research university RMIT announced two postgraduate programs in cybersecurity and blockchain
Jobless South Korean University Graduates Are Increasingly Interested in Blockchain
26.5.2020
Can blockchain cure the country’s job creation woes?
South Korean University Announces New Blockchain Campus
23.5.2020
Suseong University closed a deal with the Korea Artificial Intelligence Association to launch a blockchain campus by 2021
65% of Global Bitcoin Hashrate Concentrated in China
7.5.2020
A new bitcoin mining map by the University of Cambridge shows that China accounts for 65% of the world’s hash power. About half of the country’s hash rate is produced in just one place, the autonomous Xinjiang region, which makes up 35.76% of the global total. Launched recently,...
Cambridge University Releases New Tool for Tracking Global Bitcoin Mining Power
7.5.2020
Cambridge University's Centre for Alternative Finance has released a bitcoin mining map, showing where bitcoin miners are located worldwide
University College London Joins Governing Council for Hedera Hashgraph
6.5.2020
University College London’s Centre for Blockchain Technologies has joined the governing council for enterprise-grade distributed ledger platform Hedera Hashgraph
University College London Joins Hedera Hashgraph as Council Member, Research Partner
6.5.2020
UCL will be the first university and 13th member of the Hedera Hashgraph governing council, whose members run nodes and vote on software updates
BTC Maximalists Are Right That 95% of Crypto Is a Scam, Says Emin Gun Sirer
1.5.2020
First ever PoW crypto creator, Emin Gun Sirer, supports Bitcoin maximalists for labeling 95% of cryptocurrencies as scams
UK University Develops Blockchain Certificate to Protect Consumers from COVID-19 Risks
21.4.2020
“Coronavirus represents a crisis of trust because we cannot any longer automatically trust goods or suppliers,” say the creators of a new blockchain supply chain certificate
Ripple Funds Blockchain’s Disruption of the Legal Industry
5.4.2020
Cointelegraph spoke to the Australian National University’s Scott Chamberlain on it’s law school’s new blockchain course
University Students Harness Blockchain for Elections Amid Lockdown
30.3.2020
A voting Dapp built by the students of Malta University comprises the first live implementation of Vodafone’s digital identity platform
Yale Researchers Turn to Hyperledger to Track Carbon Emissions
24.3.2020
A team from Yale's OpenLab has been exploring how blockchain, IoT and other data-science tools can be used to measure and track carbon emissions
Huobi University Principal Says Without 2020 Financial Crisis, There Is No Blockchain Boom
20.3.2020
During a live broadcast, Huobi University Principal commented that without 2020 financial crisis, there is no blockchain boom
China's Push for Blockchain Adoption Sees First Major Program at a University
4.3.2020
China is pushing more blockchain adoption, approving the first blockchain engineering major at a Chinese university