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US House Passes Bill for FinCEN to Study Blockchain Use

24.9.2019
The House of Representatives passed legislation calling for FinCEN to study its use of “innovative technologies” — including blockchain

Overstock Files Blockchain-Based Stock Registration With SEC

24.9.2019
Overstock filed an S-3 form for the registration of its blockchain-based digital preferred stock with the SEC

Binance Seals Accreditation From Global Security Standards Organization

24.9.2019
Binance cryptocurrency exchange receives ISO accreditation

Crypto Exchange Binance Awarded ISO Security Accreditation

24.9.2019
The crypto exchange says it's been awarded an information security accreditation after audits found it met ISO standards

Bitcoin Network Hash Rate Mysteriously Flash Crashes by 40%

24.9.2019
An unexplained plummet in Bitcoin’s hash rate occurred yesterday, with a stark, if fleeting, 40% drop in mining on the network

Devs Remove BIP70 Payment Protocol From Bitcoin Core’s Default Settings

23.9.2019
Cryptocurrency advocates have recently discovered that Bitcoin Core (BTC) developers are planning to disable the payment protocol BIP70 supported by default in the Bitcoin Core version 0.19.0 client. According to developer discussions, full BIP70 support might be removed by version 0.20.0. Also...

What Google’s Quantum Breakthrough Means for Blockchain Cryptography

22.9.2019
We’ve been warned for years that a quantum computing breakthrough is just around the corner. When that day comes, we’re told, it could render existing encryption standards obsolete, threatening the security of every major blockchain. It seems that day has finally arrived, with Google...

The Specs Behind Bitcoin’s Lightning Pass Their First ‘Formal’ Security Test

22.9.2019
A pair of researchers have released the results of a formal verification of the lightning network, saying it's "as secure as bitcoin."

How Merge Mining and Anchored Blockchain Projects Capitalize on Bitcoin’s Security Model

21.9.2019
Since 2011, just after Satoshi Nakamoto left the Bitcoin project for good, networks have emerged that leverage the BTC chain in some way. A variety of projects over the last nine years have found value in anchoring some sort of feature set to BTC in order to bolster the satellite’s underlying...

WATCH: The State of Security Tokens in Asia

21.9.2019
"[Companies] think that its going to be a solution to magically raise them a bunch of money and get a bunch of liquidity,” Dalma Capital's Zachary Cefaratti told a panel at Invest: Asia

CipherTrace Scout App Takes Crypto Investigations Mobile

20.9.2019
Blockchain forensics firm CipherTrace has developed a mobile tool for flagging bitcoin and ethereum tokens with a likely criminal past

Ripple Asks for Dismissal of XRP Lawsuit; Repeats XRP isn’t a Security

20.9.2019
Ripple, a California-based crypto startup focusing on the banking sector, stands firm in its claim that XRP , the third largest digital token by market capitalization, is not a security and wants the federal court to dismiss a class action lawsuit according to which the company illegally sold...

‘Panda’ Crypto Malware Group Has Nabbed $100K in Monero Since 2018

19.9.2019
Cisco Talos has identified a group behind a spate of cryptocurrency-mining malware attacks targeting enterprise networks globally

New Bitcoin Wallet-Focused Trojan Uncovered by Security Researchers

19.9.2019
Zscaler ThreatLabZ has discovered a new Remote Access Trojan (RAT) malware designed to steal Bitcoin and Litecoin wallet data from infected systems

Korea: Opposition Party Boasts Pro-Crypto Policy in Contrast to Gov't

19.9.2019
South Korea's main opposition party, the Liberty Korea Party, will back the authorization of security token offerings in its new, pro-crypto policy

Israeli Startup That Allows Offline Crypto Transactions Secures $4M

19.9.2019
Blockchain transactions can now purportedly be recorded without the internet as an Israeli cybersecurity startup introduces its new technology

Snowden: US Seizing My Book Revenue is ‘Good for Bitcoin’

18.9.2019
Former U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) subcontractor Edward Snowden is being sued by the Department of Justice (DoJ) for his latest memoir. The agency won’t stop Metropolitan Books from publishing Snowden’s new book but the government will take the revenue he earns from the memoir...