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Crypto Trading On WhatsApp – Sounds Cool, But Is It?

21.5.2019
Crypto trading on WhatsApp and other instant messengers are fast gaining traction in the market. This is because the laymen find it easier to chat with a bot, rather than engaging in complex sessions on online crypto platforms. However, though WhatsApp trading brings simplicity, it also raises...

Everyone’s Talking About Security Tokens But No One’s Trading Them

21.5.2019
There’s a party happening right now and everyone’s invited. The music’s playing, the fridge is loaded and the bathtub’s full of ice. All the ingredients for the sickest soiree are in place. There’s just one problem: the guests have yet to arrive. Welcome to the world...

White Hat Hackers Earn $32,000 for Finding Crypto Security Exploits in Last Two Months

20.5.2019
White hat hackers reportedly earned over $32,000 in bounties for finding security gaps in blockchain- and crypto-related projects in the last two months

Latest Hack Sparks Concern Whatsapp Will Never Be Secure

20.5.2019
Facebook’s popular messaging app with 1.5 billion users in over 180 countries has another major vulnerability. Hackers were able to covertly install spyware on iOS and Android smartphones using Whatsapp with just a phone call. “All of their security issues are conveniently suitable...

How to Travel the World With Bitcoin Cash

19.5.2019
Traveling is on everyone’s minds as summer approaches and crypto enthusiasts are no exception. But for anyone thinking of a holiday trip, travel arrangements can be arduous. Crypto payments can make your life easier in that regard, particularly with bitcoin cash, which is a fast and cheap...

Kik CEO Says Firm Spent $5+ Million on Negotiations With US SEC: Report

19.5.2019
Startup Kik allegedly spent over $5 million on its negotiations with the U.S. SEC

Inflation Bug Still a Danger to More Than Half of All Bitcoin Full Nodes

19.5.2019
Close to 50,000 bitcoin full nodes are still vulnerable to the inflation bug

Bitcoin Payments Are Being Bulldozed for Political Reasons

19.5.2019
Bitcoin Core wants to distance itself politically from the former project leader Gavin Andresen, the payment protocol BIP070 he was involved with, and from the BCH-friendly Bitpay payment processor company. The attempts to remove software associated with Gavin Andresen are now having real-world...

Think Tank Warns of Ethereum Security Risks

17.5.2019
The whole Ethereum network could be facing the threat of a 51% attack due to some clients that remain unpatched, according to a recent report from Berlin-based hacking research collective and consulting think tank Security Research Labs. This is due to a whole third of Ethereum Parity nodes not...

Weekly news: PWA Issue on iOS, Performance Culture, Anti-Tracking in Browsers

17.5.2019
In this week's news: resolving an issue when restarting progressive web apps in iOS, why The Telegraph now vets all scripts before they make it to their codebase, and Microsoft plans to add tracking prevention to the Edge browser. The post Weekly news: PWA Issue on iOS, Performance Culture...

Unpatched Ethereum Clients Pose 51% Attack Risk, Says Report

17.5.2019
Ethereum clients that still haven't patched known vulnerabilities pose a security risk to the entire network, according to new research

Data: Just 2/3 of ETH Nodes Running Parity Have Been Patched Against Critical Security Flaw

17.5.2019
Hacking research collective SRLabs claims that only two thirds of the Ethereum client software that runs on Ethereum nodes has been patched against a critical security flaw

Blockchain Infrastructure Firm Blockstream Launches Security Token Platform

16.5.2019
Blockstream has announced the launch of its Liquid Securities platform for businesses that want to issue security tokens

Blockstream Launches Security Token Platform on Bitcoin Sidechain

15.5.2019
Blockstream, the bitcoin-focused startup, is creating anew security token platform on its Liquid sidechain network

Donald Trump All Set to Sign Order That Will Ban Huawei from the United States

15.5.2019
One of the biggest fallouts from the tensions between the United States and China has been the former’s accusation against the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, that eventually led to its ban in America. The US authorities accused that the telecommunication equipment that is supplied...