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1,000 People Had Access to Twitter ‘God Mode’ — 130 Accounts Targeted by Hackers
25.7.2020
More than 1,000 Twitter employees and contractors reportedly had access to Twitter’s “God mode” earlier this year, before the recent large-scale hack that saw many high-profile accounts tweet about a bitcoin giveaway. Twitter has confirmed that 130 accounts were targeted,...
Crypto Scammers Steal $381 Million in 2020, While Twitter Hackers Direct Funds to Mixers
24.7.2020
Cryptocurrency related scams have taken a total of $381 million from victims so far this year. This figure makes crypto scams the largest category of cryptocurrency-related crimes so far in 2020. Chainalysis data still shows current figures are well below those seen in 2019. In 2019, scams...
DeFi Hype Has Sent Ethereum Fees Soaring to 2-Year High: Coin Metrics
22.7.2020
The knock-on effects of the DeFi hype include high fees and less active users on Ethereum, according to Coin Metrics
Bitcoin Hashrate Might Double In a Year, Pressing Miners' Margins
20.7.2020
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Bitcoin (BTC) hashrate, or the computational power of the Bitcoin network, could rise 120% in a year, but the price of the coin needs to follow so that the profitability for miners wouldn't drop, according to a recent research.
In their latest report, commissioned...
142 Million Guests: Hackers Attempt to Sell MGM Grand Data Dump for Cryptocurrency
20.7.2020
Last year the giant resort firm MGM Grand was hacked and the cybercriminals ostensibly obtained a massive dump of names, addresses, phone numbers, and dates of birth. Now according to vendors on the deep web, hackers have been trying to sell the data dump for monero or bitcoin. The hackers claim...
Nahlédněte do vesmíru! Přinášíme finálové snímky soutěže Astronomy Photographer of the Year
17.7.2020
More Than $1.4 Billion of Laundered Money Has Moved Onto Crypto Exchanges This Year
16.7.2020
Blockchain security company traced more than $1.4 billion of laundered money to top ten crypto exchanges
Bitcoin Cash Is the Only Fork Underperforming Bitcoin This Year
16.7.2020
Bitcoin cash has underperformed bitcoin by 18 percentage points this year while other forks have outperformed by at least 44 percentage points
Macro Indicators Predict BTC Rally as Bitcoin Price Volatility Sees 3-Year Low
15.7.2020
Four macro indicators suggest a Bitcoin uptrend is near, following nearly two months of stagnation in a tight range
Tesla ‘Eating Bitcoin’s Lunch’ as Realized Volatility Hits 3-Year Low
15.7.2020
30-day realized volatility for Bitcoin drops to its lowest levels since 2017, while Tesla beats performance at over $1,500
A Panel of Experts See Bitcoin Averaging $12,948 by Year End
14.7.2020
A panel of experts is predicting the price of bitcoin will rise to $10,337 by September before adding a further $2,611 to end the year at $12,948. The findings are drawn from a Finder Cryptocurrency Predictions Report for July 2020 and the latest figure is roughly $2,500 less than the price...
Advocacy Group Claims IRS-Issued Crypto-Warning Letters Violated Taxpayer’s Rights
14.7.2020
Close to a year ago last July, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revealed it would be sending ‘soft letters’ to suspected American cryptocurrency owners advising them to pay their taxes. Now according to the Taxpayer Advocate Service, a subsidiary of the IRS, the soft letters...
Emerging Markets Drive Paxful First Half 2020 Bitcoin Volume to $1.1 Billion
14.7.2020
Peer-to-peer (P2P) crypto exchange Paxful reported Tuesday that its bitcoin trading volumes climbed 35% to $1.1 billion during the first six months of 2020 compared to $817 million a year ago. More than $182 million worth of bitcoin (BTC), on average, was traded on the platform every month between...
2020: The Year Ethereum Stayed Home
14.7.2020
This is a weird year for everything and everyone but it's particularly weird for Ethereum – which is known for a globetrotting slate of annual events
Focus on USDT and DeFi as 5-Year Anniversary of Ethereum Approaches
14.7.2020
Five years following the launch of ETH in 2015, and the future of the blockchain may lay in DeFi and USDT, according to industry experts
Running spot instances effectively with Amazon EKS
14.7.2020
I know this is a little outside the normal scope of CSS-Tricks stuff, but I find the whole concept of spot instances fascinating. Here’s the gist from a very-non-expert (me). You can just buy and pay for web servers, for example, Amazon EC2. You can save a bunch of money if you buy them...
Chainlink (LINK) Hits a Fresh ATH After 3 Years of Trading Sideways
13.7.2020
Chainlink hits a fresh All-Time High as its smart contract-based blockchain platform extends its services in all the dimensions possible. In one such recent news about Chainlink’s integration for a smart way of interaction through SMS messaging with the help of the Conflux Network. Here, Chainlink...
‘Ferocious Rally’: Weiss Ratings Bullish on Bitcoin, Price to Hit $70K Next Year
12.7.2020
Weiss Ratings has outlined key reasons why investors should be bullish about bitcoin, seeing a “ferocious rally” with the price of the cryptocurrency expected to hit $70,000 next year. In addition, the Federal Reserve’s massive money-printing and institutional investments into...
Tether Freezes Millions of Dollars USDT in 40 Addresses Amid Regulatory Pressure
12.7.2020
Stablecoin issuer Tether has blacklisted 40 Ethereum addresses holding millions of dollars of the tether cryptocurrency, 24 of which were banned this year. This finding follows the Centre Consortium taking a similar action due to a request by law enforcement. Tether Frozen in 40 Addresses Tether...
Bitcoin Prize For Winners Of South Africa Mountain Bike Race
11.7.2020
About 150 mountain bikers will compete at this year’s edition of the Munga MTB race in South Africa. The race will commence in the first week of December. The top three finishers in each category will share the 1.5 bitcoin in prize money. The Bitstamp sponsored race was launched in 2015....