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Bitcoin Will Be Accepted for Tax Payments in Swiss Canton Zug Next Year
4.9.2020
Bitcoin and ether can be used to pay taxes in the Swiss Canton of Zug starting next tax season. Zug’s crypto valley is home to many cryptocurrency businesses, and by accepting bitcoin and ether for tax payments, the canton aims to “promote and simplify the use of cryptocurrencies...
Bitcoin and S&P 500 Correlation Grows, Miners Accumulate BTC Again
4.9.2020
After yesterday’s sell-off in both crypto and stock markets, major cryptoassets remain mostly in the red, although some green shoots have appeared and Bitcoin (BTC) miners sold less BTC. However, US equity futures are mixed as traders wait for the August jobs report today, suggesting that...
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...
Bitcoin and Altcoins Tumble Below Crucial Uptrend Supports
4.9.2020
Bitcoin price failed to stay above the main support near USD 11,200 and USD 11,000. As a result, BTC declined over 10% and it even traded towards the USD 10,000 support zone. It is currently (08:30 UTC) correcting losses, but it still might correct lower in the coming sessions.
Similarly, most...
Chilean Cryptocurrency Exchange Denies Fraud Allegations, Tribunal Set Rule on Complaint
4.9.2020
Chilean cryptocurrency exchange, Badu.com has denied allegations that it fraudulently transferred client funds without authorization. The fraud allegations are being reported by Itau bank and both parties are set to appear before the country’s Tribunal for the Defense of Free Competition...
Privacy Options Underutilized in Cryptocurrency Usage: Report
4.9.2020
Advances in cryptography have not met with user enthusiasm, suggesting a disconnect between the cryptocurrency community and its cypherpunk ancestors. According to Coin Metrics, transactions of privacy-focused cryptocurrencies zcash (ZEC), monero (XMR), and grin only add up to 6% of bitcoin’s...
Yearn Finance Vault Users Lock $139M: Farmers Claim Collateralized ETH Gathers 90% APY
4.9.2020
On September 3, 2020, the well known Yearn Finance defi project “paused” the popular ethereum liquidity vault (yETH) service, after locking in a significant $139 million. Yearn’s vault feature launched on Wednesday, and saw $100 million deposited on the first day. The vault hype...
$16B Worth of Dollar-Pegged Cryptos: Stablecoins Add $100M a Day Since Mid-July
4.9.2020
Stablecoins have been gathering a lot of steam and settling massive value in recent months. Moreover, on Thursday, Coin Metrics’ executive Nic Carter mentioned on Twitter that “stablecoins have been adding $100 [million per day] since mid-July. While a number of dollar-pegged...
Long-Term Fundamentals Signal Robust Crypto Bull Market Fueled by Reckless Money Printing, Defi
3.9.2020
A robust cryptocurrency bull market is in the making, a Weiss Crypto Ratings analyst explained. Citing central banks’ “reckless money printing policies” and “the explosion in Defi innovation,” he sees long-term fundamentals favoring cryptocurrencies despite some...
US Federal Court Rules NSA Mass Surveillance Illegal, Credits Edward Snowden
3.9.2020
A federal appeals court has ruled that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) mass surveillance program that collected data on billions of Americans’ telephone calls was illegal and possibly unconstitutional. The program was exposed by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. A Victory...
Bitcoin News Roundup for Sept. 3, 2020
3.9.2020
With the price of bitcoin pulling back sharply and U.S. legislators again advocating for blockchain, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup!
Altcoins Led Sell-off Intensifies as Bitcoin Erases All Monthly Gains
3.9.2020
The crypto market took another step lower for the second day in a row, with bitcoin (BTC) falling below USD 11,000 for the first time since the end of July.
At pixel time (15:12 UTC), BTC trades at USD 10,818 and is down by almost 5% in a day and a week. The price also dropped by 2% in a month,...
Indian Prime Minister Modi’s Twitter Account Hacked, Bitcoin Donations Requested
3.9.2020
The verified Twitter account for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal website and mobile app has been hacked, Twitter has reportedly confirmed. Tweets asking for bitcoin donations for the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund for Covid-19 were posted on the account. Twitter...
Trezor Fixes New Vulnerability, KeepKey Working On It; New Malware Targets Wallets
3.9.2020
Swiss hardware wallet provider Shift Crypto said it has disclosed a vulnerability in the Trezor and KeepKey hardware wallets that could allow for potential ransom attacks – while a potentially nasty new malware strain is threatening to cause widespread wallet theft if left unchecked.
The...
Bitcoin Miners Sold 63% More Coins Than Generated In a Day
3.9.2020
With yesterday’s correction in ethereum (ETH) and many DeFi tokens also spilling over into bitcoin (BTC), bitcoin miners sold BTC 844 (USD 9.5m) in a day, or 63% more coins than they generated in the same period of time.
Also, according to data from ByteTree, miners have continued to offload more...
Why Fusion’s DCRM is The Best Option for DeFi Users
3.9.2020
The race for blockchain interoperability was very much a trending topic during the bull market of 2017. Back then, we witnessed the birth of very promising projects like Fusion and Wanchain. Then the bear market started, and interoperability was no longer as hot as it once was, similar to every...
Russian Ministry’s Crypto Mining Plans ‘a Cause for Concern’
3.9.2020
The Russian Ministry of Finance wants to ban crypto miners from receiving token rewards leading to what newspaper Izvestia has called “a de facto ban on the circulation of cryptoassets in Russia.”
The newspaper said it has seen Ministry of Finance-drafted legislation proposals pertaining to...
Hacking of PM Modi Happened at Bad Time for Indian Crypto Industry
3.9.2020
Narendra Modi. Source: A video screenshot, Youtube/Narendra Modi
An apparent hacking of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Twitter account by attackers seeking to scam people into sending cryptocurrency came at a bad time for the industry in India, where the government is still working out what...
Crypto Exchanges Worried: Police Continue Bithumb Fraud Probe
3.9.2020
Source: Adobe/david_franklin
Further details are emerging about the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s all-day raid on Bithumb, South Korea’s leading crypto exchange on suspicions of fraud and embezzlement.
A Seoul-based employee at a rival South Korean crypto exchange who asked not to be named...
Major South Korean Crypto Exchange Raided by Police in Alleged $25.2M Fraud Case
3.9.2020
South Korean police raided the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Bithumb on September 2 as part of an investigation of fraud allegedly committed by the organization’s main shareholder. With the recorded number of visitors to the platform touching 4.11 million between May...