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Revolut Brings Crypto Without Private Keys to 10m+ Users
3.4.2020
USD 5.5bn fintech Revolut has decided to open crypto trading feature to their "standard" customers earlier than planned, thus helping crypto adoption and securing another revenue stream during the global financial and economic turmoil, prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The crypto...
Cointext Cofounder Unveils BFP Encrypt – Send Encrypted Data to Bitcoin Cash Addresses
3.4.2020
Vin Armani, the cofounder of Cointext, has announced the launch of a Javascript library that allows people to send encrypted data to addresses on the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network. A BCH private key can decrypt the data, and when Armani released the Javascript package, the developer stressed that...
Ripple Engineers Publish Design for Private Transactions on XRP Ledger
2.4.2020
Ripple engineer Nik Bougalis has proposed a method of shielding transactions on the XRP ledger
Luxury Watchmaker Breitling Adds Its First Timepieces to a Blockchain
29.3.2020
In a rare example of real-world business deployment, Breitling is registering watches on a blockchain to track their provenance from owner to owner
What Will Be the Early Privacy Impact of Secure Multiparty Computation?
29.3.2020
How to provide privacy services in the age of emerging technologies, such as blockchain and crypto?
HSBC Puts $10B of Private Placements on R3’s Corda Blockchain
27.3.2020
HSBC is using blockchain as opposed to a traditional database because it plans to tokenize the $10B in private placements after it digitizes them
Mt Gox Bitcoins: Trustee Plans to Distribute BTC and BCH, Liquidate Forks Into Cash
25.3.2020
On March 24, the Mt Gox creditors’ trustee from Tokyo, Nobuaki Kobayashi, disclosed a newly written rehabilitation plan for claimants looking to access some of the funds they lost in 2013. According to the new plan, Mt Gox claimants will get BTC and BCH assets alongside the possibility...
Fired Employees’ Harassment Suit Against TRON Will Move to Private Arbitration
25.3.2020
A judge granted Justin Sun’s motion to compel arbitration in a lawsuit alleging wrongful termination and workplace harassment at the TRON Foundation
Minting Basic Income – US Lawmaker Asks Treasury to Issue Two $1 Trillion Coins With No Debt
22.3.2020
The U.S. is now facing the onslaught from the coronavirus outbreak. During the last two weeks, bureaucrats have shut down multiple industries while the Federal Reserve has injected trillions into the hands of private banks. Bipartisan members of Congress have been penning a 2020 stimulus plan,...
Scramble for Dollars: Emergency Cash Injections in $250 Trillion Global Debt Place the Fiat Ponzi On Ventilator
19.3.2020
The last few weeks of global hysteria has shown there’s been a mad dash for dollars and various fiat currencies. Moreover, central banks have tried to quell cash liquidity issues by injecting trillions into the hands of private banks and hedge funds worldwide. As the financial system shudders...
Keyless Wallet Provider Zengo Now Holds SGA Stablecoin
19.3.2020
Saga Monetary Technologies partners with ZenGo, allowing SGA users to hold their tokens on ZenGo’s keyless wallet
The FATF Recommendations on Privacy Coins: Why Private People, Businesses and Governments Should Care
12.3.2020
Over the past few months, private crypto assets, commonly known as privacy coins, have been under pressure due toContinue Reading
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Mailfence secure and private email provider accepts Bitcoin and Litecoin
9.3.2020
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Airport Gold Seizure in Amsterdam Points to Bitcoin Utility for Private, Borderless Travel
7.3.2020
A 27-year-old Brazilian man was arrested at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam Friday for failing to declare 15 kilograms of gold bars to customs, according to local reports. After failing to provide a convincing explanation as to how he acquired the gold, the traveler flying from Rio de Janeiro to Hong...
Crypto, Encryption, and the Quest for a Secure Messaging App
7.3.2020
How confidential is our conversation? This question has come to the fore in recent months, driven by a flurry of news stories detailing the weakening of encrypted messenger apps at the behest of law enforcement. A concerted effort on the part of the state to backdoor messaging apps and spy on...
Ledger Wallet Warns of Fake Google Chrome Extension Stealing Crypto
6.3.2020
Ledger warns users about a fake Chrome extension attempting to steal users’ crypto by asking them to enter their 24-word recovery phrase
Relm Launches Insurance Coverage for Cryptocurrency and Cannabis Groups in Tough Regulatory Climate
4.3.2020
Bermuda-based insurance company Relm has announced an official launch of operations, issuing a press statement March 3, stating the group will “focus on digital asset (cryptocurrency) enterprises and cannabis and hemp related businesses.” The business, owned by Deltec International...
Human Readability and Privacy: BCH Can Be Sent by Email With Tips Tool, No Usernames Required
3.3.2020
Tips.Bitcoin.com allows users of crypto to tip BCH to friends and family via email address, arguably cutting out some of the inconvenience associated with standard bitcoin address formats. Unlike Coinbase Wallet’s new username option, which achieves similar ease for transactions, sending keys...
Well Functioning Government Might Make Private Cryptos Obsolete - IMF Official
3.3.2020
Source: iStock/Bet_Noire
If a sovereign government can maintain its creditworthiness and a central bank can guarantee effectiveness of its monetary policy, “it’s hard to imagine private digital currencies being used widely both within China and abroad,” according to Dong He, Deputy Director of...
US Charges North Korea-Linked Chinese Nationals for Laundering Over $100 Million in Stolen Cryptocurrency
3.3.2020
The U.S. government has charged two Chinese nationals involved in laundering stolen cryptocurrency worth $100 million from an exchange allegedly for the benefit of North Korea. They are linked to the U.S.-designated North Korean state-sponsored Lazarus Group. A total of 113 cryptocurrency accounts...