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Ripple Sued by 13 Australian Banks for Trademark Infringement
29.8.2020
Ripple Labs Inc. is being sued in an Australian court for allegedly infringing a trademark belonging to several local banks. A lawsuit filed by the New Payments Platform Australia (NPPA), a joint venture between the Reserve Bank of Australia and 13 domestic banks, claims that Ripple copied...
Whitelist-only crypto withdrawals coming soon claims Ari Paul
27.8.2020
A shift in the crypto ecosystem could result in a whitelist of coins and addresses according to Ari Paul
Experts: North Korean ‘Tech Has Scaled Up’ After US Makes Hack Claims
19.8.2020
North Korea’s “fast-developing tech abilities” could be helping it scale up its raids on financial sector targets like international crypto exchanges, say South Korean observers. Experts have spoken out after a report from the American armed forces concluded that several thousands of North Korean...
SpaceChain Claims To Have Signed Outer Space’s First Multisig BTC Transaction
18.8.2020
SpaceChain claims to have signed the first multi signature transaction in outer space
Chinese Bitcoin Miners Develop Strong Relationships and Crypto Mining Facilities in Iran
14.8.2020
During the last few months, crypto proponents have focused their attention on Iran. The Iranian President Hassan Rouhani initiated a new mining strategy last May, and the government-licensed 14 bitcoin mining farms in July. According to the Chinese mining operation Lubian, it claims to operate...
Defi Implosion: YAM Token Market Cap Plummets to Near Zero After Founder Claims He ‘Failed’
13.8.2020
Yield farmers excited about the recent decentralized finance (defi) project, Yam Finance, got a rude awakening after the token’s value plummeted in value to near zero. Yam Finance developers discovered a major flaw in the rebasing contract and at 4 a.m. ET, cofounder Brock Elmore tweeted that...
Bitfinex Scoffs at Tether Market Manipulation Lawsuit: Bittrex and Poloniex File for Summary Judgment
9.8.2020
Bitfinex says the second attempt by plaintiffs to frame the bitcoin manipulation complaint will fail just like the first attempt. The Bitfinex comments follow a notice by Bittrex and Poloniex disputing claims that they knew about the alleged market manipulation by Bitfinex. In June, the plaintiffs...
S2F Price Model Suggests Bitcoin Price Hits $100K – Author Claims Model Is Perfectly on Track
6.8.2020
The author of the controversial bitcoin stock-to-flow (S2F) price model said that at current prices the S2F model is “perfectly on track.” S2F shows the price could hit around $30,000 by the year’s end and by August 2021 prices could be $100,000 per bitcoin. The crypto asset...
South African Bitcoin Investment Company Faces Fresh Scam Allegations
4.8.2020
FX Choice, a forex and crypto trading company, is making new allegations that South African bitcoin investment company, Mirror Trading International (MTI) is a multi-level marketing scam. The company says it uncovered this after researching into MTI, a firm that claims to have “118,027...
European Bitcoin Exchange Hacked for $1.4 Million, Claims It Cannot Afford to Repay Users
4.8.2020
2gether, a Spanish cryptocurrency trading platform, has been hacked for about $1.4 million and company executives claim that they do not have the money to repay customers. Chief executive officer Ramon Ferraz Estrada said over the course of several tweets on Monday that the breach of July...
US Court Dismisses Claims Against XRP: Report Shows Ripple Paid Moneygram $15.1M in Q2
2.8.2020
The Northern California District Court finds that claims against Ripple Labs and its token made by two investors cannot be proven. The legal dispute, which began in May 2018, pitted Ripple Labs including CEO Brad Garlinghouse and disgruntled investors. According to a report, the discontented...
Accused of Spreading a FUD Zeus Capital Doubles Down on Chainlink Pump and Dump Claims
2.8.2020
Zeus Capital LLP has released a new report reiterating its earlier stance that Chainlink is a giant pump and dump scheme. This new report comes after the little known asset management and research firm took a flak for attacking Chainlink’s token in an earlier report. In what it now terms part...
Raising the Security Bar? Dash Claims a 51% Attack Is Not Enough
30.7.2020
While a 51% attack on Bitcoin will cost a billion dollars, Dash developers say an attacker needs more than money to attack the Dash network
Fireblocks Claims Exchange Program Enables Zero-Confirmation Crypto Deposits
28.7.2020
Fireblocks says its new system provides crypto deposits on exchanges with zero confirmations and in real-time
Popular Indian Youtube Channel Hacked to Promote Bitcoin Giveaway Scam
26.7.2020
Following the massive Twitter breach that saw many high-profile accounts tweet about a bitcoin giveaway, a popular Indian Youtuber now claims that his Youtube channel was hacked for the same purpose. Hackers replaced some content in Carry Minati’s videos to promote a bitcoin giveaway. Popular...
4 Experts Agree: Craig Wright’s Latest Cryptography Claims Are ‘Nonsense’
23.7.2020
We asked four expert cryptographers about Craig Wright’s “cryptographic evidence” that he is Bitcoin’s creator Satoshi Nakamoto. They aren't buying it
Ant Group Claims 100M Digital Assets Are Uploaded to Its Blockchain Daily
23.7.2020
Days after announcing an expected $200 billion IPO, the Alibaba affiliate has rebranded its enterprise blockchain to AntChain
New Satoshi Stash Estimate Claims Creator Mined $10.5B Worth of Bitcoin
21.7.2020
On Monday, the blockchain trackers and researchers from Whale Alert published a new research report about the infamous fortune allegedly owned by Satoshi Nakamoto. Researchers estimate that Bitcoin’s creator possibly mined coins up to block 54,316, capturing 1,125,150 BTC or $10.5 billion...
Velas Enters the Top 100 Coinmarketcap and Launches on Bitcoin.Com Exchange
20.7.2020
The blockchain network that is self-learning and self-optimizing and claims to be able to deliver up to 30,000 transactions per second with a speed of anywhere from 1 second to 2 minutes. Velas is a blockchain ecosystem that implements an AI-powered Delegated Proof-of-Stake (AIDPOS) consensus...
Report Cuts China’s Bitcoin Mining Capacity to 50% of World Total, Raises US’ to 14%
18.7.2020
A new report by crypto research company Bitooda claims that China accounts for only 50% of global Bitcoin mining capacity, and the U.S. 14%. The data is in sharp contrast with earlier findings from the University of Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), which put China’s share...