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South Korean SME Minister Sings Praises of Blockchain-powered Payments
13.11.2020
A South Korean minister has been championing blockchain-powered payments, claiming they have the power to transform the business landscape for smaller businesses in the country.
Per News1, the comment came from the country’s Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises and Startups Park Young-sun,...
Chainalysis Launches Program to Store and Sell Seized Crypto Assets for Governments
13.11.2020
The blockchain intelligence and surveillance company Chainalysis revealed the launch of a new program that aims to help governments and insolvency practitioners sell seized cryptocurrencies. The news follows the recent U.S. government seizure of more than 69,000 BTC worth over $1 billion...
Crypto Recovery Lawyer David Silver Joins Coinfirm’s US Board
12.11.2020
The noted attorney will help defrauded investors recover their wrongfully taken cryptocurrencies as a member of Coinfirm's board in the U.S
The ‘Undo Button’ Wallet Tool Gives Users the Ability to Reverse Ethereum Transactions
12.11.2020
On Thursday, November 12, 2020, the blockchain firm Kirobo launched a tool that allows users to reverse ethereum transactions. Similarly to the replace-by-fee (RBF) protocol leveraged by bitcoin users, ethereum transactions can be reversed as well with Kirobo’s “Undo Button”...
Blockchain Bites: $16K BTC, $1B DAI, $13.6B TVL in DeFi
12.11.2020
Bitcoin is riding fresh three-year highs as nearly all UTXOs are in profit, while MakerDAO's DAI becomes the latest crypto "unicorn" with a $1 billion market cap
A New Bitcoin Mining Pool Claims It Has Tools to Censor Blockchain Transactions
12.11.2020
A blockchain and technology company claims its new bitcoin mining pool is embedded with tools that enable the pool to censure transactions in the blocks they mine. According to a statement issued by the DMG, the parent company to Blockseer mining pool, this ability allows the latter...
Blockchain helps determine ‘green’ parking price in Munich
12.11.2020
Token reward airdrops hope to "nudge" car users into more sustainable behaviors
Hackers, Scammers Have Stolen $7.6B in Crypto Since 2011
12.11.2020
Billions of dollars have been stolen through exchange hacks and scams, according to a new report from blockchain analytics firm Crystal Blockchain
Report: Blockchain Price Oracle Manipulation Produces Millions in Losses, Shows No Signs of Slowing
12.11.2020
On November 9, a writer from the website samczsun.com published a report that shows a number of issues with price oracle manipulation stemming from a few blockchain applications. The researcher notes that price oracle manipulation has resulted in “over $30 [million] in losses so far.”...
Ex-CIA Analyst: Beijing Blockchain Network May Spark Chinese Net Dominance
12.11.2020
The Chinese Blockchain Service Network (BSN), already active in all major Middle Kingdom cities and continuing to add interoperability options, could pose a major threat to America’s dominance in the digital realm, said a security expert and former CIA official – raising questions over...
Kucoin Recovers 84% of Funds Stolen in $280 Million Hack
11.11.2020
Kucoin chief executive officer Johnny Lyu revealed Wednesday that the exchange recovered 84%, or $235 million, of the $280 million stolen in one of crypto industry’s biggest hacks in September. In a tweet, Lyu said the affected funds have been recovered “via approaches like on-chain...
Hackers Have Stolen $100 Million From Defi Projects This Year
11.11.2020
Hackers have stolen $100 million from decentralized finance (Defi) projects so far this year, according to a new report. Defi accounted for 50% of all hacks and thefts in the second half of the year. Defi Hacks on the Rise A new report by cryptocurrency forensics and blockchain threat intelligence...
World Economic Forum calls blockchain key to sustainable digital finance
11.11.2020
A new WEF report touts blockchain technology as a cornerstone of environmental sustainability
Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin’s Path to $20K, Ethereum’s ‘Unannounced’ Fork and Biden’s Crypto-Friendly Picks
11.11.2020
ALSO: ShapeShift delists three privacy coins citing regulatory uncertainty and $3 billion in blockchain bonds come to market on Friday
Ethereum Suffers from Unintended ‘Chain Split,’ Few Third-Party Services ‘Got Stuck on Minority Chain’
11.11.2020
According to a number of third party infrastructure providers, the Ethereum blockchain suffered an unintended hard fork or chain split on Wednesday. The service providers Infura, Binance, and Blockchair all reported issues with consensus at block height 11,234,873. The cryptocurrency community...
DeFi’s Resurgence & Bitcoin’s Most Recent Stamp of Approval: A Data Perspective by IntoTheBlock
11.11.2020
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ShareRing Brings Its Blockchain Identity Solution to Rakuten Travel Bookers
11.11.2020
The integration will mean Rakuten Travel Xchange customers can opt to use ShareRing's self-sovereign identity app to access bookings
Ethereum Service Providers Experiencing Issues After Reported Blockchain Split
11.11.2020
The Ethereum blockchain network looks to be suffering issues Friday morning, with knock-on effects at related service providers
World’s Second Biggest Bank to Issue $3B in Bonds Tradable for Bitcoin
11.11.2020
China Construction Bank will issue the debt securities over a blockchain, with trading to be available against bitcoin and U.S. dollars via an exchange partner
Spanish Senate Green-lights Crypto, Blockchain & Fintech Sandbox
11.11.2020
Crypto and blockchain advocates in Spain have cause for cheer after the country’s senate unanimously voted in favor of launching a new regulatory fintech testbed that will allow companies to launch blockchain, bitcoin (BTC) and other crypto-related projects.
The Senate is Spain’s upper...