On Sunday, May 26, the price of the first cryptocurrency updated the new maximum of this year, having managed to grow by several hours in price by almost $ 800 and get to the levels above $ 8800. So, on the Bitstamp exchange, as of 20:05 UTC, Bitcoin reached $ 8,802, after which it corrected to $ 8,600. The capitalization of the first cryptocurrency at the same time exceeded […]
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The Monero team, a project that is behind the development of a privacy-oriented coin, was thinking about switching the network to a new PoW algorithm, RandomX. Potential implementation of the new consensus algorithm will be dealt with by representatives of the Arweave project. The final decision will be known after the audit of the new algorithm. It is assumed that the audit will take two months – this will require funding in the amount of about $ 150,000. If everything goes well, then with the support of the developer of decentralized Internet, the Monero team will switch from CryptoNight to…
It became known that tokens of such projects as Polkadot and Dfinity are sold on the OTC-markets at significant discounts. Large crypto funds and investors report on the acquisition of the above-mentioned tokens. It is known that so-called SAFT contracts are being put up for sale, which provide buyers with ownership of startups tokens that will be issued in the future. Currently, there are four sellers who offer to purchase from 15,000 to 60,000 DOT tokens from the Polkadot project. So, during one of these offers, DOT tokens were sold at a discount of 50%, considering their cost during a…
The WalletGenerator generation service for printing private and public keys for storing cryptocurrency had a critical vulnerability threatening users who created paper crypto wallets with it after August 17, 2018. About this portal writes Decrypt with reference to the observations of analysts MyCrypto. According to them, the ability to create "randomized" key pairs using the service, which is key to the cryptographic protection of users' assets, turned out to be fiction. To generate keys, WalletGenerator used images that he himself created. Consequently, an attacker who has access to the data of these images can easily reproduce private and public keys…
Thousands of office computers in Baltimore, Maryland, as well as in other US cities, were attacked by hackers who demanded to pay them $ 100,000 in Bitcoins. It is noteworthy that they used for this purpose the EternalBlue program, which was developed by the US National Security Agency (NSA), writes The New York Times. Unknown attackers began to operate on May 7, blocking thousands of office computers […]
stock index Morgan Creek Capital CEO Mark Yusko believes that bitcoins should be in every investor’s portfolio. He expressed this opinion in an interview with CNBC. The founder and head of Morgan Creek said that the investment in BTC will significantly surpass the investment fund S & P 500 by results. He said about the benefits of investing in cryptocurrency : “Bitcoin is a great diversifying asset. He has a very low correlation. It should be in everyone’s portfolio. ” [embedded content] Marc Juusko also reminded about his Buffet Bet 2.0 rate – his digital asset management company, Morgan Creek…
Despite the unstable rally in recent weeks, Bitcoin again broke through the level of $ 8,000, which some analysts considered the beginning of an upward impulse. The most conservative growth forecast is $ 9,000, the most common is $ 10,000, but there is an analyst who believes that BTC is actually moving to a much higher level. His forecast is based on price gaps in the bitcoin futures chart on CME, which have yet to be filled. By tracking the largest cryptocurrency price movement, the chart reflects 2 empty gaps, which mean that Bitcoin targets $ 17,700 and $ 18,500,…
Soon margin trading will appear on a crypto- exchange in Binance, which the exchange hinted at in its Twitter account. The screenshot shows the updated exchange interface in dark and light mode. Binance asked its subscribers which of the options they like more. The letter "M" immediately after the BTC / USDT indicates that this is a section of margin trading of the exchange, the bottom shows an "important reminder" for users: “Margin trading gives a higher profit than traditional trading, although it carries great risks. In the event of extreme market volatility, your assets may be liquidated. ” Dark…
A very unusual transaction was noticed on the Altcoin Litecoin network – its initiator paid 8.88 LTC coins (approximately $ 778) and paid a fee of LTC 200 (approximately $ 17,500). The user, who mistakenly paid a commission 22 times higher than the norm, is quite active. From the middle of 2018, he completed 2,500 LTC transactions. A transaction in which an error was detected was added to the block obtained by the mining pool LTC.TOP from China. This trouble with the user, apparently, occurred for the first time – you can try to return the funds, if you contact…
Fintech-company Robinhood Markets Inc., which is the mobile application for trading stocks and cryptocurrency Robinhood, may soon close another round of financing, in which its investment valuation will exceed $ 7 billion, reports The Information, citing informed sources. It is noteworthy that Robinhood is allegedly in talks about another round of funding, after which the company's capitalization will reach […]