Telegram, a service intended for the exchange of information, intends to launch its darknet platform based on the blockchain Telegram Open Network (TON) in the third quarter of this year. According to media reports, representatives of Telegram told the Gram tokens holders that the development team had successfully completed the testing of TON – the virtual machine (VM) of the new project, as well as the algorithm used by it called Byzantine ready to perform the tasks outlined in the white book. Recall that in April it became known that Telegram launched a private testing of the darknet network, access…
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According to Alexa's global ranking platform, the number of views on Bitcoin related sites is increasing. Over the past 90 days, popular cryptocurrency sites have had significantly more visitors. Currently, Alexa is evaluating the Binance cryptobirth site at 911th place in the world, which is 233 places higher than three months ago. The leading Binance cryptocurrency exchange receives most of its traffic from the United States, where it ranks 747th among the sites. The United States accounts for 21.7% of the total number of visitors, followed by India – 7.2%, Japan – 6.6%, Germany – 3.7% and Turkey – 3.3%.…
ESET analysts have discovered a fake Trezor Mobile Wallet app disguised as a popular wallet on the Google Play store. Search results show this app second, right behind the official wallet. As a developer, Trezor Inc. is involved. “We have never encountered malicious activity under the guise of Trezor, so the capabilities of such fake applications are of particular interest. After all, Trezor is a cryptocurrency […]
In recent months, the Bitcoin rate is constantly growing and, according to the founder of the Digital Currency Group Barry Cilbert, one of the reasons for this was the trade war between the United States and China. "It is definitely interesting that the price of Bitcoin began to rise at the very moment of the commencement of talks about a trade war ," said Silbert in an interview with Fortune. The head of Grayscale also stressed that Bitcoin is a non-correlation asset and has always performed better than traditional safe-haven assets like gold. In moments of instability, political or economic,…
According to an official press release, Coinbase, a major cryptocurrency exchange, now supports Steablcoin Dai (DAI). Coinbase representatives report that DAI can be bought, sold, shipped, received, converted and stored in most jurisdictions where Coinbase provides its services, with the exception of New York. DAI is an ERC-20 standard token developed on MakerDAO, an Ethereum-based smart contract platform whose goal is to support stability in a decentralized world, in particular, cryptocurrency. MakerDAO platform aims to stabilize the price of DAI at $ 1. Recall that recently it became known that the new Coinbase tool – Coinbase Commerce – now supports…
writes Bitcoin (BTC) is now hovering around $ 7,600 after several weeks of rapid growth, and has been trading sideways for the last two weeks, as the market is getting used to the new “normal level,” Forbes reports. However, the bulls are already looking for the next catalyst, which will increase the price. One of the main reasons for the growth is called the approaching bitcoin halving , which will take place in just one year. According to the founder and head of cryptocurrency hedge fund BK Capital Management Brian Kelly, the upcoming supply reduction may help the growth of…
hardware wallet appeared on Google Play Hackers began to frequently add fake versions of cryptocurrency wallets to the Google Play application store in order to deceive users and steal their bitcoins. The developers of the ESET antivirus reported detecting a fake version of the Trezor cryptograph in Google Play. It has been found that this malicious software can be misleading cryptocurrency holders. People download a fake wallet and think they are installing a real Trezor. The malware page of the application is almost identical to the present, but the software itself no longer resembles the original version of the wallet.…
The San Francisco-based blockchain-startup Unstoppable Domains declares its mission to fight for Internet freedom, at least in part, control over the registered domains. Now the company’s famous Bitcoin enthusiast Tim Draper Draper Associates has made an important contribution to this initiative, CoinDesk writes. Unstoppable. https://t.co/upx2GcwhPS – Adam Draper ? ? ? (@AdamDraper) May 23, 2019 Draper Associates led the round of financing […]
Waves , one of the leading players in the blockchain market and the pioneer of Web 3.0, is the general sponsor of the World Series trading tournament (WSOC) , which will be held on the Waves DEX exchange soon. Participation in the competition is free, and the prize to the winner will be up to 5,000 WAVES! “The WSOC platform specializes in trading contests and invites all exchanges and the crypto community as a whole to participate in them ,” comments Alexander Ivanov , founder and CEO of Waves. “We are convinced that choosing Waves DEX as the venue for…
Representatives of the United States Copyright Office did not recognize Craig Wright, an Australian computer scientist, as a Bitcoin developer. Such a statement from the department came after Craig Wright made an attempt to formalize the copyright of the source code of the BTC and the “white book”. A few days ago it became known that businessman Craig Wright designed the copyright for the “white book” of BTC cryptocurrency and its source code. In publications that were published on the website of the American department, it was noted that Craig Wright, using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, presented in 2008-2009. two…