The crypto platform Poloniex announced its intention to delist six cryptocurrencies, it is about Navcoin (NAV), Clams (CLAM), Pascal (PASC), GameCredits (GAME), Steem (STEEM), as well as LBRY Credits (LBC). The crypto exchange informed its decision personally to each client who owns at least any amount of the above crypto funds. Asset trading under the tickers GAME, CLAM, NAV, PASC, STEEM, LBC will close on October 15th. On October 28, withdrawal of funds to LBC will be permanently blocked. On November 15th, users will no longer be able to withdraw funds in all other cryptocurrencies. The company strongly recommends that…
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A German programmer hacked the Muhstik ransomware virus distributor server after paying 0.09 BTC to restore access to files. In a message on the Bleeping Computer forum, Tobias Fromel, under the nickname battleck, wrote that he managed to get the entire database of encryption keys and a decryptor program, which he posted free of charge to the network for 2858 victims of the attacker. Fromel […]
According to Forbes Media Group President Steve Forbes, bitcoin is helping people around the world stand up to governments that exercise excessive control or damage citizens. On Sunday, he participated in the ARK Invest podcast , which was dedicated to traditional markets. Toward the end of the podcast, ARK Invest managing director Katie Wood asked Forbes his opinion on cryptocurrencies and, in particular, Bitcoin. “Bitcoin has played a very important role in helping people in distress around the world. He has provided workarounds against institutions that want to control you, starve and hurt you. Bitcoin is what can be called…
The large cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced the launch of P2P trading for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tether paired with the Chinese yuan. The company’s publication says that the new service will be initially available to users of Android devices that already have Binance accounts that have been active for the past 30 days. The exchange drew attention to the fact that in order to access the new function, users need to update the Binance application to the latest version. Very soon, the company will release an application for holders of iOS devices. In his Twitter blog, Changpeng Zhao said that support for…
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has established a cryptocurrency fund to accept donations in bitcoins and Ethereum. Digital assets will finance open source technologies for children and youth around the world. UNICEF became the first organization in the UN that transacts in cryptocurrency, the fund said in a press release. “If the digital economy and currencies have […]
US Congressmen Bill Foster and French Hill asked Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to consider issuing the United States National Digital Currency (CBDC). At the same time, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Patrick Harker, announced the inevitability of a digital dollar. What do parliamentarians offer, how do American regulators relate to the idea, how will the launch of the American CBDC affect the economy and the crypto market? What is CBDC? Digital currencies from central banks (CBDC) is a digital version of the current national fiat currencies, but without intermediaries in the form of commercial banks.…
Telegram representatives unveiled the provisions governing the use of the Grams Wallet crypto-wallet. It is known that he will interact with TON, however, he will not control the blockchain platform. Grams Wallet will be available in the messenger, as well as as an independent application. Use the service will be able to persons over 18 years of age. Access is denied to persons and states that have any sanctions. If you lose access to your account, Grams Wallet representatives will not be able to restore it – the service does not collect sensitive data such as passwords, public, private keys,…
The developers of the Telegram Open Network (TON) network published the first version of the rules for using the Gram token wallet, in which the participation of the Telegram messenger team in the development of the project was officially confirmed for the first time. Earlier, neither Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, nor any other company representative made public statements regarding the Telegram Open Network. According to a published document, a wallet for storing Gram tokens […]
application The main manufacturer of hardware for cryptocurrencies Ledger intends to organize support for atomic swaps, which are based on the SWIFT protocol, in its Ledger Live application. According to a press release, wallets with SWIFT integration will allow users to swap cryptocurrencies without having to exit the application or worry about addresses. So far, however, it is not known exactly when the new function will appear. SWFT Blockchain CEO said that in the future the demand for such functionality will increase even more. He explained that as the crypto market moves from speculation to real use, the need for…
Casa Node 2, a new generation of hardware bitcoin nodes with Lightning Network protocol support, promises users faster transaction processing, as well as built-in support for the BTCPay Server processing service. This is stated in a statement published on Tuesday, October 8 by the California company Casa. Announcing Casa Node 2! ⁰⁰⚡️ Faster and more powerful ⁰? Gorgeous new NodeOS update⁰? BTCPay Server Support⁰⁰Oh […]