Bulgarian officials were arrested on suspicion of selling citizenship and passports of the country for bitcoins to residents of Ukraine, Moldova and Macedonia. This is reported by the local edition of NOVA . In particular, Petr Kharalampiev, the head of the State Agency for the Affairs of Bulgarians Abroad, and also two employees of the department, Krasimir Tomov and Marko Stoyov, were arrested for frauds. According to the lawyers of the detainees, the law enforcement agencies have no evidence of the guilt of their clients, but the prosecutor’s office insists on the opposite. “The bribe was in cryptocurrency, we have…
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token The token of the Berlin-based IOTA Foundation project is integrated into the Ledger hardware wallets, giving users additional protection for private keys. Ledger wallets can also be used to validate transactions using the IOTA token. The integration of the IOTA token into the hardware wallets of Ledger was the result of a partnership of German and French companies announced today. Great & exciting news! The Ledger Nano S now supports @iotatoken . The #IOTA application has been developed by the IOTA community. Read more about it here: https://t.co/xnqkXOOeIF – Ledger (@LedgerHQ) 2 November 2018 As part of the process,…
The founders of the Bitcoin exchange Gemini, brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, filed a lawsuit against entrepreneur and early cryptocurrency investor Charlie Shrem, accusing him of stealing 5000 BTC. It is reported by the New York Times . According to the publication, the events described in the lawsuit relate to 2012. Then the brothers gave Shrem a total of $ 1 million to buy bitcoins for them. Winklevoss later realized that they did not receive bitcoins for the full amount. The brothers claim that they turned to Shrem asking to return the missing Bitcoins, but it was never satisfied. Now…
The operator Nasdaq Exchange intends to help the cryptocurrency industry reach a new level. According to Bloomberg, in a document published on Thursday, the company writes that it has spent several decades developing tools for securities markets, foreign currencies, etc. and can apply them to combat manipulation and other types of fraud in the field of digital assets on cryptocurrency exchanges . “Regulators, brokers and exchanges organize specialized teams that constantly monitor activity and use advanced technologies to collect data and analyze abuse, including pump-and-dump schemes, insider trading, laundering trading and spoofing,” the document says. Nasdaq licenses its technology to…
In Russia, the number of attacks related to the use of browser scripts for hidden mining depends on fluctuations in cryptocurrency prices. This is the conclusion made by analysts of the Avast digital security company. BlockchainJournal reviewed the results of the study. According to Avast, in December 2017, when the price of Bitcoin reached a maximum, 34 million Russians were attacked by hidden mining. A month earlier, 40.4 million users fell victim to malware. In August 2018, during the period of market stagnation, Avast analysts recorded 1, 7 million such attacks, and in September – 5.1 million. The increase in…
stage The founder of the blockchain Ethereum Vitaly Buterin announced the future transition of the ecosystem to the Ethereum 2.0 stage, which will be called Serenity. He stated this during the Devcon4 conference, which is taking place in Prague these days. According to him, the large-scale upgrade will be preceded by the activation of Casper and the transition to the Proof-of-Stake algorithm , sharding , updating the virtual machine (EWASM), changing the cross-contract logic and economics of the protocol. Ethereum 2.0 Roadmap by @VitalikButerin at # Devcon4 pic.twitter.com/f5AVp6ALTD – ???? ???????? (@ 5chdn) October 31, 2018 Buterin expects that as…
The Center for the Development of the Information Technology Industry of China (CCID) published the October rating of 33 cryptocurrencies. EOS continues to occupy the leading position, and Bitcoin dropped three lines, taking 19th place, Bitcoin.com writes. The second and third place belongs to Ethereum and Bitshares. Nebulas and NEO are closing the top 5 cryptocurrencies. “EOS and Ethereum firmly established themselves in the top of the list. Currently, EOS and Ethereum are undoubtedly the undisputed leaders in the field of platforms for developing decentralized applications around the world, and EOS at the same time shows a steady development. The…
Analysts at Morgan Stanley noted that institutional players are increasingly involved in the bitcoin market , while the number of retail investors is not growing. In the update to the analytical note “Bitcoin Decrypted”, the research department of the banking giant analyzed the last six months of Bitcoin and highlighted several trends. The main one is the transformation of BTC from the concept of “digital money” to a new institutional class of investment assets. According to the authors of the note, a number of factors contributed to this, including the registration of all transactions, a number of hacks and hard…
Every day, on average, four ICO projects are launched in the world, but in 2018, the vast majority of them crash as quickly as they appear. It would seem that it’s time to close the “ICO shop”: investors demand respect for their rights, regulators began to ask difficult questions, and even to “tezemun” far away. But there is also the opposite opinion that the ICO market has not disappeared, but only transformed itself and moved into a less public plane. More on this in the special material for the BlockchainJournal magazine was told by the head of Blockchain Practitioner Juscutum…
The world's largest investment company, BlackRock, will not offer a cryptocurrency fund (ETF), which is traded on the stock exchange, to its customers until it sees that the industry is mature enough. Such a statement on Thursday, November 1, made the company's CEO Larry Fink at the New York Times Dealbook Conference, writes CNBC . Answering the question whether BlackRock is considering launching Bitcoin-ETF, Larry Fink answered: “I won't say never.” When it [the industry] becomes legitimate – yes. ” As is known, the US Commission on Exchanges and Securities (SEC) still has doubts about the Bitcoin ETF, and has…