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The stablecoin issuer Tether and its affiliate Bitfinex bitcoin exchange distributed statements on Saturday, October 5, according to which both companies expect “unfounded” lawsuits to be filed against them alleging market manipulation of the USDT token. It is assumed that the so-called “unpublished and unexplored community” study will form the basis of the claim. Both companies insist that all the arguments that will be […]

Only 1% of the US population owns bitcoins, which is too small for the institutional market, says Tom Lee, managing partner and head of research at Fundstrat Global Advisor. In an interview with The Block, Tom Lee called the main barriers that prevent large players from investing in bitcoin, pointing to the underdeveloped infrastructure, as well as the size of the market itself, which, in his opinion, is "too small." […]

The cybersecurity company Prevailion found that the tools for cryptocurrency investors targeted a large-scale phishing attack MasterMana Botnet cost only $ 160. MasterMana Botnet massively sends emails on behalf of existing companies with an infected file. As soon as the victim opens it, a chain of actions is launched that complicates the detection of the virus. As a result, a fileless backdoor is installed on the computer to receive the remote […]

Armenian law enforcement authorities suspect a 22-year-old citizen of stealing $ 1,046,000 from the sale of equipment for cryptocurrency mining. In October last year, the suspect met with a potential buyer and offered him to purchase the Z9 mini ASIC miner, the News-Armenia news agency reported citing the Investigative Committee. Due to the lack of space for installing the equipment, the buyer agreed to temporarily leave the miner to the seller. Last […]

TokenAnalyst researchers found that in 2019, the price of bitcoin showed an increase in the day of issuing USDT tokens on the Ethereum blockchain in 70% of cases. Over the course of 2019, there has been a net total of $ 1.5B worth of Tether minted on both Omni (USDT Omni) and on Ethereum (USDT ERC2O). We took a look at […]