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The U.S. Attorney's Office in the Northern District of California charged Elliot Ganton and Anthony Tyler Nashatka with hacking the EtherDelta exchange in December 2017. According to the indictment, hackers changed the configuration of the EtherDelta domain name system in order to deceive the users of the exchange and “get their cryptocurrency addresses, private keys and withdraw the stored funds”. Attackers gained access to the employee’s phone number […]

Blockchain4Ukraine, an inter-factional parliamentary group, has been created in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, whose goal is the introduction of blockchain technology in state structures of the country. About this on Facebook wrote a member of the board of the Bitcoin Foundation Ukraine Konstantin Yarmolenko. According to him, Blockchain4Ukraine is a group of 50 deputies from several factions with a common vision to make Ukraine a world technology leader. At the same time, noted […]

Bitwise Asset Management has attempted to convince the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that the market is ready to launch Bitcoin-based exchange traded funds (ETFs). It is reported by Forbes. The company presented a SEC presentation, in which it identified three main reasons for the approval of the Bitcoin ETF. According to Bitwise, this is: the efficiency of the cryptocurrency spot market, […]

In the Russian segment of the Facebook social network, fraudulent earnings offers have spread through the Telegram Open Network (TON) platform, which has not yet been launched. It is reported by Kommersant. The publication of the fraudulent account on Facebook contains a link to a page that copies the popular Russian edition of RBC. It contains an “investigation” with embedded links to another site with a video about the “unique scheme” of earnings and […]

Investment Application Provider Abra has announced the start of sales of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies at 6,000 retail outlets in the Philippines. The project is being implemented in partnership with the local payment company ECPay, which has provided Abra access to its network including the popular 7-Eleven stores. Abra adds 6,000 new retail cash-in locations in Philippines ??https: //t.co/10mgKVEcpa – Abra (@AbraGlobal) September 19, 2019 […]

OTC cryptocurrency trading service Genesis Global Trading acquired the analytical firm Qu Capital. Genesis will add Qu Capital's tools, including machine learning algorithm and other technologies, to existing products and new offerings, reports The Block. “This is an attempt to strengthen our technological capabilities and intellectual potential in order to better serve customers in an increasingly competitive market,” said the CEO […]

Chile’s central bank manager Mario Marcel said the blockchain has potential, but central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) can be useful without using it. He expressed this opinion during a panel discussion at the forum of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. According to him, the CBDC concept is not new and have existed since the first gross settlement systems appeared in […]