This week, the General Prosecutor’s Office of South Korea announced the creation of a new task force, which is entrusted with the task of combating and preventing crimes in the field of cryptocurrency. This writes Cryptoglobe, citing the local broadcasting service of the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS). This step was the response of the authorities to the growing wave of crime in the cryptocurrency space. The activity of the group will be in […]
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The Argentine government intends to invest in blockchain-startups in the early stages of development, supported by the venture capital unit of cryptobirge Binance. It is reported by CoinDesk. The local labor ministry announced it would allocate $ 50,000 for each Argentinean blockchain start-up funded by Binance Labs as part of the second phase of the incubation program. In addition, LatamEX Crypto Exchange will receive targeted funds for development. The Office is planning […]
Photographer Anton Klimov, specially for the Forbes magazine, prepared a report on the everyday life of the crypto community in Irkutsk, Russia. The development of mining in Siberia is due to low electricity tariffs and long winters, which save on cooling of cryptocurrency farms. The source of cheap electricity is the Irkutsk Hydroelectric Power Station: the Novo-Irkutsk CHP provides the activity of numerous miners who build their farms in the buildings of empty factories, […]
The New Zealand Altcoin Exchange Cryptopia said that in the worst case scenario, as a result of the hacking that took place in January, it lost a maximum of 10% of all its funds. The stock exchange made such a statement on Wednesday, February 27, on Twitter: Update: Currently, […]
A senior researcher at nChain, Craig Wright, sent the Commission on the US Exchange Commodity Trading (CFTC) introductory information on cryptocurrency mechanics in response to a request from the Office. But even in the official document I did not miss the opportunity to remind everyone that it was he who allegedly was the creator of Bitcoin Satoshi Nakamoto. “My name is Dr. Craig Wright. Under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, I completed […]
New York-based analytical blockchain-start-up Chainalysis successfully closed a round of financing for Series B, led by venture capital firm Accel Partners, and raised $ 30 million. use cases and a new office in London! Read more: https://t.co/0Rn2li4wkO – Chainalysis (@chainalysis) […]
The share of the Bitmain-controlled mining pools of BTC.com and Antpool in the total bitcoin hash rate is about 29%. According to analysts of The Block, in the first half of last year, the total hashrate of these two pools was 42%. If we take into account the pool ViaBTC, the main investor of which is Bitmain, then a year ago the Chinese giant could control at least 50% of the hashrate. […]
According to an official announcement on the website of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the agency is looking for a supplier who can provide him with the opportunity to analyze blockchain data of leading cryptocurrencies, Coingape reports. The application was published on January 31, and according to it, the opportunity is open to companies that will ensure the extraction of data from blockchains and their translation into readable […]
Hidden crypto miners remain the dominant threat to organizations around the world. This is evidenced by data from the 2019 Security Report, a leading provider of cybersecurity solutions Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Last year, crypto miners consistently occupied the first four lines of the ratings of the most active threats and attacked 37% of organizations around the world. In 2019, despite the decline in value […]
Employees of the Department of Cyber Police detained a 30-year-old resident of Zaporozhye, suspected of fraud and theft of cryptocurrency. This is reported on the site office. According to law enforcement officers, a 30-year-old male resident created the Stealer virus and distributed it among network users to gain access to these wallets on various crypto-countertops. The virus got into the file system of users through spam mailing. He also disguised himself on […]