Investors in the Chinese investment scheme Wave Field Super Community, which many have associated with the cryptocurrency project TRON, can lose up to 200 million yuan ($ 29 million) as a result of fraud. In social networks, they criticize Justin San's CEO of the Tron Foundation for not responding to alleged fraudsters before they managed to raise funds, hiding behind the brand […]
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Russian banks got acquainted with the statistics of financial fraud for 2018 and received recommendations for protection against cyber threats. The corresponding report was published by the Center of monitoring and response to computer attacks of the Bank of Russia FinCERT. According to the study, 177 of the 687 hacker attacks on banks recorded in 2018 were aimed at gaining financial gain. About one third are also aimed at embezzling funds […]
The provider of cryptocurrency loans Nexo announced that it will start accepting the Gram token of the Telegram messenger as security, reports CoinDesk. According to representatives of the company, users will be able to provide a new token as collateral for loans after the Gram listing on the Liquid Exchange, scheduled for July 10. According to representatives of Nexo, the togram of the Telegram messenger “has the potential to […]
The network of the first cryptocurrency consumes more electricity than small countries such as Switzerland or Kuwait. This is evidenced by data from an online tool from researchers at the University of Cambridge. This tool, in particular, allows you to see the total power consumption of the Bitcoin network and make comparisons both with various countries of the world and with other objects. According to the service, today the Bitcoin network consumes 7.49 […]
Bitcoin and the Facebook-announced Libra coin are most popular among Twitter users in the United States. This is evidenced by research data cryptocurrency platform The TIE. 1 / A Geographic Breakdown of Crypto Twitter??? Overall 38.9% of total Bitcoin tweets come from the US and 10.5% from the UK. The top five countries where Bitcoin is discussed on Twitter are […]
The developers of the popular Electrum wallet are preparing a major release with support for the Lightning Network. This was announced by the project's creator, Thomas Vogtlin, during a panel discussion at the BIP001 conference in Odessa. The lead developer, however, did not give the exact release date. Note that a new version of the Electrum wallet (v3.3.7) has recently been released, which contains a number of fixes and improvements. Electrum 3.3.7 was just […]
The self-proclaimed creator of Bitcoin Craig Wright could provide fake documents during the trial of the case against David Kleiman. Lawyer Stephen Palley pointed this out on his Twitter. the return path. rofl. also, June 24, 2011 was a Friday. pic.twitter.com/VClq15HRj7 – Palley (@stephendpalley) July 3, 2019 So, among the documents provided by Wright to the court, there is one dated […]
A bill to regulate the blockchain industry in Cyprus will be ready later this year. This was stated by the Minister of Finance of Cyprus Harris Georgiades, reports Cointelegraph. He called the distributed registry technology "a new technological revolution, similar to the revolution on the Internet." The speaker of the House of Representatives Demetris Silluris also spoke about the advantages of the blockchain: “It is expected that the widespread introduction of this technology in the public and private […]
The largest bank in Venezuela, Banco de Venezuela, will begin to accept the national cryptocurrency El Petro. The corresponding order was given by President Nicolas Maduro, according to CCN. Thus, the head of state issued an “urgent decree on the opening of Petro terminals in all branches of the Bank of Venezuela”. Note, there are about 790 Banco de Venezuela branches in the country. In the local crypto-community, the news was received with enthusiasm: “This is […]
Research firm Delphi Digital released a report saying that retail investors are again enthusiastic, and institutionalists see cryptocurrency with significant growth potential compared to traditional assets. This is reported by Forbes. Experts emphasize that for the first time in two years the price of the first cryptocurrency has been growing for five months in a row. Among the significant positive factors, analysts say growth […]