The Supreme Court of India adjourned the third closing hearing on the ban of the Reserve Bank (RBI) regarding the provision of services to individuals and companies related to Bitcoin and other digital currencies. #Correction: #Crypto v. #RBI case update: The date of next hearing was fixed and verbally communicated by the Judge as 12th November. But since 12th November is a holiday as […]
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Palo Alto Networks cybersecurity experts discovered a worm that infected 2,000 Monero Covert Mining Software (XMR) machines. The malware is being spread through Docker container images from the Docker Hub. Docker is an application deployment system with containerization support. An application with all its surroundings can be packaged in a container that is easy and simple to manage: transfer to another […]
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and the Russian Guard have announced tenders for the purchase of cryptographic protection tools for files transmitted over internal networks. Relevant applications totaling 637 million rubles were published on the public procurement website. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is ready to pay 210 million rubles for crypto protection. In particular, the Ministry will purchase 40 devices of one type at 3 million apiece, 160 of the second type […]
CoinMarketCap (CMC), an analytical resource, began to track interest rates on cryptocurrency deposits in the most popular lending services. At the time of writing, the new section supports 33 cryptocurrency assets. The list includes both centralized lending services (BlockFi, Celsius Network), and DeFi-projects (Compound, Fulcrum, Nuo). Recall that in mid-August the cryptocurrency lending market was estimated at $ 4.7 billion. At the same time, a large […]
Startup Ripple announced a partnership with one of the world's largest developers of financial services software Finastra. Excited to announce our partnership with @FinastraFS! Learn more: https://t.co/ORcHrYSWQE pic.twitter.com/BvLroByIsp – Ripple (@Ripple) October 9, 2019 As part of the collaboration, Finastra customers will gain access to the RippleNet payment network. They will also be able to use the Ripple liquidity on demand solution on […]
Actor and showman Nikita Dzhigurda held a "rite of black magic" for the growth of cryptocurrencies at one of the blockchain conferences in Moscow. According to REN TV, Dzhigurda lined up the participants of the event in a round dance and called on the Buddha to help increase the price of digital assets. The artist mentioned Bitcoin in his work back in 2013. Recall, this is not the first time that cryptocurrencies […]
Russia has become the world leader in trading volume on the LocalBitcoins platform in a year and a half. Between January 1, 2017 and October 1, 2019, LocalBitcoins users completed 1.6 million BTC transactions. Russia accounted for almost 25% of the total. It is followed by the United States (17.8%) and China (13.1%). The top ten leaders also included the United Kingdom, Nigeria, […]
Terrorists have increasingly used cryptocurrency-oriented cryptocurrencies to finance their activities. This was stated by the director of the FSB, Alexander Bortnikov, at an international meeting of heads of special services, security agencies and law enforcement agencies, RIA Novosti reports. “So-called confidential cryptocurrencies are increasingly being used, guaranteeing the anonymity of transactions, unlike Bitcoin and its analogues,” Bortnikov emphasized. The head of the FSB […]
The analytical service CipherTrace began to track suspicious transactions for more than 700 crypto assets, CoinDesk reports. The updated platform now supports 87 of the top 100 assets, as well as ERC-20 standard tokens. The CipherTrace solution allows you to view the complete transaction history for each of the digital currencies available for tracking and set alerts for addresses marked as suspicious. The company sells its product […]
Facebook's digital currency Libra has pushed central banks to reform their work. This was stated by the head of the Bank of Sweden Stefan Ingves, noting that the regulator is exploring the possibility of issuing its own digital currency. In a conversation with CNBC, he called Libra “an incredibly important catalyst event,” which made central banks think about their activities. “Part of my work is to produce a product / service under […]