Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, like several other leading developers of the platform, does not see a serious security threat in the bug that was identified in the code of the upcoming Constantinople system upgrade. Earlier it was reported that the detected vulnerability affects some smart contracts with the possibility of self-destruction. In particular, the function called Create2, assigned to EIP-1014, can replace a self-destructed smart contract by simultaneously changing the ones specified in […]
Work
Based in Singapore, the KuCoin cryptocurrency exchange will go into maintenance on Monday, February 18, in connection with the upcoming upgrade of its trading platform to version 2.0. According to the message on the website of the exchange, the update will start from 08:00 local time (UTC + 8) and is expected to last about 14 hours. 24hr Notice: KuCoin Platform 2.0 Upgrade Scheduled for 08:00 AM […]
The Coinmama cryptocurrency service, with about 1.3 million active users, reported a data breach due to a security breach. According to the company's official statement, hackers may have 450,000 email addresses of Coinmama users. Also, representatives of the exchanger noted that their service was among the victims of a recent large-scale attack aimed at 24 websites with 747 million accounts. In company […]
Apple Inc. based in Cupertino reported to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the observance of human rights in a global network of suppliers of raw materials for production. At the same time, the document states that Apple was involved in the development of the Blockchain Handbook for the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) initiative in mineral supply chains. […]
The largest daily trading volume, Binance, has announced the upcoming delisting of the following cryptocurrencies: CLOAK (CloakCoin), Modum (MOD), SALT, Substratum (SUB) and WINGS. #Binance Will Delist CLOAK, MOD, SALT, SUB and WINGShttps: //t.co/eTAqN4g5dU pic.twitter.com/Am4oXmUJE3 – Binance (@binance) February 15, 2019 All trades will be automatically stopped on February 22 at 10:00 UTC, after which tokens will be excluded from […]
The user Reddit under the name dekoze discovered five Bitcoin wallets, allegedly associated with the Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX. He found that the total amount of funds located at these addresses is approximately equal to the number of bitcoins mistakenly sent by the exchange to cold wallets, access to which she allegedly lost. “On February 6, 2019, a cluster of hot wallets reached a balance of 104.33500226 BTC. In that […]
JPMorgan, the leading US financial holding, has developed its own steeblecoin called JPM Coin and intends to start experimenting with it in real conditions within a few months, writes CNBC. JPM Coin was created by bank engineers, and its test trials will become part of a wider JPMorgan corporate payments initiative, where the bank processes transactions for $ 6 trillion daily. How […]
In 2019, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will pay special attention to monitoring the cryptocurrency market. This is stated in the official press release of the department. The work on this direction will be entrusted to the market monitoring department (DMO), which checks the compliance of the regulated futures markets with the CFTC requirements and the Commodity Exchanges Act. “This is the first publication of the priorities of expert divisions and it is directed […]
According to CoinDesk analyst Omkar Godboul, if the price of the first cryptocurrency overcomes $ 3,730, then the next resistance level will be $ 4,130. Now the main obstacle that is already the fifth day impeding the price movement is the 50-day moving average (MA). It represents a powerful dynamic resistance, due to which the bullish pattern “Descending wedge” did not work so effectively. A convincing breakdown can bring a lot of joy to buyers […]
Payment giant Western Union is preparing for the "inevitable" rise of cryptocurrency and, without wasting time, was experimenting with cross-border transfers based on Ripple technology. Reports about it Daily HODL. According to Western Union Digital Senior Vice President Molly Shi, in the digital age, the company aims to remain competitive and efficient. Also, representatives of the American payment giant assume that the future may be […]