Most of the 10 million euros stolen last year from the wallets of IOTA users has been restored with the help of law enforcement. The corresponding statement was made by the co-founder of the IOTA Foundation, Dominique Schiner, writes Reuters. According to him, Europol played an important role in the return of funds – the organization initiated an investigation, receiving reports of hacking IOTA wallets from its colleagues from the police […]
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A further RoboForex analyst Dmitry Gurkovsky tells about further possible scenarios for the movement of the price of Bitcoin and several popular altcoins. A little trampling on the spot, the cryptocurrency market slowly decreases. Nothing unusual happens on the market, the market lives a normal life, realizing the long-term attitudes of the participants. A number of instruments approached the control minima, and some are only trying to get there. But, apparently, not […]
The Canadian bitcoin exchange QuadrigaCX went offline on Monday evening without any prior notice, citing the technical work on the site as a reason. The Exchange has not left any additional comments, whose clients have been trying to withdraw funds for several months without leaving, but users actively comment on the events in social networks. In addition to the explainable dissatisfaction with the fact that QuadrigaCX stopped working without warning, also […]
Startup BloqLabs introduced the Titan software package, which will optimize mining processes, while increasing hashing speed. This company reported in the official blog. According to the developers, for effective use of mining equipment, the solution involves intelligent configuration, as well as automated selection of the most profitable coin for mining. It is noted that the software can work with any number of machines. "The decision of Titan […]
Executive Director of the R3 blockchain consortium, Brian McNeult and Chief Executive Officer Lauren Carroll, left the organization as part of a massive internal reorganization, CoinDesk reported, citing informed sources. As the newspaper notes, in R3 they confirmed that they are preparing for serious changes, which imply an active replenishment of the state in 2019. However, McNeult and Carroll refused to comment on the care. […]
LocalBitcoins, a popular platform for the physical purchase and sale of bitcoins, confirmed that it had undergone a phishing attack, as a result of which at least six of its users lost their funds. In total, 7.95205862 BTC was stolen from them (about $ 28,000). The LocalBitcoins message on Reddit says that at about 10:00 UTC on Saturday, January 26, employees of the exchange discovered a vulnerability in […]
The new details of the exchange Bitcoin Fund (ETF), previously proposed by the investment fund Bitwise Asset Management and the NYSE Arca Stock Exchange, have become known, reports CoinDesk. Bitwise submitted a Bitcoin-ETF launch application to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) earlier in January. As the company said then, NYSE Arca will soon publish a proposal for amending rule 19b-4. […]
In 2018, the number of companies working with cryptocurrencies and distributed registry technology in Switzerland and Liechtenstein reached 750. According to a report by the Swiss investment consortium Crypto Valley Venture Capital, this is 121 firms or 20% more than in 2017. The 50 largest companies of Cryptodolins make up about one fifth of the cryptocurrency market. In this case, four companies – Bitmain, Cardano, […]
For 2018, the Huobi cryptocurrency exchange earned $ 483 million at commissions. For comparison, Binance, the leading exchange in terms of trading volumes, made $ 462 million, and the next OKEx – $ 292 million, Bitcoinist reports. At the same time, Huobi CEO Livio Ven emphasizes that the exchange is attentive to spending money. “We are planning […]
Los intercambios de cifrado juegan un papel importante en los flujos de capital a través de la red de bloques. Esto fue aclarado por el criptoanalista Willie Wu. Según él,…