Stablecoins are a type of cryptocurrency whose value is tied to fiat money or precious metals. Most often, stablecoins are…
The TIE analysts concluded that the Ripple XRP token stands out among other highly liquid crypto assets by excessive hype on the social network Twitter. 1 / We investigated which cryptocurrencies are the most and least overhyped on crypto Twitter. In other words, which coins are being manipulated the most, which have the most bot accounts tweeting about them, […]
Cyber security company Varonis has discovered a new miner virus that stealthily extends Monero cryptocurrency (XMR) on users' devices. The company’s report said that a feature of the miner called Norman is that it is difficult to detect in the system. So, when you open the task manager on a Windows device, the program ends the mining process. Accordingly, after closing the task manager, the miner restarts. […]
Another scandal involving Facebook on the way: the company admitted that they gave third-party contractors access to the voice messages…
The non-profit organization Tezos Foundation has published a semi-annual report that describes the results of the project since the launch of its network. The weekly update for 5 August 2019 is now available: https://t.co/6uzVpt5nTy – Tezos Foundation (@TezosFoundation) August 9, 2019 One of the most interesting sections of the report is devoted to the organization's asset structure. So, as of July 31, the Tezos Foundation […]
Cryptocurrency trading bank Galaxy Digital, founded by billionaire Mike Novogratz, invested in startup DrawBridge Lending, specializing in lending secured by digital currencies. DrawBridge Lending Announces an Investment by #GalaxyDigital to Bring Financing Vehicles to Institutions with Crypto Assets cc: @novogratz https://t.co/gkHxUVW5Im – DrawBridge Lending (@DrawBridgeLend) August 8, 2019 So, DrawBridge Lending provides fast fiat loans only […]
An influential venture investor, the head of Draper Associates, and one of the early followers of Bitcoin, Tim Draper, made some adjustments to his own forecast for the price of bitcoin. It will reach $ 250,000, but this can happen in the first quarter of 2023, and not in 2022, he stressed. If in NY, check out #drapervc investment, GRIT at 9 E 16th […]
One of the support managers of the Kuna cryptocurrency exchange was the victim of a phishing attack. As a result, all the money was stolen from his personal accounts on the Binance and Hotbit exchanges, as well as personal correspondence on Telegram was merged. This was announced by the founder of the Kuna exchange, Mikhail Chobanyan. According to him, hackers have developed a clear vector of attack on cryptocurrency projects. “Just a couple of days ago […]
At least 4,836 BTCs stolen from the Binance bitcoin exchange were washed through the Chipmixer bitcoin mixer, according to a report by Clain, the supplier of KYC / AML solutions for the cryptocurrency industry. Binance Hack 2019 – A Deep Dive Into Money Laundering And Mixing. https://t.co/WydBPVNqp2 – clain (@clain_io) August 7, 2019 So, hackers began to launder funds on June 12 – a month after the sensational hack, in […]
North Carolina congressman Ted Budd re-introduced the Virtual Value Tax Fix Act bill to the House Committee on Budget, which proposed removing cryptocurrency transactions from double taxation. The relevant document is posted on the website of the US Congress. So, Budd believes that the Internal Revenue Code (1986) needs to be amended according to which digital currencies […]