Anti-malware software firm Malwarebytes reports that the number of infected Electrum Bitcoin wallets now stands at 152,000 and counting. The reason is a continuous Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack carried out on the storage provider’s servers.
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Number of Infected Electrum Bitcoin Wallets Reaches 152,000
The number of infected Electrum BTC wallets has reportedly reached 152,000 following an ongoing DoS attack on its servers.
Vice’s Motherboard reports that hackers used Microsoft’s e-mail services such as Outlook, Hotmail, and MSN, to steal cryptocurrency from several victims.
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CoinDesk
Microsoft Outlook Hackers Stole Crypto Using Victims' Emails: Report - CoinDesk
Hackers who breached Microsoft Outlook have reportedly used the email service to steal cryptocurrency users' funds.
Cryptocurrency derivatives provider ErisX has launched a spot market that will support U.S. dollar trading pairs with Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, and Ether at the start.
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The Block
ErisX adds $20 million to its Series B as it links up traders to its new spot market
ErisX announced on Tuesday that it’s raised another $20 million from a string of new investors as it prepares for life after the launch of its spot market. The crypto world has been waiting with bated breath for the launch of the Wall Street-backed firm’s…
Forwarded from Minter Network
Less than 10 days from now, we will launch the main network. We highly recommend you make sure that you have everything you need to receive the coins, especially if you want to participate in the voting that will determine the starting price of BIP.
As soon as May 10, all balances and main network addresses will be finalized. Learn more about each stage in the article below:
https://medium.com/@MinterTeam/minter-mainnet-launch-and-voting-for-the-price-of-bip-3ef9290476c5
As soon as May 10, all balances and main network addresses will be finalized. Learn more about each stage in the article below:
https://medium.com/@MinterTeam/minter-mainnet-launch-and-voting-for-the-price-of-bip-3ef9290476c5
Medium
Minter Mainnet Launch and Voting for the Price of BIP
Hello! This is Daniil Lashin, the lead developer of Minter team.
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👨⚖️ iFinex, the parent company of Bitfinex and Tether, has issued an official court response, stating there is neither ongoing fraud nor victims.
via The Block
👩⚖️ U.S. court has ordered Craig Steven Wright to provide a list of his public Bitcoin addresses.
via Cointelegraph
🇺🇸 The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is willing to approve an Ether futures contract.
via CoinDesk
🏢 A new survey from Fidelity has revealed that about half of institutional investors consider digital assets worth putting money into.
via Bloomberg
📊 CoinMarketCap has announced the exclusion of crypto exchanges that do not provide sufficient live data from its price and volume calculations.
via Modern Consensus
👨⚖️ iFinex, the parent company of Bitfinex and Tether, has issued an official court response, stating there is neither ongoing fraud nor victims.
via The Block
👩⚖️ U.S. court has ordered Craig Steven Wright to provide a list of his public Bitcoin addresses.
via Cointelegraph
🇺🇸 The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is willing to approve an Ether futures contract.
via CoinDesk
🏢 A new survey from Fidelity has revealed that about half of institutional investors consider digital assets worth putting money into.
via Bloomberg
📊 CoinMarketCap has announced the exclusion of crypto exchanges that do not provide sufficient live data from its price and volume calculations.
via Modern Consensus
Facebook, the world’s largest social media network, is developing its own cryptocurrency. Last Friday, The Wall Street Journal reported the initiative to be code-named “Project Libra.” What is known so far?
• Facebook is planning to launch a full payments network (rather than just remittances) and in discussions with payment networks Visa and MasterCard, payments processors such as giant First Data, as well as large e-commerce merchants to support the launch.
• Facebook is seeking up to $1 billion in investments collectively from these firms in order to act as collateral to bolster and back a stablecoin that will be associated with the payments network.
• A stablecoin will exist as the currency of the payments system in order to eliminate credit card fees for merchants as well as to avoid the volatility of other cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ether.
• The company is considering tying the coin to Facebook’s core ads engine, rewarding users for viewing ads and then purchasing goods, similar to how loyalty points rewards work.
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• Facebook is planning to launch a full payments network (rather than just remittances) and in discussions with payment networks Visa and MasterCard, payments processors such as giant First Data, as well as large e-commerce merchants to support the launch.
• Facebook is seeking up to $1 billion in investments collectively from these firms in order to act as collateral to bolster and back a stablecoin that will be associated with the payments network.
• A stablecoin will exist as the currency of the payments system in order to eliminate credit card fees for merchants as well as to avoid the volatility of other cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ether.
• The company is considering tying the coin to Facebook’s core ads engine, rewarding users for viewing ads and then purchasing goods, similar to how loyalty points rewards work.
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Fidelity Investments is reportedly going to start trading Bitcoin on behalf of its institutional clients in the span of a few weeks.
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Cointelegraph
Bloomberg Report: Fidelity Will Start Institutional Bitcoin Trading Within Weeks
The firm’s Fidelity Digital Assets will expand its feature set, says an anonymous source, as executives confirm continued bitcoin commitment.
The latest #CryptoCaselawMinute has some questions regarding performance, a question about revenue, and some racketeering for you.
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Medium
Crypto Caselaw Minute #34–5/2/2019
We have some broken promises regarding performance, a question about revenue, and some racketeering for you in this week’s Crypto Caselaw…
A single Bitcoin Cash address has made approximately 50% of all the transactions on the network in the past month, sending a total of $19,298 and receiving a total of $20,461.
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Cointelegraph
Single Address Behind More Than 50% of Bitcoin Cash Transactions: Report
The mystery account has made more than 587,000 transactions since it became operational on April 8.
Kavita Gupta is stepping down from her role as head of ConsenSys Ventures. Ms. Gupta told The Block she will now be moving into an advisory role, but is transitioning to teach at Stanford University for two years.
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The Block
Founding partner Kavita Gupta is stepping down from ConsenSys Ventures
Kavita Gupta, head of ConsenSys Ventures, is stepping down, she has told The Block. Gupta was hired to lead ConsenSys Ventures when it launched in September 2017 in San Francisco, overseeing a $50 million budget financed by Joseph Lubin, the co-founder of…
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🇨🇳 Chinese messaging giant WeChat will now start terminating the accounts of users who engage in cryptocurrency trading.
via The Block
💵 Alibaba subsidiary Ant Financial has backed a $10 million funding round for a blockchain privacy startup.
via CoinDesk
📈 Ether transaction volumes on decentralized applications have reached a new all-time high.
via Cointelegraph
🏈 A former NFL club investor is said to have links to a company in New York attorney general’s Bitfinex suit.
via Bloomberg
🇦🇪 Dubai is piloting a blockchain data storage infrastructure powered by multiple Outlier Ventures portfolio companies.
via Forbes
🇨🇳 Chinese messaging giant WeChat will now start terminating the accounts of users who engage in cryptocurrency trading.
via The Block
💵 Alibaba subsidiary Ant Financial has backed a $10 million funding round for a blockchain privacy startup.
via CoinDesk
📈 Ether transaction volumes on decentralized applications have reached a new all-time high.
via Cointelegraph
🏈 A former NFL club investor is said to have links to a company in New York attorney general’s Bitfinex suit.
via Bloomberg
🇦🇪 Dubai is piloting a blockchain data storage infrastructure powered by multiple Outlier Ventures portfolio companies.
via Forbes
Tokenized securities exchange Currency.com has announced the launch of the world’s first ever tokenized government bond.
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TechCrunch
Capital.com powers Currency.com's 'world first' in tokenising government bonds | TechCrunch
With the SEC recently releasing its long-awaited guidance on crypto token issuers, it's becoming clear that the crypto world is edging closer to the
Bitcoin Core developer and Blockstream co-founder Pieter Wuille has published two proposals on GitHub regarding the implementation of a Taproot soft fork.
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CoinDesk
Pieter Wuille Unveils Two Proposals for Upcoming Bitcoin Privacy Soft Fork
Bitcoin developer Pieter Wuille unveiled two proposals today that offer new plans for bitcoin's possible next big upgrade.
Winklevoss Capital has invested in a company that plans to use natural gas to fuel cryptocurrency mining data centers.
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The Block
Winklevoss Capital invests in a company that wants to use excess natural gas to power cryptomining
Crusoe Energy Systems Inc. has raised $4.5 million in seed round funding led by Bain Capital Ventures and Founders Fund Pathfinder, the company announced in a press release. The company’s investors include Winklevoss Capital Management. Crusoe provides flare…
China-based Bitcoin mining equipment manufacturer Bitmain has disclosed an 88-percent decrease in its own Bitcoin mining power.
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CoinDesk
Bitmain Discloses 88% Reduction In Own Bitcoin Mining Power
Bitmain's internal bitcoin mining operations are generating 88 percent less computing power than a month ago, suggesting the industry giant has cut capacity.
Microsoft has released the new Azure Blockchain Development Kit for the Ethereum blockchain. Among other things, the new extension enables developers to use open-source blockchain tools such as Solidity and Truffle.
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Cointelegraph
Microsoft Releases New Azure Blockchain Development Kit for Ethereum Blockchain
Microsoft’s development kit is designed to aid developers using the newly-released Azure Blockchain Service.
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💸 Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges by daily trading volume, has suffered a hack causing it to lose 7,000 BTC in user funds.
via official website
📈 In an AMA (Ask Me Anything) session on Twitter, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has confirmed that the platform is working on the introduction of margin trading feature.
via AMBCrypto
👨⚖️ A former investor is suing cryptocurrency firm OneCoin over allegedly operating a $4 billion pyramid scheme.
via The Block
👩⚖️ The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing iBackPack creator for spending crowdfunding money on buying Bitcoin.
via CoinDesk
🇷🇺 Russian cryptocurrency exchange aggregator BestChange will soon resume operations after being blocked by the government.
via Cointelegraph
💸 Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges by daily trading volume, has suffered a hack causing it to lose 7,000 BTC in user funds.
via official website
📈 In an AMA (Ask Me Anything) session on Twitter, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has confirmed that the platform is working on the introduction of margin trading feature.
via AMBCrypto
👨⚖️ A former investor is suing cryptocurrency firm OneCoin over allegedly operating a $4 billion pyramid scheme.
via The Block
👩⚖️ The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing iBackPack creator for spending crowdfunding money on buying Bitcoin.
via CoinDesk
🇷🇺 Russian cryptocurrency exchange aggregator BestChange will soon resume operations after being blocked by the government.
via Cointelegraph
Embattled cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has officially announced a $1 billion fundraise in Tether (USDT) tokens through an initial exchange offering (IEO).
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The Block
Bitfinex releases white paper for $1 billion token sale
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has published the official white paper for its planned $1 billion initial exchange offering (IEO). Bitfinex’s exchange tokens, called LEO, will be offered to private investors first, as per previous reports. Bitfinex hopes…
Facebook, the world’s largest social media network, has announced in a blog post that it is now lifting its ban on cryptocurrency-related advertising.
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The Block
Facebook reverses its policy barring cryptocurrency ads
As Facebook continues to ramp up its crypto efforts, the social media giant is rolling back its 2018 banishment of cryptocurrency-related ads from its platform. In a blog post Wednesday, Facebook said after listening to feedback and assessing the policy’s…
What is the best way to manage Lightning channels? How usable is the Lightning Network, in comparison to e-mail? How do you re-balance a channel? In what scenario are payment channels useful? Can you identify on-chain transactions for payment channels? Why will Taproot make this more difficult?
These are the questions that Andreas Antonopoulos answers in his latest Bitcoin #QA session.
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These are the questions that Andreas Antonopoulos answers in his latest Bitcoin #QA session.
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YouTube
Bitcoin Q&A: Lightning Usability, Privacy, and Taproot
NOTE: This video was originally uploaded on May 7th but has been re-uploaded to fix an error.
What is the best way to manage Lightning channels? How usable is the Lightning Network, in comparison to email? How do you re-balance a channel? In what scenario…
What is the best way to manage Lightning channels? How usable is the Lightning Network, in comparison to email? How do you re-balance a channel? In what scenario…