Crypto Lending Company BlockFi Launches Crypto Accounts With Bitcoin, Ethereum Support

BlockFi has launched new cryptocurrency accounts bearing 6 percent annual interest paid monthly in crypto. Crypto wealth management and lending company BlockFi has launched new cryptocurrency accounts supporting Ethereum (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC) bearing 6 percent annual interest paid monthly in crypto. The company announced the launch through a post published on its website on […]

Continue Reading

Russia Adopts Bill Aimed to Provide Domestic Crypto Legislation in Second Reading

Russia’s cryptocurrency legislation draft bill has been adopted with amendments in the second reading by the parliament. Russia’s parliament has adopted in the second reading the bill “On Digital Financial Assets,” aimed at formulating national cryptocurrency legislation, according to a statement published on the parliament’s website on Tuesday, March 5. The State Duma, Russia’s parliament, […]

Continue Reading

US Crypto Exchange ErisX Hires Former Wells Fargo Executive as Business Developer

ErisX announced that it has hired former Wells Fargo executive Kyle Unterseher as a business development executive. United States-based cryptocurrency exchange ErisX announced that it hired former Wells Fargo executive Kyle Unterseher as a business development executive. The news was reported in a Medium post published by the exchange’s head of marketing on March 5. […]

Continue Reading

Majority of 400 Vulnerable Docker Servers Found to Be Mining Monero, Research Shows

Hundreds of vulnerable servers on software Docker were seemingly running Monero mining software. About 400 servers running virtualization software Docker were found to be vulnerable to outside exploitation. Most of them were seemingly running Monero (XMR) mining software, cybersecurity company Imperva reports on March 4. A misconfiguration of the vulnerable Docker hosts permits public access […]

Continue Reading

From Stablecoins to Blockchain Trials: Japanese Players Are Going Crypto as the Local Government Is Overseeing the Market

Last month was particularly eventful for the Japanese crypto ecosystem. The beginning of the year was particularly eventful for the Japanese crypto ecosystem, which is generally considered to be a major part of the industry. First of all, Japan’s Central Bank (BoJ) issued a study on the role of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) in […]

Continue Reading