Craig Wright’s legal team appears to alleged that he controls one of the Bitcoin addresses affiliated with an old Mt. Gox hack. One of the faces of anonymous coin Monero, Ricardo Spagni, also known as Fluffy Pony, tweeted out information indicating Craig Wright’s affiliation with a Mt. Gox-related Bitcoin wallet. “Just so we’re clear, Craig […]
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The New York Times has worked on a blockchain solution to combat misinformation, providing metadata on pictures found in social media. The New York Times publication has revealed the successful completion of a trial for a new blockchain-based system to detect misinformation. According to a June 12 blog post, the publisher built a prototype to […]
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A key on-chain metric that Bloomberg bets on, points to a Bitcoin bull run with possible 50% price appreciation. June 11, the number of active Bitcoin (BTC) addresses hit 1,040,244. This is the highest number in two and a half years. Many analysts believe there may be a correlation between this metric and the market’s […]
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Ransomware gang REvil strikes a US-based robotics firm, leaking their sensitive data on the dark web. Ransomware gang REvil, known for launching stolen data auctions on the dark web, is now leaking sensitive documents stolen from a US-based robotics company. According to an official blog post from REvil on June 11, the team has started […]
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The CTO of Skale believes that the ecosystem behind Ethereum is impossible to compete with, despite delays. In the second part of the interview with Skale Network CTO Konstantin Kladko, he explains why he believes that Ethereum (ETH) is more than just the Eth 2.0 roadmap, and what he believes to be the best use […]
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The Seoul Metropolitan Police seize two unnamed local crypto exchanges in an effort to dismantle an ETH-related crime ring. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency launched a criminal investigation on June 12, leading to the search and seizure of two unnamed cryptocurrency exchanges. These efforts were enacted with the hope of dismantling an Ethereum (ETH) crime […]
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Brave has paused its BAT referral program in five countries after detecting “a high number of fraudulent referrers.” Crypto-powered web browser, Brave, has halted its referral program for users in China, Russia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Ukraine after detecting “a high number of fraudulent referrers” in those regions, according to a June 11 announcement. Brave’s referral […]
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We selectively analyzed six stablecoins — USDT, GUSD, HUSD, PAX, TUSD and USDC — to uncover their minting and burning activities so far in 2020. As of June 4, six stablecoins — Tether (USDT), Gemini Dollar (GUSD), HUSD (HUSD), PAX Gold (PAXG), TrueUSD (TUSD) and USD Coin (USDC) — have had a total of more […]
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A man hired to fix a business’s IT systems for $1,700 was jailed for 20 months after stealing $38,000 of cryptocurrency he found while in the company network. An IT specialist was jailed for 20 months at Liverpool Crown Court on June 11, after stealing cryptocurrency worth over £30,000 ($38,000). According to the St Helens […]
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Crypto exchanges such as OKEx, Binance, Huobi, Kraken and Bitmex outline the key challenges they face in pushing to establish global operations. Cryptocurrency exchanges have an important role in driving adoption around the world, but even the biggest operations face significant challenges when trying to expand their services. The advent of Bitcoin (BTC) and the […]
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