Kakao’s KLAY token is now trading with a South Korea won pairing despite the country’s restrictions on ICOs. South Korean tech giant, Kakao, listed its Klaytn blockchain-issued Klay (KLAY) token via a local cryptocurrency exchange on June 5. This news follows their launch of a new crypto wallet feature in KakaoTalk earlier the week. After […]
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A DopplePaymer ransomware attack reportedly targeted one of NASA’s IT contractors in the United States. As SpaceX and NASA celebrated their first human-operated rocket launch on May 30, cybercriminals behind a ransomware known as DopplePaymer launched an attack against one of NASA’s IT contractors. According to a blog post by the hackers, the gang managed to […]
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22% of crypto fund manager Grayscale Investments’ purchases have been Ether throughout 2020 so far, totaling $110 million worth of accumulation. While great attention has been paid to the recent enormous accumulation activities of the Grayscale’s Bitcoin Investment Trust, or BIT, the crypto fund manager has also been aggressively growing its Ether (ETH) stash. Speaking […]
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Poloniex has launched support for Binance Coin and Binance USD, despite CZ’s recent vocal criticism of Justin Sun over his handling of Steem. Poloniex, a veteran exchange that was recently purchased by a consortium including Tron founder Justin Sun, has launched Binance Coin (BNB) and Binance USD (BUSD) pairings. As of June 6, BNB and […]
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As protests rage throughout the United States, this week’s biggest moves in crypto law were behind the scenes. Cointelegraph’s weekly newsletter on the latest in law, policy and regulation for the crypto and fintech industry. Editor’s note A lockdown spring is giving way to a protest summer in the U.S., and this will be an […]
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Charles Hoskinson believes that this complex cryptographic technique could have helped avoid the Bitcoin Civil War that led to the formation of Bitcoin Cash. In a Cointelegraph interview, Charles Hoskinson said that in his opinion, recursive snarks could be a solution for the Bitcoin’s (BTC) scalability problems. Intellectual dishonesty Hoskinson believes that there was a […]
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Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian recently announced his planned actions to fight racism. Alexis Ohanian, a millionaire tech entreprenuer and co-founder of online social platform Reddit, recently publicized plans for his personal fight against racism. These include his desire to see a member of the black community replace him at his current board position. “I’ve resigned […]
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Mexico’s blockchain sector is producing robust growth, with the sector having nearly doubled in size since 2018. Mexico’s blockchain and financial technology, or fintech, industries have nearly doubled in size over just two years, according to data provided to Cointelegraph by blockchain-focused law firm, Legal Paradox. The firm estimates that Mexico’s fintech and blockchain sector […]
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Bitcoin may not break $10,000 for some time as several metrics point to possible pullbacks to under $9,000. Bitcoin (BTC) is trading at $9,687 representing a 0.87% loss in value in the last 24 hours and 1 % for today’s session Looking at performance relative to its peers, Ether (ETH) and XRP are both underperforming […]
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New research from decentralized CPU-sharing network Golem shows a concept for identity authentication using Proof of Device, based around Intel’s SGX technology. Decentralized CPU-sharing network, Golem, published its research into a Proof of Device, PoD, mechanism for user authentication, June 5. While still a proof of concept, the research outlines a method by which users […]
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