Bitcoin and altcoins pushed higher today and many are showing signs of a possible trend reversal. The U.S. equity markets, gold, crude oil and the crypto markets are all up today. This shows that the U.S. investors have returned from the holiday weekend charged up and ready to buy assets to fight the likely devaluation […]
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Ledger’s chief technology officer Charles Guillemet said that the recently revealed vulnerability is nothing more than a user experience flaw. Leading crypto hardware wallet producer Ledger has denied that its product’s transaction management software featured a double-spend vulnerability. According to Ledger’s CTO Charles Guillemet, the vulnerability recently revealed by software wallet ZenGo is — in […]
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Are traditional business enterprises ready to embrace a blockchain-based payments network? Maybe not, according to two research reports. The news that PayPal, the payments giant with 325 million active user accounts worldwide, was considering the direct sale of crypto assets — along with custodial services — had the crypto community buzzing last week, even if […]
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BRD, Ledger Live, and Edge are among the wallets vulnerable to a new double-spend exploit, but some believe the vulnerability is inherent to Bitcoin itself. On July 2, crypto security firm ZenGo identified a double-spend exploit targeting several popular Bitcoin (BTC) wallets, dubbed ‘BigSpender’ Of nine cryptocurrency wallets tested by ZenGo, BRD, Ledger Live, and […]
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The IRS is looking to expand its investigative capabilities around privacy coins, layer-two solutions, and sidechains. The United States’ Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is seeking information and tools to help it trace transactions using privacy coins, layer two protocols such as Lightning Network and side chains like Plasma and OmiseGo (OMG). A June 30 request […]
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Despite a growing number of advanced privacy features, Bitcoin Cash seems to have fallen out of favor with Dark Web operators. According to crypto advocate Roger Ver, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is the only “recent” coin to be widely used on the dark web. “The only other coins being used on the darknet markets are the […]
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Bitcoin and a few altcoins have bounced off their recent lows, suggesting that the sentiment remains to buy the dips. Bitcoin (BTC), gold, crude oil, and the US equity markets all rose sharply throughout the second quarter of this year. This shows that investors’ appetites remain strong as they are confident that central banks will […]
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Cryptocurrency funds have some key differences from traditional investment funds, and we’ve laid them all out along with how you can get involved. Cryptocurrency funds are a new type of investment vehicle that parallels traditional portfolio investments, like hedge funds, but are composed entirely out of digital assets. Because of this, they play by slightly […]
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White supremacist Stefan Molyneux received roughly $100,000 in donations following the removal of his YouTube channel. Online supporters have donated nearly $100,000 in cryptocurrency to white supremacist and alt-right activist Stefan Molyneux following his removal from YouTube for “fomenting violence and hatred.” After Molyneux posted a video to his Twitter account on June 29 stating […]
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Researchers behind the June 2020 report from the Crypto Research Report used Bitcoin’s target addressable market to predict a rise to $397K. A new report from a crypto research group suggests that the price of Bitcoin could approach $400,000 in the next ten years, with altcoins following its bullish example. According to the June 2020 […]
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