After a major leak of email and personal information earlier this year, Ledger customers are experiencing a surge in phishing attempts. Phishing attempts and scams against Ledger wallet owners are on the increase with one such scam netting more than 1,150,000 XRP from its victims. The scam used a phishing email that directed users to […]
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Various on-chain data shows that Bitcoin whales are holding onto their funds and have little interest in selling in the short term. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) is experiencing a volatile time. After achieving $14,100 for the first time since 2017, a sharp pullback followed. Yet, key on-chain data and whale clusters show that high-net-worth […]
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The Bitcoin ecosystem continues to be dominated by a handful of platforms and companies. Roughly 10.6% of Bitcoin’s (BTC) circulating supply is currently held on just five centralized exchanges, according to data published by Chain.info. More than 1.96 million BTC is currently held between the major exchanges Coinbase, Huobi, Binance, OKEx, and Kraken. Likely owing […]
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Bermuda continues to welcome fresh wave of crypto exchanges on the island. Crypto exchange Bittrex Global received the green light from Bermuda’s financial watchdog to run its operations under the supervision of local authorities. According to the official announcement, the company got a full “Class F Digital Assets Business Act” license from the Bermuda Monetary […]
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The KuCoin hack is the first high-profile case of a decentralized exchange being used to launder stolen funds. Cybercriminals have continued to come up with new, innovative attack vectors that a lot of prominent crypto platforms are still falling prey to. For example, Johnny Lyu, the CEO of Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin, stated on Sept. […]
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The listing will make blockchain ownership more decentralized. Beowulf Blockchain, a decentralized cloud network for communication services, has announced the listing of its coin, BWF, on the Bittrex exchange. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, the company stated that its coin would be available on Bittrex starting Sept. 24. According to Beowulf, listing its coin on the […]
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Turkish Lira-backed stablecoin BiLira is now open for trading on Bittrex Globalcryptocurrency exchange. Users can now use their ERC-20 BiLira tokens to buy Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) on Bittrex Global. The announcement states that there are currently 20 million BiLira tokens in supply. TRYB tokens are minted at the time of deposit, and an […]
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CELO is up more than 50% in less than one day after Coinbase Pro listed it. Major U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase Pro, has announced it will list the native token of blockchain platform Celo (CELO). Other Celo markets have responded enthusiastically, with the coin gaining roughly 55% over both USD and BTC over the past […]
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“You don’t have to be Dr Evil to scam someone via cryptocurrency. You can be a Mini Me.” The high-profile Twitter hack which saw malicious actors take over 130 verified accounts including Bill Gates and Elon Musk managed to be both technically brilliant and incomprehensibly stupid at the same time. It was a multi-person attack, […]
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Samsung and Gemini’s joint efforts may help to overcome some of the roadblocks facing the global adoption of cryptocurrencies. In a major new partnership, Samsung has announced that the Samsung Blockchain Wallet will be integrated with Gemini, a New York-based crypto exchange. This integration will allow owners of newer Samsung Galaxy phones to not only […]
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