SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce aka CryptoMom tells Cointelegraph about her hopes for her new safe harbor proposal for cryptocurrencies in decentralized networks. Commissioner Hester Peirce of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission is known for her work on the regulator’s approach to crypto, enough to have earned the moniker “CryptoMom.” On Thursday, Feb. 6, […]
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Bitcoin price enters what could be a brief consolidation phase but traders are keeping a sharp eye on the approaching weekly close. As Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) price rallied to new 2020 highs on Feb. 11, a large transaction totaling nearly 12,000 BTC was moved from a wallet associated with the PlusToken Ponzi scheme. […]
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Through Crypto AG, the U.S. government has spied on the world for more than half a century, proving the need for private crypto and blockchain solutions. As the crypto and blockchain space investigates seemingly private solutions for payments and messaging, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, or CIA, has had the backdoor to one of the […]
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Central bank digital currencies would positively impact non-central bank crypto like Bitcoin, Grayscale Investment CEO Barry Silbert believes. Bitcoin (BTC) would benefit from global central banks issuing their own cryptocurrencies, the founder at the world’s largest digital asset manager believes. Barry Silbert, founder and CEO of digital currency asset manager Grayscale Investments and blockchain venture […]
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An increase in crypto crime brings total direct losses to $4.5 billion, but legacy banks are yet to feel the pain. The nature of cryptocurrency fraud is shifting away from exchange hacks, and toward Ponzi-style frauds, pyramid schemes and exit scams. A massive 533% rise in the value of such crimes means that as misappropriated […]
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Mastercard, Binance X, and Ripple’s Xpring joined the Blockchain Education Alliance launched by blockchain accelerator MouseBelt. The Blockchain Education Alliance launched by blockchain accelerator MouseBelt has gained several noteworthy new members. Ashlie Meredith, the university program director for MouseBelt Blockchain Accelerator, told Cointelegraph on Feb. 11 that the new members include payment processing behemoth Mastercard, […]
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President Donald Trump’s $4.8 trillion 2021 budget proposal hopes to return the Secret Service to the Treasury in a bid to enhance cyber and financial crime investigations. President Donald Trump’s $4.8 trillion 2021 budget proposal hopes to reconsolidate the Secret Service with the Treasury Department in order to enhance cyber and financial crime investigations. Established […]
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With the launch of Aztec, the Ethereum blockchain can finally become anonymous. What does this exactly mean, and how do we use it? On Feb. 1, part of the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain became anonymous. This is all thanks to the Aztec protocol that Thomas Walton-Pock and his team launched on the network’s mainnet last week. Aztec […]
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The popular exchange made some executive decisions for traders today. It’s like shooting yourself in the foot with computer code, then magically going back in time to before it happened. Crypto exchange Poloniex confirmed in a series of tweets today that it rescinded 12 minutes of trading history in response to a software problem that […]
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Multiparty computation could solve intentional and unintentional leak of the information, providing better security for crypto trading. Off-exchange liquidity venues have been widely used by institutional investors to keep large trades confidential. Although they are not perfect and can be gamed by high-frequency traders, off-exchange alternative trading systems remain popular in equities. They are starting […]
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