Kik has launched a Defend Crypto campaign, while Facebook’s crypto coin could face some demographic challenges. Coming every week, the Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions, and much more — a week on Cointelegraph […]
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Big four auditing firm Ernst & Young open sourced the code of its Nightfall Ethereum private transactions solution. Big four auditing firm Ernst & Young (EY) open sourced the code of its Nightfall Ethereum (ETH) private transactions solution and released it on GitHub on May 31. The readme information file featured on the GitHub repository […]
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Can a possible government shutdown of cryptocurrency mixers lead to the development of more censorship-resistant avenues? On May 22, 2019, cryptocurrency mixers (also called tumblers) were front and center on the news cycle, following reports of European authorities shutting down one such service. Law enforcement officials involved said the action was necessitated by reports on […]
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Eric Swalwell, a United States Democratic presidential candidate for the 2020 elections, has launched a crypto donations campaign. Eric Swalwell, a United States Democratic presidential candidate for the 2020 elections, has launched a crypto donations campaign, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph on May 23. Swalwell, 38, announced his presidential bid on April […]
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American entrepreneur and presidential candidate Andrew Yang has said that blockchain should be a big part of the United States’ future. American entrepreneur and Democratic 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang has said that blockchain should be a big part of the United States’ future, Bloomberg reported on May 15. Speaking at the Consensus conference in […]
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Bitfinex and Tether deny the New York attorney general’s claims of a lost $850 million, and Samsung considers a Samsung Coin. Top stories this week Bitfinex Allegedly Covers $850 Million Loss With Tether Funds The New York attorney general’s office alleged this week that crypto exchange Bitfinex lost $850 million and subsequently used funds from […]
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John McAfee says he is holding back on plans to reveal the real identity of bitcoin’s creator for fear it will expose him to further lawsuits. American entrepreneur and stalwart crypto advocate John McAfee says he is holding back on plans to reveal the real identity of bitcoin (BTC) creator Satoshi Nakamoto, for fear it […]
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HitBTC continues its dispute with altcoin Bitcoin Private’s team after delisting the coin following a scheduled coinburn. Cryptocurrency exchange HitBTC appealed to the specificity of its cryptography in an ongoing dispute with the team behind altcoin Bitcoin Private (BTCP). The post was published on HitBTC’s blog on Tuesday, March 26. The dispute involves HitBTC’s delisting […]
Continue ReadingA Japanese court has acquitted a man who was allegedly illicitly mining cryptocurrency after embedding a dedicated program in his website. A Japanese court has acquitted a man who was accused of illicitly mining cryptocurrency by using the computing power of visitors to his website, Japan Today reported on March 27. The Yokohama District Court […]
Continue ReadingThe Cyber Police of Ukraine have arrested a man who placed crypto mining malware on his own websites with 1.5 million monthly visitors. Ukraine’s Cyber Police have arrested a man who allegedly placed crypto mining malware scripts on his own websites, local law enforcement reported on March 26. The cyber crime unit of the national […]
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