Brave’s use of various novel privacy and security features has helped the browser’s reputation grow quite substantially over the past couple of years. On March 16, Brave, a privacy-oriented web browser, filed a formal complaint against Google with the Irish General Data Protection Regulation enforcer — since the multinational tech conglomerate’s European headquarters are located […]
Continue ReadingThe cybercriminals behind the crypto mining Stantinko botnet have devised some ingenious methods to evade detection. The cybercriminals behind the crypto mining Stantinko botnet have devised some ingenious methods to evade detection. Malware analyst Vladislav Hrčka from cybersecurity firm ESET sounded almost impressed as he unveiled the firm’s latest findings, and potential countermeasures, in a […]
Continue ReadingHuobi Pool, a crypto mining arm of Huobi, says its operating revenues surged 547% in 2019, jumping from $53 million in 2018 to $320 million. Huobi, the fourth-largest cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volume to date, saw significant progress in its crypto mining business in 2019. Huobi Pool, a cryptocurrency mining arm of Huobi, says […]
Continue ReadingBTC/USD shows signs of life as previously bullish technical fundamentals take a battering from last week’s losses. Bitcoin (BTC) is set for a rare difficulty reduction in the coming days as continued price weakness tests its technical fundamentals. Data from monitoring resource Crypto This’ difficulty estimator showed that at present, next Wednesday will see difficulty […]
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Those in the game for five years or more are adding to their positions, while frantic trading involves much younger wallets, says Unchained Capital. Recent volatility in the price of Bitcoin (BTC) “did not come” from those holding coins for several years or longer, research claims. In findings published on March 17, Unchained Capital revealed […]
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KuCoin exchange establishes KuGroup, a core division of the company that will manage all three of the company’s businesses. Despite the ongoing global crisis fueled by intensifying coronavirus fears, Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin takes action to expand its services and restructure business. Backed by major venture capital firm IDG Capital, KuCoin exchange has established KuGroup, […]
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Bitcoin price remains far below investors expectations but the stock-to-flow model suggests nothing extraordinary has occurred yet. Bitcoin (BTC) price dropped to $3,700 for a brief period on March 12, ending the day at $4,970. By March 13, the price recovered from the major downtrend, ending the day at $5,563 and showing an impressive return […]
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Major global chipmaker Nvidia launched an initiative to reallocate unused GPU power to COVID-19 research. The fight against the Coronavirus pandemic has reached the spheres of GPU mining, as the U.S. chip manufacturer NVIDIA launched a proposal for all users to use their computer resources to help the cause. Through Reddit, the technology firm said […]
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A Baidu senior engineer has been jailed for three years for mining $14,000 worth of Monero on company servers. An engineer at Baidu, China’s equivalent to Google, has been jailed for mining Monero on around 200 of the company’s servers. According to a March 16 report by local media outlet, Abacus News, the employee eventually […]
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Data companies are bringing transparency and accountability to the crypto market, making way for institutional investments. On Feb. 26, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced the rejection of yet another ETF submission from Wilshire Phoenix, a New York-based investment firm, citing a lack of resistance to market manipulation and fraudulent activity. The filing stated that […]
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