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‘Crypto’ for ‘Cryptography’: How Justified Is the Exuberance Around Apple’s Developer CryptoKit?

June 7, 2019cashtechnews

As Apple unveils its new cryptographic framework, experts weigh in on its relevance to the cryptocurrency industry. Yannick Sierra, security engineering and architecture manager for Apple, opened up the cryptography session at the 2019 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference and presented the CryptoKit with these words: Welcome to the bitcoin session! (Laughter in the room). Kidding […]

Russia’s Largest Bank Confirms It Will Not Develop Crypto-Related Services

June 7, 2019cashtechnews

The CEO of the Russian state-owned bank considers bitcoin a “technical instrument for transactions,” rather than a type of investment. The CEO of state-owned Russian bank Sberbank has officially confirmed the institution’s decision to not develop crypto-related services, local financial publication Banki.ru reports on June 7. Herman Gref, Sberbank CEO and a former minister of […]

Over 100 Staff Now Reportedly Working On Facebook’s Crypto Project

June 6, 2019cashtechnews

CNBC has collected public details on high-level executives for Facebook’s cryptocurrency project via LinkedIn. More details are now emerging regarding high-level executives for social media giant Facebook’s crypto project, according to a report by CNBC on June 6. According to the report, there are now 100 people known to be working on the crypto project […]

Report: Nearly $10 Million in XRP Stolen in GateHub Hack

June 6, 2019cashtechnews

Hackers have reportedly compromised nearly 100 XRP Ledger wallets on cryptocurrency wallet service GateHub. Hackers have reportedly compromised nearly 100 XRP Ledger wallets on cryptocurrency wallet service GateHub. The incident was announced by GateHub in a preliminary statement on June 6. In the statement, GateHub reveals that it was notified by some of its customers […]

Komodo Hacks Itself and Saves Crypto Worth $13M After Learning of Security Vulnerability

June 6, 2019cashtechnews

Funds worth an estimated $13 million were successfully shielded from attackers after Komodo reacted to a security vulnerability. Crypto wallet provider Komodo effectively hacked itself to prevent fraudsters from accessing its users’ funds, the company confirmed in a blog post on June 5. Security researchers had alerted the company to a vulnerability in its Agama wallet. Realizing […]

Binance Hires Former NBA, Dell Exec to Head Global Strategy Initiatives

June 6, 2019cashtechnews

Binance has hired a new strategic officer, an executive who worked on business strategy at Dell and the NBA. Major cryptocurrency exchange and blockchain platform Binance has hired a former strategic executive at Dell and the National Basketball Association as Binance’s global strategy officer, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph on June 5. […]

LocalBitcoin Loses Traders After Cash Trading Ban: ‘Not Very Local’

June 6, 2019cashtechnews

Peer-to-peer bitcoin trading platform LocalBitcoins removes in-person cash deals — what does that mean for the future of cash trades? On June 1, Finnish peer-to-peer (p2p) bitcoin (BTC) trading platform LocalBitcoins quietly removed in-person cash trading from its service. Three days later, the company publicly confirmed the ban on Twitter. As per the accompanying statement, […]

Privacy-Centric Coin Grin Sets Mid-July Target Date for First-Ever Hard Fork

June 6, 2019cashtechnews

Privacy-centric cryptocurrency Grin is finalizing its timeline for its first-ever network hard fork. Privacy-centric cryptocurrency Grin is finalizing its timeline for its first-ever network hard fork, according to a proposed timeline uploaded by Grin core developer Quentin Le Sceller to Github dev community forum Gitter on June 5. Grin is a privacy coin that implements […]

Japan’s LINE Pay and Visa Partner on New Blockchain, Digital Payments Solutions

June 6, 2019cashtechnews

LINE Pay Corp. is partnering with Visa on new blockchain and digital payments solutions. LINE Pay Corporation, the operator of fintech services on major Japanese messaging app LINE, is partnering with American payment services firm Visa on new blockchain and digital payments solutions. The news was revealed in a press release shared with Cointelegraph on […]

New Malware Campaign Spreads Trojans Through Clone Crypto Trading Website

June 5, 2019cashtechnews

A new website spreads crypto-stealing malware by imitating the website Cryptohopper, a legitimate website where users can program tools for automatic trading. Twitter user and malware researcher Fumik0_ has discovered a new website that spreads cryptocurrency malware, according to a report by Bleeping Computer on June 5. According to the report, the host for transmitting […]

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‘Crypto’ for ‘Cryptography’: How Justified Is the Exuberance Around Apple’s Developer CryptoKit?

Russia’s Largest Bank Confirms It Will Not Develop Crypto-Related Services

Report: Nearly $10 Million in XRP Stolen in GateHub Hack

Komodo Hacks Itself and Saves Crypto Worth $13M After Learning of Security Vulnerability

Binance Hires Former NBA, Dell Exec to Head Global Strategy Initiatives

Privacy-Centric Coin Grin Sets Mid-July Target Date for First-Ever Hard Fork

Japan’s LINE Pay and Visa Partner on New Blockchain, Digital Payments Solutions

New Malware Campaign Spreads Trojans Through Clone Crypto Trading Website

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