ETHNews: Binance Unveils Developer Initiative 'Binance X'

ETHNews: Developers Behind Decred Unveil Privacy Features

Friday, 30 August 2019 16:45

Developers behind the privacy-focused crypto Decred have released details about the project's upcoming privacy rollout. The new features will include hiding user identities and jumbling customer transaction data together, making it harder to track specific coin movements.

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ETHNews: Contradicting Reports Emphasize The Rise And Fall Cryptojacking

Friday, 30 August 2019 16:53

Following reports that the alleged Capital One hacker was using servers to mine crypto, cryptojacking is on the tip of the space's tongue. Unfortunately, there seems to be a bit of confusion as to how prevalent cryptojacking is, with a recently released study from McAfee Labs and…

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ETHNews: UN Official States Crypto Makes Tracking Cybercrime More Difficult

Friday, 30 August 2019 16:58

Neil Walsh, chief of the cybercrime and anti-money laundering arm of the United Nations' department on drugs and crime, has stated that the "anonymizing and pseudo-anonymizing" aspects of cryptocurrencies have made it extremely difficult to combat terrorist financing, money laundering, and cybercrime.

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IOTA: IOTA showcases sustainable energy traceability at Powerhouse Energy Positive Building

Friday, 30 August 2019 14:35

Traceable, renewable energy seamlessly being tracked locally in real time between buildings, infrastructure, and consumers is already being tested in a real-world environment.The Powerhouse building in Trondheim, the world’s northernmost energy-positive building, officially opens today in Norway’s third-largest and most innovative city.Neighboring buildings will be able to…

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ETHNews: Binance Issues Report On PBoC's Digital Currency

Thursday, 29 August 2019 20:45

A research report from crypto exchange Binance has claimed that the digital currency being developed by the People's Bank of China (PBoC) will be backed one-to-one by fiat, replace notes and coins in circulation, and operate on a two-tiered system. The first tier will connect the PBoC's…

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ETHNews: SEC Settles With Crypto Exchange Bitqyck And Its Founders

Thursday, 29 August 2019 20:49

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has settled with crypto exchange Bitqyck and its founders Bruce Bise and Sam Mendez over what the SEC believed was an unregistered token sale that raised $13 million. Bitqyck will pay a civil penalty of $8.5 million on top of…

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ETHNews: Wikipedia Becomes Verified Brave Publisher

Thursday, 29 August 2019 16:06

Wikipedia is the latest website to become a verified publisher with the Brave web browser, allowing the site to start taking dips and donations in the form of Brave's basic attention token.

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ETHNews: Alleged Capital One Hacker Used Servers To Mine Crypto

Thursday, 29 August 2019 16:10

Yesterday, August 28, Paige Thompson was indicted after allegedly hacking Capital One and 30 other entities. Along with being charged with wire fraud and computer fraud and abuse, court documents state Thompson used Capital One's cloud servers to mine cryptocurrency.

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ETHNews: Hyperledger Adopts ConsenSys' Pantheon Project

Thursday, 29 August 2019 16:15

Pantheon, a ConsenSys spoke that works to provide a suite of Ethereum-based services, has officially been adopted by Hyperledger's technical steering committee, reportedly making it one of the first public blockchain projects to be taken on by the consortium.

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