Gatehub Crypto Wallet Data Breach Compromises Passwords of 1.4M UsersSecurity researcher finds that password data and personal information of 1.4 million users of GateHub cryptocurrency wallet service have reportedly been dumped online.Nov 20, 2019Joeri Cant
Online Gaming Platform Lets Gamers Collect BTC In First-Person Shooter GameOnline gaming platform Donnerlab lets gamers hunt for Bitcoin and pick-up Satoshi cubes in a fully lightning-native multiplayer first-person shooter game.Nov 20, 2019Joeri Cant
IRS Laughs Off Coinbase User’s ‘Surveillance Conspiracy’ in Tax Reporting CaseThe U.S. Internal Revenue Service reaffirms its summons on crypto trading platform Coinbase in an income tax investigation as completely legitimate in fresh filing.Nov 20, 2019Joeri Cant
HashCash to Trace Mineral Supply Chain From Congo For Car ManufacturersHashCash Consultants partners with a group of international car, mining and battery manufacturers for blockchain-based supply chain network to track mineral origins.Nov 19, 2019Ana Alexandre
PayPal Leads $4.2M Funding Round for Crypto Risk Management PlatformPayment processor PayPal has led a $4.2 million funding round for cryptocurrency risk management platform TRM Labs to further grow its services.Nov 19, 2019Joeri Cant
Bitcoin Mining Firms Merge to Build World’s Largest Purported Mining Farm in 2020Two Bitcoin mining firms entered a merger agreement and plan to jointly build the world’s largest mining farm.Nov 19, 2019Adrian Zmudzinski
Istanbul to Berlin: Ethereum Milestones on the Road to SerenityThe next Ethereum hard fork is coming soon — here’s how the improvements it brings fit into the big picture of network’s evolution.Nov 19, 2019Kirill Bryanov
Bison Trails Raises $25M in Funding Round Led by Blockchain CapitalOne of the 21 founding members of the Libra Association, Bison Trails, has raised $25.5 million from Blockchain Capital, Coinbase and ConsenSys.Nov 19, 2019Helen Partz
Fidelity Digital Asset Services Now Authorized to Operate Crypto Custody PlatformFidelity Digital Asset Services, LLC has procured a charter from the New York State Department of Financial Services to operate a virtual currency custody and execution platform.Nov 19, 2019Ana Alexandre
Winklevoss Twins’ Gemini Buys Nifty Gateway, Marking Its First-Ever AcquisitionThe Gemini crypto exchange made its first-ever acquisition by purchasing the Nifty Gateway platform, which enables users to buy and manage non-fungible tokens.Nov 19, 2019Ana Alexandre
Canada’s Largest Bank Refutes Rumors About It Launching Crypto ExchangeThe Royal Bank of Canada will not launch its own digital currency trading platform, contrary to previously published news.Nov 19, 2019Ana Alexandre
FEMA Suggests Blockchain-Based Registry to Improve Disaster Insurance PayoutsThe U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency is investigating a blockchain-based property registry to streamline disaster insurance payouts.Nov 19, 2019Ana Alexandre
Deutsche Boerse, Swisscom Settle Securities with Corda and HyperledgerDeutsche Boerse and Swiss state-run telecom Swisscom have settled securities transactions using different blockchain protocols.Nov 19, 2019Helen Partz
Malware on Official Monero Website Can Steal Crypto: InvestigatorThe software available for download on Monero’s official website was compromised to steal cryptocurrency.Nov 19, 2019Adrian Zmudzinski
Secrets They Missed at DevCon: What It’s Really Like in a Working DAOThe secret to building a successful decentralized autonomous organization: Decred project lead shares four lessons in de-leadership.Nov 19, 2019Jake Yocom-Piatt
Grin Devs Respond: Mimblewimble Privacy Isn’t ‘Fundamentally Flawed’The developers of privacy-centric cryptocurrency Grin have hit back at the fundamental claims of an article purporting to have “broken” the coin’s privacy model.Nov 19, 2019Marie Huillet
Longhash Blockchain Researchers Dispute 2017 ‘Single Whale’ TheoryResearch from crypto analytics firm Longhash claims to have debunked the recent single-whale theory of the 2017 Bitcoin bull run.Nov 19, 2019Joeri Cant
US ICO Scammer Sentenced to 18 Months In JailBrooklyn computer programmer Maksim Zaslavskiy, the first person in the U.S. to be convicted for a fraudulent ICO, has been sentenced to 18 months behind bars.Nov 19, 2019Joeri Cant
US SEC Takes Another Look at Rejected Bitwise Bitcoin ETF ProposalThe United States Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that it is reviewing its decision to reject Bitwise’s Bitcoin ETF proposal.Nov 19, 2019Joeri Cant
US Gov’t Extradites Alleged Fraudster for Selling Fake Securities for $11M in BTCU.S. authorities extradite Swedish citizen from Thailand for multi-million dollar fraudulent security offering in the form of a gold investment scheme.Nov 18, 2019Kollen Post
Chinese State Media Says Most ‘Blockchain’ Firms in China Are All Hype, No CodeChinese news program said that there are 32,000 firms in China who claim to use blockchain, but fewer than 10% of them actually have the technology.Nov 18, 2019Joeri Cant
Crypto Markets Continue to Drop, Bitcoin Briefly Slips Below $8,200Wave of red on crypto markets grows, bringing more losses among the top 20 coins and exposing Bitcoin to the new potential drop.Nov 18, 2019Helen Partz
Spanish Financial Watchdog Warns Against Unregulated ICO SchemeThe Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores has warned the public against Ethereum-based token dubbed AlyCoin.Nov 18, 2019Ana Alexandre
Hacker Offers $100K in BTC as Bounty for Hacking HalliburtonVigilante hacker known as Phineas Fisher will pay in crypto for hacking big companies with like NSO Group and Halliburton.Nov 18, 2019Helen Partz
Researcher Breaks Grin’s ‘Privacy’ Spending Just $60 Per WeekA researcher says that Mimblewimble’s privacy is flawed as people are able to uncover the addresses for 96% of Grin transactions.Nov 18, 2019Helen Partz
Family Offices Finally Accept the Benefits of Investing in BitcoinFamily offices have shown growing confidence in the Bitcoin market, opening a new niche for the investment possibilities.Nov 18, 2019Constantin Kogan
Price Analysis 18/11: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, LTC, EOS, BNB, BSV, XLM, TRXWhile Bitcoin looks weak, select altcoins are showing resilience and this can shift the focus from Bitcoin to altcoins.Nov 18, 2019Rakesh Upadhyay
Decentralized Payment Firm Radpay Raises $1.2M in Seed RoundDecentralized payment processing company Radpay has secured $1.2 million in a seed round, with the participation of investment firms Resiliency Ventures and BlackLaunch.Nov 18, 2019Ana Alexandre
Bitcoin’s Mempool Saw an Anomalous Number of Big Transactions on FridayThis past weekend, Bitcoin’s blockchain mempool was at its highest level since January 2018.Nov 18, 2019Adrian Zmudzinski
China’s Zhejiang Processes $6B via DLT Medical Billing PlatformChina’s Zhejiang province processed $5.9 billion via a blockchain medical billing platform using Ant Financial’s blockchain tech.Nov 18, 2019Helen Partz