Turkey News

Istanbul-based telecom company Turkcell has announced a blockchain-powered solution for user identity management.

From Venezuela to India, crypto is being increasingly used in times of economic crisis.

Turkish police detained 24 people involved in hacking a crypto firm, using an online multiplayer game to communicate.

The Turkish police’s cybercrime unit detained 11 suspects in an alleged hack of crypto accounts with victim losses amounting to over $80,000.

The Borsa Istanbul Stock Exchange has developed a blockchain-based database for adding new customers and managing documents.

Inflation is driving these nations to crypto, but there won’t be hyperbitcoinization as long as reserve currencies remain strong.

Not just the cryptocurrency industry but even mainstream media outlets have highlighted Bitcoin’s stability versus the Turkish lira.

Turkey has inaugurated the country’s first university blockchain center to ensure it keeps pace with digitization globally.

Investors in Turcoin have alleged it is a ponzi scheme after one of its organizers funnelled money to Cyprus and stopped payouts.

It’s definitely more red than green.

@Bitcoin, a Twitter account associated with Bitcoin Cash, has been suspended to both applause as well as accusations of the death of free speech.

Iranian High Council of Cyberspace wants to ban Telegram — an “enemy of the public sector” — citing the danger of its foray into the crypto sphere

European banking bigwigs appear to be underwhelmed by the idea of digital currency, either decentralized or bank-issued.

Microsoft’s Windows Defender Antivirus reported that it stopped more than 400,000 attempts to inject crypto mining malware in 12 hours.

McAffee releases report in which North Korean hackers are suspected of a cyberattack on Turkish government-backed financial institutions.