Contributors
Current security threats in crypto and how to mitigate them
With the advent of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies we acquire the ability to be our own banks, with the set back that we don’t ...
Blockchain
Binance to Resume Deposits and Withdrawals on Tuesday Following Hack
Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance recently announced that the crypto exchange has plans to resume deposits and withdrawal services on Tuesday. Zhao wrote ...
Bitcoin
Binance Set For Major Expansions This Month
As reported by Coinbeat a week ago, the world’s largest exchange by trading volume, Binance is set to undergo a number of major ...
Blockchain
AI Helps South Korean Police End A $18 Million Crypto Ponzi Scheme
South Korean authorities recently arrested suspects behind a crypto ponzi scheme by utilising artificial intelligence (AI), as per an article by local English-language ...
Mining
More than 50% of organizations lack significant protection against shadow mining
Recent survey performed by cybersecurity company Exabeam reveals staggering results concerning cryptojacking and shadow mining. During their visit to the Cloud and Cybersecurity ...
News
The United States SEC Is Seeking To Recruit a Crypto Specialist Legal Advisor
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is on the hunt to recruit a “crypto specialist” attorney advisor. As per a job posting ...
Bitcoin
Upcoming iPhone Controlled Crypto Vault Promises “Bank Grade” Security
Trustology, a company which was founded by researchers with previous experience in working with banks such as BNY Mellon, RBS and Barclays recently ...
Exchange
Singapore Cryptocurrency Exchange DragonEx Hacked
DragonEx, the Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange recently confirmed that it has been the latest in exchanges to suffer a hacking attack. The news came ...
Altcoin
Polymath & SeriesOne Join Forces To Simplify Security Token Issuance
Polymath, a security token platform has joined forces with SeriesOne, a digital securities platform to offer users an end-to-end solution for the issuing ...
Bitcoin
Crypto Users Have Begun “Body Hacking” By Receiving Bitcoin Wallet Bio-implants
Many crypto enthusiasts have taken the term “early adopters” to new heights as the emerging trend of micro-implants which are programmable as crypto ...
Altcoin
18 Year Old Japanese Crypto Hacker Steals 15 Million Yen
A Japanese crypto hacker recently admitted to stealing crypto funds worth 15 million Yen back in 2018. The 18-year old thief has since ...
Education
The Ten Commandments of crypto security – By Panama Crypto
I feel obliged to write rules to live by in crypto, as I have seen more than a handful of people getting hacked ...
Breaking News
Twitter CEO Purchases Trezor Wallet Using Bitcoin Via CashApp
Jack Dorsey, Twitter CEO recently purchased his first crypto hardware wallet using Bitcoin to complete the transaction. In a Tweet posted by Dorsey ...
News
US Startup Unveils Crypto Wallet Chip For Smartphones
A U.S-based startup called VaultTel unveiled a hardware crypto wallet which is designed to fit into a mobile phone SIM card slot according ...
News
Crypto Custody Service To Be Launched For Security Tokens By TokenSoft
TokenSoft recently announced that it would be launching what they’ve dubbed to be the first cold-storage service designed purely for security tokens. The ...
Ethereum
Ethereum Constantinople Hard Fork Delayed Due To Security Vulnerability
The long-awaited Ethereum hard fork upgrade “Constantinople” was delayed yesterday after a sensitive security vulnerability was unearthed during one of the scheduled changes ...
Regulation
Could Security Token Offerings Be The Way Around The SEC’s Incomplete Guidelines?
Looking back on 2018 it’s safe to say that it was quite the turbulent year with regards to the regulatory front for the ...
News
Malaysian Central Bank & Securities Regulator Set To Coordinate Efforts For Crypto Regulation
More news on the Malaysian regulation front as the Malaysian Central Bank & the nation’s securities regulator has recently announced that they will ...
Ethereum
Possible ETH GasToken Security Weakness Discovered
Level K, the Ethereum Smart contract and dApp developer recently discovered the existence of a vulnerability within the ETH framework which could allow ...
Bitcoin
Is Bitcoin Safe from Being Hacked?
The crypto sector is increasing in activity, with hundreds of initial coin offerings, new cryptocurrency launches and startups based on digital assets. As ...
Altcoin
Monero Becomes First Crypto Company To Implement “Bulletproofs”
What’s that? A new technology designed to enhance blockchain features by making the technology more scalable is up for testing phase soon. This ...
Altcoin
Cryptocurrency Exchanges and Services are Fertile Ground for Criminal Activity: Global Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Funding Efforts
According to CipherTrace’s Cryptocurrency Anti-Money Laundering Report of Q3 2018, cryptocurrency products and services have a high potential for abuse by criminals. As the crypto ...
Altcoin
Crypto Theft at an All Time High: 2018’s Crypto Hacks Are Reported to Have Stolen Almost $1 Billion
In its quarterly Cryptocurrency Anti-Money Laundering Report, CipherTrace reported that almost $1 billion has been stolen or crypto hacked so far this year. ...
Bitcoin
Bitcoin Owners Have a Higher Level of Trust in Bitcoin than in the Federal Government
A recent survey indicated that less than 20% of bitcoin owners trusted the federal government more than the bitcoin network. A recent study ...
Education
How To Solve Hacks Like The 51% Attack – Fine Miners!
The most notorious and feared kinds of crypto attacks may have quite the poetic solution. That’s what Horizen, the victims who suffered such ...
Breaking News
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) to Prepare a Report on ICO Rules by the End of the Year
The Chairman of ESMA, Steven Maijoor, is of the opinion that some initial coin offerings (ICOs) resemble financial instruments, which for their purposes, ...
Bitcoin
Fortnite Cheating Tools Could Be Cheating You Out Of Your Bitcoin
Fortnite is a popular video game that just released its 6th season on September 27. This, unfortunately, has given rise to an increase ...
Breaking News
Public Opinion on the Right to Privacy and the Protection of Information in Apps Designed to Facilitate Payments
In the digital age, the right to privacy and the protection of information is becoming a prevalent issue. A recent online survey conducted ...
Breaking News
Google Beefs Up Security In An Effort To Protect Users From Cryptojacking & Hacks
In a move that is sure to appease all investors & traders alike, internet search giant Google recently announced that they are bringing ...
Blockchain
IBM Looking At Blockchain Technology For Drone Fleet Security
IBM, one of the oldest and biggest computing companies in the world recently applied to patent a system which will utilise distributed ledger ...