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Nigeria to Pay 1.2 Cents for Each Dollar Remitted to the Country to Combat Cryptocurrency Use

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced a scheme that seeks to boost international remittances as well as to encourage the use of official corridors when retrieving funds. The CBN’s move to incentivise recipients follows the plummeting of the country’s official remittances inflows as recipients opt for non-traditional corridors such as cryptocurrencies. Declining Remittances […] дальше »

2021-3-9 15:00


US Treasury Department Pilots Blockchain-Based Federal Grants Tracking System

The US Treasury Department, which is in charge of government revenue, has been reported to experiment with blockchain tech in order to develop a system that tracks federal grants. The proof-of-concept (PoC) program that’s intended for a blockchain-based grant recipients’ letter of credit is about to be completed, says Craig Fischer, the manager of the […] дальше »

2020-1-14 20:46


Estonian Authorities Leak Over 200 Email Addresses From Crypto Trading Companies

The authorities from Estonia have leaked the email addresses of over 200 crypto trading firms during a recent data breach. The Estonian Police and Board Guard recently started a plan to follow anti-money laundering activities in the country, so it emailed several companies in the country with questions that should be answered. This email’s recipients […] дальше »

2019-11-27 00:40


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‘Save Yourself’ sextortion campaign targets 27 million victims in their inboxes

A well-established botnet and malware agent is now engaged in a new large-scale sextortion campaign by acting as a spambot to target innocent recipients. According to Check Point Research, the creators of the Phorpiex (aka Trik) botnet added this revenue generation ability to trick victims into transferring more than 11BTC (~$89,370) to the threat actors’ wallets over the course of five months. дальше »

2019-10-16 16:00


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Dutch police accidentally mass-texted fire witnesses a link to an ‘adult video’

In an unfortunate mishap, Dutch police accidentally texted a link to an adult video to 1,900 witnesses of a house fire, which took place last month in the town of Nieuwleusen. In the text, police encouraged witnesses to come forward with information that could help them figure out what caused the fire, as a result of which a 22-year-old man lost his life. дальше »

2019-8-8 15:52


Craig Wright is Attempting to Clear Out the Non-Satoshi Believers via Lawsuits over Libelous Tweets

The computer scientist, and self pronounced Bitcoin creator (Satoshi Nakamoto) Craig Wright, has begun to issue legal warning against individuals who have harassed him via comments or tweets. Recipients of Legal Notices These legal issuances began with the CraigWrightIsAFraud hashtag originator, and Twitter user called “Hodlonaut”, and went on to ETH’s Vitalik Buterin, and Peter […] дальше »

2019-4-14 00:13


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Lightning Loop Lets Users Empty Lightning Channels Without Closing Them

Lightning Labs, the development team working to grow the Lightning Network, just released the alpha version of a new protocol called Lightning Loop. Lightning Loop is designed to give users the ability to deposit and withdraw bitcoin from their payment channels (the two-way payment gateways that allow users to send and receive funds to and from each other) without closing these channels entirely. дальше »

2019-3-22 20:32


Bitcoin is the Only Crypto Asset for Twitter’s Jack Dorsey as He Uses BTC’s Lightning Network

A recent initiative was launched by a pseudonymous Twitter user, promoting the reach and functionality of the Lightning Network with an experiment called the “lightning torch.” Each person in the lineup is meant to send the accumulated amount to someone else that they think will pass on the BTC. One of the most recent recipients […] дальше »

2019-2-6 08:11


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Cuallix CFO Explains the Benefits of Ripple’s xRapid for Mexican Cross-border Payment Recipients

Speaking on the sidelines of Ripple’s Swell conference, Cuallix CFO Nicolas Palacios talked about Ripple’s xRapid project and how it brings benefits to cross-border payments in Mexico. Cuallix is one of Ripple’s partner financial institutions and was one of the first firms to work on the commercially available xRapid platform. дальше »

2019-1-15 20:24