2019-9-28 14:39 |
Ethereum’s most gas-hungry contract, dubbed FairWin, can allegedly be drained by insiders and contains critical vulnerabilities that purportedly put funds at risk
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The popular app, Steadefi, announces a major breach putting all funds it handles at risk. The post Steadefi Hit With Exploit: ‘All Funds Are Currently at Risk’ appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2023-8-8 00:01 | |
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The company behind niche cryptocurrency Zcash is urging the network to upgrade node software to the latest version immediately, as it contains an “important security fix. ” “Users should upgrade their nodes to [version 2.
2019-9-26 17:47 | |
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A bug could have lost the users of Coinbase a lot of money, confesses the exchange itself in its latest blog post. Coinbase Holds Its Hands Up The Friday “post mortem” revealed that an error on Coinbase sign-up page saved customers’ information on Coinbase internal web server logs – in a clear text.
2019-8-20 19:11 | |
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CryptoNinjas - Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Asset SourceCaspian, the full-stack crypto trading, portfolio and risk management platform, today announced the launch of its pairs trading functionality.
2019-8-6 19:43 | |
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BlackRock is the largest money-management firm in the world with more than $6.5 trillion in assets under management and Larry Fink is their CEO with over a billion dollars of net worth. He appeared on CNBC recently: Fink said many of his clients and hedge funds are taking risk off the table. However, he believes […]
2019-7-20 20:53 | |
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Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange giant Binance has formally launched margin trading for most of its users following months of speculation. Long-Awaited Bitcoin Trading Feature Goes Live In a blog post July 11, executives released the platform’s latest product, along with a dedicated guide on how it works.
2019-7-11 10:22 | |
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Crypto is undoubtedly becoming more popular as more people are beginning to make use of it as a means of payment or investment, more merchants are beginning to accept it in exchange for goods and services and more institutional funds are being pushed into crypto as a whole. Besides the benefits that are going to […]
2019-7-5 23:31 | |
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Komodo discovered a fatal exploit potential and took away user funds for safety before fixing the issue.
2019-6-7 14:46 | |
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The growing practice of asset lending by crypto hedge funds could add systemic risk to the sector if we are not vigilant, argues Noelle Acheson.
2019-5-25 12:40 | |
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Blockchain security company BitGo is launching a new service for institutional clients: a clearing and settlements system that operates off-chain. BitGo announced this new service in a press release on May 14, 2019, describing some of the features that this new system will have.
2019-5-15 23:44 | |
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It looks as if cryptocurrency service providers will have to adopt stricter know-your-customer (KYC) policies all across the world — and not everyone is happy about that.
2019-5-13 21:33 | |
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Tether has taken a lot of heat for admitting it is running a fractional reserve. There’s no doubt that Tether’s unregulated nature makes this approach risky and that its lack of transparency is unsettling, but the entire modern banking system is architected on fractioned assets.
2019-5-13 16:37 | |
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Bitfinex is forging forward despite its ongoing row with the authorities, and it's looking for investors to support its efforts. Today, May 8, 2019, iFinex, the operator and parent company of the popular cryptocurrency exchange, released a private token sale white paper, putting to rest rumors of its Initial Exchange Offering (IEO).
2019-5-8 18:33 | |
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Bitfinex and the New York Attorney General’s (NYAG) legal sparring in relation to $850 million in missing funds escalated with another round of court filings this past weekend.
2019-5-7 01:42 | |
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While the Crypto Winter may be lingering with us into the spring, crypto exchanges are doing just fine. According to CoinMarketCap, there are now 255 major crypto exchanges.
2019-5-4 22:14 | |
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Bitfinex and Tether’s legal counsel has written a response to the New York Attorney General’s (NYAG) ex parte order, which claims that Bitifinex used Tether’s reserves to cover some $850 million in losses.
2019-5-1 01:22 | |
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Wall Street giants such as Goldman Sachs are increasingly at risk of being left behind as cryptocurrency funds are the fastest growing segment of the hedge fund industry. Cryptocurrency Hedge Funds Are Growing the Fastest A few months ago, Wall Street seemed to be embracing Bitcoin, and giants such as Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley were developing infrastructures to trade Bitcoin.
2019-4-27 21:00 | |
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Sensing a rise in crypto-related scams and fraudulent investment schemes, the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have issued a joint warning to investors, encouraging them to take a more thorough approach to verifying potential investments in the space.
2019-4-26 18:43 | |
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When it comes to dealing in cryptocurrencies, one of the major concerns is the potential for getting hacked. Hacking can include only the funds available in a crypto wallet, but there is a major risk that files on the device connected to that wallet could be left exposed as well. In a recent CoinDesk article, […]
2019-4-25 15:35 | |
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A new software release from Lightning Labs targets a risk for users: the chance they'll lose funds if their hardware is having problems.
2019-4-25 00:00 | |
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Lightning Labs just released an alpha version of its Lightning Network wallet. The desktop application is now compatible with Bitcoin’s mainnet and it leverages Neutrino (the protocol, not the analytics company acquired by Coinbase) to give users a lightweight option to “control their own funds,” as opposed to running a full node or trusting a third party to play custodian.
2019-4-24 01:38 | |
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Andrei Poliakov is the CEO and co-founder of Coinberry, one of Canada’s premier digital currency platforms. His company is the first in Canada to partner with a government municipality.
2019-4-23 17:42 | |
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The Head of Product for Coinbase Custody, Sam McIngvale, explained that the firm puts its funds at risk rather than the funds that users hold in the platform. During an interview with Laura Shin, he gave some insights about how Coinbase works.
2019-4-14 23:53 | |
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Sam McIngvale, Head of Product for Coinbase Custody, explained how the staking service on Coinbase works, in an interview with Laura Shin for Unchained Podcast. He spoke on the topic and clarified that cold storage solution refers to storing cryptos offline, while staking refers to actively participating in the network.
2019-4-13 17:30 | |
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New announcements around Bitcoin’s Lightning Network have been coming almost nonstop lately, with new exchanges, wallets and other services popping up seemingly every day.
2019-4-8 18:21 | |
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The introduction of the blockchain-based Galaxy S10 from Samsung has been a major victory to the cryptocurrency community. Today, the announcement of 16 default cryptocurrencies was released, which included Binance Coin.
2019-4-8 08:14 | |
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Exit scams are a major risk in the cryptocurrency industry. These scams often involve a product that appears to be invest-worthy, only for the team or individual running it to close up shop without notice, taking the funds of investors along with them.
2019-4-7 16:16 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published an investment contract framework for digital assets, which is intended to give crypto companies guidance as to whether a cryptocurrency is a security.
2019-4-4 22:02 | |
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CEO криптовалютной биржи Binance Чангпенг Жао прокомментировал события, связанные со взломом сингапурской криптоплатформы DragonEx, которая ранее призвала Binance заморозить средства, зачисленные на её кошельки.
2019-3-27 12:10 | |
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The trend for passive investing has reached new heights. According to a CNBC report, money continues to pump into ETFs tracking bundled assets – e. g. , major indexes like the Dow Jones or S&P 500) – which now make up almost 50% of the entire stock market.
2019-3-21 21:10 | |
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The “trade of the century” according to one of the last year’s best-performing hedge funds is to sell stocks as risk assets are due for another meltdown and start buying gold. According to Denver-based Crescat Capital LLC, it’s only a matter of time until this bearish bet pays off big. The firm has only about […]
2019-3-20 17:36 | |
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Compound Finance, the company behind the concept of Decentralized Finance Applications (DeFi), alongside MakerDAO, among others, has registered $9 million in crypto collateralized loan. It just took six months for the firm to reach this amount of funds, after being launched back in September 2018. Now, the firm is planning to release a new risk […]
2019-3-20 13:59 | |
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Hodl Hodl, a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency exchange, has announced that it is launching a prediction market on Bitcoin. Slated for launch in the spring of 2019, it would be the first Bitcoin-based prediction market to go live on Bitcoin’s mainnet.
2019-3-9 00:16 | |
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The $22 trillion US asset management industry is starting to diversify stock market risk with digital assets and is competing with more efficient digital finance platforms for millennial customers' retirement funds.
2019-3-7 03:10 | |
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The $22 trillion US asset management industry is starting to diversify stock market risk with digital assets and is competing with more efficient digital finance platforms for millennial customers' retirement funds.
2019-3-9 03:10 | |
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Every cryptocurrency user is exposed to a whole host of risks; most notably including the risk of loss of his or her funds. Such cryptocurrency loss may be associated with malice, as is true in the case of theft or hacks, or — as often is the case — an error on behalf of the user.
2019-3-4 17:51 | |
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There are many keywords in blockchain, but few spark as much emotion as “decentralization. ” For many of us, it was the dream of decentralization that inspired us to embark into the industry in the first place — the driving force encouraging us to explore the many industries and practice areas that could be positively impacted by this technology.
2019-3-1 19:43 | |
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Most cyberattacks in the crypto space involve hackers finding a way around the security of crypto exchange platforms and gaining access to users’ funds. Last year saw the entry of a new breed of cyber extortionists that seems to be gaining ground, so much so that they were able to steal over $300,000 in bitcoin (BTC) tokens in 2018.
2019-3-1 18:10 | |
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Wallet generation on Coinomi prone to security lapse as analysts discover unencrypted seed phrase sent to Google’s spellcheck API.
2019-2-27 16:40 | |
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The recent scandal of QuadrigaCX in which Canada’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange lost $150 million worth of crypto shocked the financial space. It deteriorated the public image of the cryptocurrency sector overnight as analysts condemned the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars following the alleged death of CEO Gerald Cotten who had sole control over the company’s holdings and user funds.
2019-2-17 15:46 | |
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“Investing in stocks can be a daunting, complex and decidedly exclusionary activity,” says Bill Barhydt, Abra's CEO. To that end, his company’s mobile cryptocurrency wallet app has announced a new feature which will allow investors to purchase traditional stocks using bitcoin.
2019-2-8 02:05 | |
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On February 4, 2019, blockchain tech company Blockstream announced the development of a “proof of reserves” tool to standardize the authenticity of exchanges’ crypto reserves.
2019-2-7 01:01 | |
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Darknet markets are going as strong as ever, if Chainalysis data is to be believed. In its latest Crypto Crime Report, published earlier this week, blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis reports that darknet market activity has nearly doubled throughout 2018.
2019-2-1 00:35 | |
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Elina Sidorenko, head of the Legislative Risk Assessment Group in Russia, says there is no merit to rumors that the country will invest as much as $10 billion in bitcoin. Russia: Cryptocurrency Framework Not Yet in Place Speaking to Forklog, Sidorenko said the country doesn’t yet have the regulatory structure to invest state funds in cryptocurrencies.
2019-1-17 17:00 | |
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The developers that work on a crypto called Beam, which is focused on being a privacy coin, have affirmed that they have discovered a critical bug that could have put their wallets at risk. Fortunately, the bug was uncovered last then and it was quickly patched up before anything happened. Despite the fact that they […]
2019-1-17 00:20 | |
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The "critical vulnerability" found by developers of the mimblewimble privacy coin Beam is said to have put user funds at possible risk of being stolen.
2019-1-17 20:45 | |
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It’s another Monday and that means we have another Moonday Mornings for you. Here’s what you need to catch up on from over the weekend. 1. Nine cryptocurrency mining firms have decided to band together and sue a Washington State utility company after it raised electricity costs.
2019-1-14 13:07 | |
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In the wake of the 51 percent attack on ethereum classic, the manager of an investment vehicle that holds the cryptocurrency has reassured investors their funds are safe.
2019-1-12 01:45 | |
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In a report by the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the cryptocurrency space has been named as a priority. The body states that the industry may pose high levels of risk to retail investors.
2019-1-12 00:00 | |
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The new platform, called the “Ethereum time machine,” extends Ethereum’s programming capabilities by allowing smart contracts to execute transactions based on uncertain or not-guaranteed future events.
The contracts will exist on a sidechain built on XRPL, developers said in a Tuesday post.
The "Protocol 20" upgrade, which adds support for Ethereum-style smart contracts to the decade-old payments-focused blockchain, had been delayed by three weeks due to precautions after a bug was found.
In the aftermath of Fantom’s $550,000 hack in October, a security researcher found that the attacker could have stolen as much as $170 million.
The service industry needs blockchain for enhanced security, transparency and efficiency in managing transactions, contracts and customer data.
The European Parliament said on Nov. 9 that it has voted in favor of a Data Act that will set out rules in various areas, including smart contract development. The current announcement says that the act has been adopted with 481 votes in favor and 31 votes against, with 71 abstaining votes.