CFTC slaps $36M fine on man for 5-year crypto investor fraud

The Department of Energy (DOE) of the United States has announced $4.8 million in funding for university research of technologies including blockchain, according to an announcement published Jan. 7.The funding has been announced by the department’s office of fossil energy. Projects eligible for funding include those researching emerging technologies, “such as blockchain and decentralized, peer-to-peer…

Opportunistic cybercriminals are capitalizing on the death of basketball legend Kobe Bryant earlier this week by setting booby-traps for those searching for mementos of the star. According to a tweet by Microsoft Security Intelligence on Jan. 31, hackers are hiding malicious html code containing a cryptojacking script in desktop wallpaper of the NBA all-time great.Cryptojacking…

The firm has implemented additional security measures following an investigation that found “only a few” 3Commas user accounts were compromised. 159 Total views 19 Total shares Crypto trading bot provider 3Commas is on “heightened alert” after some of its user’s accounts were compromised and used to place trades.An Oct. 8 blog post from 3Commas co-founder

The two Polkadot parachains will communicate to create a unified DeFi environment. 1393 Total views 11 Total shares Cross-chain decentralized finance lending protocol Equilibrium is set to bring its U.S.-dollar-pegged stablecoin to Moonbeam, a Polkadot project building an Ethereum-like blockchain.DeFi projects building on Moonbeam will be able to use Equilibrium’s stablecoin as if it were…

Blockchain.com, a major cryptocurrency wallet and blockchain data provider, plans to support Russia’s national currency, the ruble (RUB). Although some big exchanges like Binance have introduced the Russian ruble, there is still no law authorizing circulation of crypto in Russia.On May 20, Blockchain.com announced its long-term roadmap, “The next era of crypto and 1B wallets…

Artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized the e-commerce industry in recent years. One of the most significant ways in which AI is impacting e-commerce is by transforming customer service. AI-powered customer service technologies are becoming more common, and they are helping to improve the customer experience in numerous ways. This article will discuss how AI improves…

When the Binance ban for users in the United States was first announced a few months ago, the market feared that significant volume and money would exit. Interestingly enough, as the launch of Binance America nears, altcoins are suddenly starting to move upwards with decent volume. Sell the rumor, buy the news.Cryptocurrency market 7-day performance. Source:…

A crypto analyst says inaccurate narratives still circulate in the cryptocurrency market, mainly based on skewed information rather than onchain data to back it up. “Beware of misinformation. Despite the data, misleading narratives persist,” CryptoQuant contributor “Onchained,” said in a March 22 market report. “Such claims often lack onchain validation and are driven by sensationalist