Kaspersky: Cryptocurrency Scammers Stole $2.3 Million in Q2

Ethereum Developers Weigh Gas Rule Change to Ease Fee PressureAn Ethereum smart contract feature that offers rebates for fees has developers scratching their heads, wondering if they should toss the old code in light of an exponential rise in transaction costs. Called gas tokens, these smart contract loopholes are a way to send transactions on…

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s signature on the Digital Financial Assets Law last month sent shock waves through the industry and proved the old adage that scandal leads to reform. The collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, the indictment of Sam Bankman-Fried, and crypto-associated bank instability (Signature Bank, Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate Bank), true or not, spurred

Sep 11, 2020 at 20:47 UTCCoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price IndexMarket Wrap: Bitcoin Stuck at $10.3K; Uniswap Value Locked GyratesIt was a quiet day in the bitcoin market while there was action on Uniswap’s total crypto value locked. Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $10,316 as of 20:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Slipping 0.13% over the previous 24…

According to Navier, the existing two models available come with a lot of uncertainty. In the Compass Mining model, you have to trust another firm of delivering the right machines at the right time, without any damage, and then sign an agreement for hosting, and hope there are no “gotchas” in the contract, Metnick said.…

news Efforts to promote the new, Tron-powered version of USDT are stumbling following the New York Attorney General’s fraud allegations against the companies behind the stablecoin. CoinFlip, a crypto ATM startup, had planned to add the Tron version of USDT to more than 180 of its machines, allowing people to buy the token for cash…

The SEC's case over allegedly unlawful sales of XRP by Ripple to retail investors is entering the discovery phase.Feb 16, 2021 at 9:51 a.m. UTCUpdated Feb 16, 2021 at 1:25 p.m. UTCRipple, SEC Say Settlement Unlikely Before Trial Over Alleged Securities ViolationsThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Ripple said Monday that there’s little…

Standard Chartered says Solana and Ripple’s XRP could be next in line to become spot ETFs.This won’t likely happen until 2025, analyst Geoffrey Kendric wrote in a note.With the approval of an important filing in the race to launch a spot ether (ETH) exchange-traded fund (ETF), industry leaders are already wondering which cryptocurrency could be

Maker (MKR), the governance token of decentralized finance (DeFi) lender MakerDAO, is nearing its highest price since last May, buoyed by rising protocol profits and accumulation by large investors.The cryptocurrency rose almost 5% in the past 24 hours to $1,320, approaching its early August high of $1,366, CoinDesk price data shows. Surpassing that level would

Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank International will roll out cryptocurrency trading services to retail customers by the end of January 2024.The service will initially be offered to customers in Vienna, where the 97-year-old bank is headquartered, and be provided in association with cryptocurrency exchange Bitpanda, which signed a letter of intent with the bank earlier this year.“We