Telegram's Pavel Durov is wrong about Signal — and has been for years

Ransomware, malicious software that encrypts computers and keeps them “locked” until a ransom is paid, is the world’s fastest-growing cyber threat, according to Coinfirm. Recent attacks on critical national infrastructure, like the Colonial Pipeline incursion that crippled oil and gas deliveries for a week along the U.S. East Coast, have set off alarms. Ransom payments…

Decentralized finance is a form of finance that does not require traditional intermediaries such as banks, brokerages or exchanges. All of the work that would normally be handled by these institutions is instead performed by technological solutions including smart contracts and blockchain.The legacy banking system and DeFi are markedly different. While traditional finance is slow…

Mastercard has entered a collaboration that would allow retail customers in the APAC region to spend their stablecoins anywhere Mastercard is accepted. 1033 Total views 4 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTGlobal payment provider Mastercard is launching a stablecoin digital wallet integration with the Australian stablecoin platform Stables.Mastercard…

The next trillion-dollar DePIN giant will be akin to Amazon’s AWS, driven by a demand for decentralized connectivity solutions.

Technology could hold the keys to identity theft protection. 938 total.views 21 total.shares article.actions.listen_to Speaking at the online launch event for the Global Digital Asset & Cryptocurrency Association on Friday — a Chicago-based group focused on regulatory clarity and industry security — U.S. Representative Bill Foster explained the importance of a "secure digital identity." "You can have…

In the past two years futures contracts have become widely popular among cryptocurrency traders and this became more evident as the total open interest on derivatives more than doubled in three months. Additional proof of their popularity came as futures turnover surpassed gold, which is a well-established market with $107 billion in daily volume.However, each…

Reddit’s co-founder believes the crypto markets have entered Spring, highlighting robust development in the space. 2225 Total views 187 Total shares Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian has described the virtual currency ecosystem firmly sitting in “crypto spring,” emphasizing the strength of development surrounding meaningful applications for blockchain technology.In an interview with Yahoo Finance published May 23,…

BTC price action remains strong after overnight bullishness proves its staying power. 6979 Total views 54 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) held $65,000 during Nov. 8 as major gains seemed unfazed by Tesla (TSLA) stock losing 5% at the Wall Street open. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewBitcoin beats Tesla by market capData from Cointelegraph Markets…

After a rocky road with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, key decision-makers at Libra have gone back to the drawing board to re-tool their cryptocurrency platform to be more palatable to regulators.First of all, Libra has applied for a payment system license from Swiss regulator FINMA (Swiss Financial Markets Supervisory Authority). This is…