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Crypto-Related Crime Might Be Top Cyberattack of 2018

According to a cybersecurity expert, crypto is where the real danger lies this year, as cyberattacks related to the nascent industry will surpass all other types.Lotem Finkelsteen is a threat intelligence analyst with the Israeli cybersecurity company Check Point Software Technologies who warns...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Revealed: Details of Japanese Regulator’s Orders to Censured Exchanges

Further details have emerged as to what Japan’s financial regulator, the Financial Services Agency (FSA), requires of the cryptocurrency exchanges it hit with business improvement orders last week. Six major Japanese exchanges were handed a list of demands, including BitFlyer, Japan’s...

, by Tim Alper

Financial Sector Urges South Korea to Police Crypto Exchanges

A lack of governmental and legal support is exposing South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges – and the banks dealing with them – to considerable risk from money launderers and hackers, say financial experts in the country.The regulatory Financial Supervisory Commission held talks with...

, by Tim Alper

Blockchain Is Saving Trust By Making It Irrelevant

Trust is in crisis. Since witnessing a healthy peak of 77% in 1964 (according to data concerning the US government), it has repeatedly sunk to discouraging lows. In 2017, only 47% of the general global population trusted the 'four institutions'—the government, the media, business, and...

, by Simon Chandler

Julien Bouteloup Strikes Again, This Time With FlyingCarpet

FlyingCarpet is a UK-based startup led by Julien Bouteloup, who wowed the world by developing a device called IDbox, which would enable people to create a unique identification and also personally access grid electricity via an analog phone in Papua New Guinea. Now he’s taken it a step...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

15 Hard Questions To EOS (Part I)

After a number of delays and teething problems, the EOS mainnet is finally live. Its launch benefitted from the biggest initial coin offering (ICO) of all time, but despite aiming to build the world's leading platform for decentralised applications (Dapps), it's been criticised from some quarters...

, by Simon Chandler

Market Looks Bad? These 20 Crypto Jokes Will Cheer You Up (Maybe)

As the internet became commonplace, memes became the norm for expressing your ideas and sense of humor. Of course, the cryptocurrency space is not clear from them either - it would be worrying if it were - and to see what memes the space has spawned is to peek into the minds of the people...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

BitFlyer Closes Door to New Clients After Regulator Slaps 6 Exchanges

BitFlyer, one of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges in Japan, announced today that they will stop accepting new customers in the foreseeable future to address issues recently identified by regulators. Regulators have issued improvement orders for bitFlyer and five other Japanese cryptocurrency...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Coin Mixers: How Do They Work and Should You Use Them?

Coin mixers are a service used by cryptocurrency owners in order to enhance the privacy and anonymity of the digital currency transactions. This is a service that is offered by third parties and is also referred to as coin tumbling. The practice of using Coin mixers became prevalent as people...

, by Alex Lielacher

Bithumb Unlikely to Get Payout Despite Millions Spent on Insurance

One of South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Bithumb, is “unlikely to receive a payout from its insurers” following a USD 32 million hack – despite the fact that it spends more on insurance policies than any other exchange in the country.News agency Yonhap reports...

, by Tim Alper

Fujitsu and Japanese Police Team up for Crypto and Blockchain Training

Japanese tech giant Fujitsu has been helping train regional police forces in the Chiba Prefecture in blockchain and cryptocurrency-related matters.Per Nikkei, Fujitsu held a series of joint, “knowledge-sharing” workshops, co-hosted with cyber police officials, briefing some 50 police...

, by Tim Alper

New Russian Regulations Could Scare off Crypto Investors

In a move to tighten state control over cryptocurrencies, Russia’s parliament Duma has developed new legislation to regulate the use of cryptocurrencies by local entities. Disappointed with its shape, local industry representatives hope that the legislation will be further modified....

, by Jaroslaw Adamowski

Crypto Bikes May Hit The Road This Autumn

A range of cryptocurrency generating electric bikes from the UK bike specialist 50cycles is supposed to hit the market this Autumn, the company announced. It promises that riding on their bikes from the TOBA series will earn cyclists LoyalCoins in the amount of GBP 20 (USD 26) for every thousand...

, by Sumejja Muratagić-Tadić

An Interview With Eximchain CEO: “We’re Very Lucky To Start Early”

“We’re not trying to reinvent the wheel but integrate with the existing infrastructure,” Hope Liu, the co-founder and CEO of Eximchain, told Cryptonews.com. We talked with her about all things related to the project and “the misunderstanding” that the world now is...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

SEC Sees No End to Complains About Coinbase

Coinbase, US-based cryptocurrency exchange, may sound like a trustworthy name in the cryptoverse, but recent allegations against it show it in a more sinister light: a series of complaints filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) show multiple users claiming to have had issues...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Bithumb Hack Shakes Investors’ Confidence: “Only Upbit is left”

The fallout from yesterday’s USD 32 million hack on South Korean major exchange Bithumb has been less severe than expected, however, the incident has dealt a major blow to investor confidence, say media reports in the country.Media analysts and web users alike have concluded: “Only...

, by Tim Alper

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