30% of UK Firms Hit by Crypto Mining Malware in a Month: Survey

Nov 19, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC(kentoh/iStock via Getty Images Plus)A Crypto Ally as Top US Bank Regulator?President Trump has nominated former Coinbase counsel Brian Brooks to a full five-year term as Comptroller of the Currency, but will he be confirmed in time?For more episodes and free early access before our regular 3 p.m. Eastern time releases,…

Bitcoin was designed to be an alternative to the traditional financial and monetary systems that anyone in the world with an internet connection could access. For it to more fully accomplish this — especially as fees on the base layer price many users out — Bitcoin needs an update, many advocates say. And, according to

In another day of crypto market drudgery, bitcoin (BTC) briefly feinted higher Friday before settling back into its increasingly familiar environs below $30,000. The largest digital asset by market capitalization was recently trading at $29,904, up 0.3%.Ether (ETH), the second largest cryptocurrency, remained largely unfazed during the day, lingering at around its weekly low below…

Donald Trump has doubled down on his opposition to central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) at a rally in Laconia, New Hampshire Monday Night.“Vivek wanted this: I will never allow the creation of a Central Bank Digital Currency,” Trump said, referring to crypto-friendly candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, a critic of CBDCs, who recently suspended his campaign after

markets View Bitcoin is on track to test $9,000, having dived out of a narrowing price range earlier this week. The cryptocurrency is likely to end August on a negative note, having suffered losses in July and January. BTC may suffer a deeper price drop over the next few months, possibly to the 200-day moving…

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Angel Soler Gollonet/Shutterstock.comThe Mirage of the Money Printer: Why the Fed Is More PR Than Policy, Feat. Jeffrey P. SniderThe meme is “money printer go brrr,” but according to this macro expert, central banks have almost no power to actually influence money itself. For more episodes and free early access before our regular 3 p.m. Eastern time…

news Global crypto finance firm XBTO International (XBTOI) has gained legal status in Bermuda. XBTOI acquired a Bermuda Monetary Authority License under the island’s 2018 Digital Asset Business Act according to a statement. Moving to Bermuda in April 2018, XBTOI is the third firm to receive a license from the regulator to date. Per its…

Singapore-based on-chain fund protocol Solv Protocol has raised $6 million in a new funding round. Investors in the round included Laser Digital, a subsidiary of Japanese banking giant Nomura Securities. The capital will help the startup expand its team and continue working on the technological development of its platform.Other investors in the round included UOB…