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Etherscan and OpenEthereum are stuck on one block shortly after Berlin hard fork. 698 Total views 10 Total shares The OpenEthereum client for Ethereum, formerly known as the Parity client, is reportedly malfunctioning for a number of users on Thursday afternoon UTC, including the popular block explorer Etherscan.According to multiple user reports on Github, the…

The crypto and blockchain industry’s go-to encrypted messenger app Telegram has released a personal identification authorization tool, according to an official statement published July 26. The tool, dubbed Telegram Passport, reportedly encrypts a user’s personal ID information and let’s users securely share their ID data with third parties, which the Telegram post elaborates on as…

This week’s cybersecurity news from around the crypto space covers bug fixes, phishing scams, crypto exchange hacks and more.

This week’s cybersecurity news from around the crypto space covers bug fixes, phishing scams, crypto exchange hacks and more.

A memecoin drawing its name from the Grok AI project plummeted after allegations its social media account was recycled from that of a former scam token. 416 Total views 4 Total shares The price of a memecoin drawing its namesake from Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence project “Grok” plummeted over 70% after blockchain sleuth ZachXBT alleged

Cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex remains confident that it has identified and fixed an error that caused a number of erroneous trades on the platform earlier this week. On Feb. 12, Poloniex made a decision to reverse all trades that took place during an 11-minute period due to a software error. The bug caused trades to be…

While Russia is facing disagreement over the legal status of Telegram and crypto, both continue operating in the country. 907 Total views 42 Total shares A major state authority in Russia has objected to the State Duma’s proposal to cancel the ban on Telegram’s encrypted messenger in the country.Russia’s Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and…

Former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chairman Christopher Giancarlo, who had parted ways with the regulator this summer, has stated that he expects 2019 to be the year when regulators may start considering some response to cryptocurrencies.Giancarlo voiced his opinion during an interview with industry news outlet The Block published on Oct. 9, stating:“I would…