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A study by a market research firm Research Dive ensures that the global blockchain IoT market size could reach $5,802.7 million in 2026, in addition to the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) being around 91.5% projected for that period.According to India-based firm Research Dive, the increasing adoption of the IoT blockchain and the increase in…

“The Market Report” with Cointelegraph is live right now! 590 Total views 19 Total shares In this week’s show, Cointelegraph resident experts decide which layer-one protocol is more likely to rise above the rest in 2022. Join Cointelegraph host and analyst Benton Yaun alongside market analysts Jordan Finneseth and Sam Bourgi as they pick their favored…

Some Las Vegas casinos have only been allowed to return to full capacity this week. 7966 Total views 50 Total shares A Las Vegas casino-resort which aims to open for business next month has just partnered with major cryptocurrency exchange Gemini.In an announcement today, Resorts World Las Vegas said it would be allowing customers to…

Blackouts for safety inspections in China’s Xinjiang region have significantly impacted the hash rate of many top Chinese Bitcoin mining pools. 5318 Total views 20 Total shares The hashing power of top Bitcoin mining pools located in Northwest China appears to have plummeted due to a regional blackout to enable safety inspections.The news was reported…

Microsoft's security team revealed a new ransomware that is deployed in human-operated attacks. It uses "brute force" against a target company's systems management server, and mainly has targeted the healthcare sector amid the COVID-19 crisis.According to a series of tweets published by the tech giant on May 27, the human-operated ransomware attack, named "PonyFinal", requires…

Crypto channel Altcoin Daily run by brothers Aaron and Austin Arnold was reinstated by YouTube after more than two days offline. Another cryptocurrency-related YouTube channel appears to have fallen afoul of the platform's community policies.According to a July 31 tweet from crypto community members and brothers Aaron and Austin Arnold, their Altcoin Daily channel with…

Bitcoin’s node count has achieved another all-time high milestone with almost half of the nodes running on Tor. 657 Total views 3 Total shares The number of reachable Bitcoin network nodes has crossed the 13,000 mark for the first time. As previously reported by Cointelegraph, the previous all-time high was 11,613 achieved back in January.According…

Approximately $33.8 million in crypto assets was stolen from Crypto.com following a security breach on Monday. 1833 Total views 7 Total shares The Crypto.com security breach saga gets clarity with an official statement from the Singapore-based crypto exchange following a halt on withdrawals after detecting “suspicious activities” in user accounts.In a statement on Thursday, Crypto.com revealed that “4,836.26…

XRP risks declining further in the coming weeks despite its eye-grabbing intraday price moves. 856 Total views 19 Total shares XRP price saw a major spike on Aug. 26, hinting at a possible effect from some big traders.Large XRP transfers, Ripple Swell Global eventNotably, XRP's price jumped 6% to $0.37, a two-week high, during the early…