Crimeware-as-a-service: A new threat to crypto users

Hong Kong and Singapore’s wealthy elite appear to be looking at digital assets with fervor, after a new report from KPMG suggesting over 90% of family offices and high-net-worth individuals (HNWI) are interested in investing in the digital assets space or have already done so. According to an Oct. 24 report from KPMG China and Aspen…

Crypto debit card BlockCard, built by blockchain company Ternio, has increased user rewards to almost 7%. “Starting April 14th, all BlockCard users (existing and new) will be entitled to earn 6.38% back in cryptocurrency rewards on all BlockCard purchases - with no ceiling on the amount they can earn,” Ternio founder and COO Ian Kane told…

Average gas fees hit a new all-time high of $17.5 per transaction on Feb. 3, triggering some exchanges to halt Ether and ERC-20 withdrawals. 3117 Total views 10 Total shares Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid has temporarily disabled Ether (ETH) withdrawals as the altcoin hits new all-time highs.According to a Feb. 4 announcement, Liquid has halted…

Weekly Bitcoin trading volumes in the Philippines peso grew steadily on Paxful this year and eventually hit a new high in July. 447 Total views 23 Total shares Despite some level of regulatory uncertainty around cryptocurrency in the Philippines, one platform has recorded a massive influx of Bitcoin (BTC) trading activity recently.Bitcoin trading volumes in…

The Russian state pension fund (PFR), the country’s largest social service, has recently suggested implementing blockchain technology in labor relations, local news outlet Izvestiya reports Wednesday, August 29, citing the organization’s press center. The fund plans to introduce smart contracts to be used as employment contracts between employers and employees. Such agreements could be made…

DeVine is the second celebrity to partner with Bitget since the exchange brought on Argentine football star Lionel Messi last October. 192 Total views 11 Total shares American actor and comedian Adam DeVine has appeared in a new paid advertisement created by crypto exchange Bitget.“Now it’s time to make our wildest dreams come true. Trade…

Open-source payments network, Celo (cGLD), announced on March 31 that it had awarded $700,000 in developer grant funding to 16 startups looking to build on the Celo network. Cointelegraph spoke to Xochitl Cazador, the head of ecosystem growth at cLabs — the company behind Celo — to discuss what they look for from grant applicants, and…

A federal magistrate judge has denied the SEC's request to gain immediate access to Binance.US's software, asking the regulator to provide more specific requests for discovery. 102 Total views 2 Total shares The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has failed to win immediate access to Binance.US's software in a Sept. 18 hearing, with

A Japanese court has acquitted a man who was accused of illicitly mining cryptocurrency by using the computing power of visitors to his website, Japan Today reported on March 27.The Yokohama District Court reportedly ordered to acquit a 31-year-old website designer, who allegedly ran Coinhive on his website to mine digital currency. The program allows…