Crypto Super PAC pours $660K into Senate race as US election closes in

Initial plans called for a 2022 rollout, but economic conditions caused the project to be reportedly shelved last year. 68 Total views 2 Total shares Apple and Goldman Sachs scrapped plans to launch an app for futures trading, CNBC reported on Sept. 19, citing people familiar with the plans. The project had an initial rollout date

When Satoshi Nakamoto released the whitepaper for Bitcoin, his vision was simple: Creating a form of electronic cash that enables payments to be sent without a bank’s involvement.Few could have anticipated how popular the cryptocurrency would end up being — let alone its impressive market cap of $635 billion. But Bitcoin’s success has largely hinged upon…

Two US-based law firms are the latest victims of the REvil malware group, which is auctioning off their sensitive data. 1688 Total views 34 Total shares Ransomware group REvil has started another auction on the dark web listing sensitive data stolen from two US-based law firms.The listing appeared June 6 through REvil’s official blog on…

The United States Senate Banking Committee has released the opening statements of David Marcus, head of Facebook’s crypto wallet Calibra today, July 15. The statements come ahead of a hearing on the Libra cryptocurrency project tomorrow in the Senate, in which Marcus will testify.In his testimony, Marcus raised the issue of Facebook’s upcoming stablecoin Libra…

Scammers have been using advanced hacking bots on Telegram designed to trick investors into divulging their two-factor authentication, leading to accounts being locked and wiped out. 544 Total views 24 Total shares Cybercriminals are using bots purchased on Telegram to trick users into giving them access to their cryptocurrency accounts. According to a report from cybersecurity…

Ethereum (ETH) might decrease issuance ten-fold by 2021, said Justin Drake, an Ethereum 2.0 researcher at the Ethereum Foundation, as technology-focused news outlet Trustnodes reported on July 5.Drake reportedly set out a possible timeline, saying:“Here’s a possible timeline (dates likely totally wrong!) highlighting the key milestones: January 2020: beacon chain launch. June 2020: eth2 light…

Two of the new Coinbase directors have previously served under US presidents, while the other has extensive experience in the management consulting industry.

Pietro Poretti, the city of Lugano’s director of the economic development division, said that their goal is to allow people to live in the city using only Bitcoin. 704 Total views 2 Total shares While Switzerland has been popular among the wealthy for its prowess in banking, the country has also been slowly welcoming those…

Who could have imagined a year ago how different our lives would be in just 12 months? Without any doubt, last November will remain a significant point in humanity’s history — the time when it all started. Although “patient zero” has not yet been confirmed — if it ever will be at all — we…