Fake Zoom malware steals crypto while it’s ‘stuck’ loading, user warns

Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov promised to distribute money from crypto mining at the hydropower plant to “ordinary people.” 399 Total views 2 Total shares The Kyrgyz Republic, a central Asian state bordering China, is reportedly growing its cryptocurrency mining powers with support of the local government.Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has given a nod to building…

Stablecoins provide a false sense of security. They give the impression to the uninitiated and/or uncaring that a particular coin is pegged to the U.S. dollar, or an equivalent of the dollar in terms of value and stability, and that if you want to convert your stablecoin to dollars, you can do so easily and…

Block Inc. posted $1.47B worth of profit in Q2 but BTC trading services profit only accounted for $41 million of that figure, with the firm citing price volatility and a lack of consumer demand. 276 Total views 13 Total shares Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s digital payments firm Block Inc. saw its year-on-year (YoY) profits…

Major American cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase released key findings about awareness and adoption trends related to digital currency in the United States in a blog post published on June 28.Coinbase’s survey that spans the past year and 2,000 participants revealed that cryptocurrency awareness in the U.S. has continued growing, with 58% of Americans having heard about…

This week’s headlines from Japan included BitBank exchange adding three trading pairs, Bitpoint exchange posting decreased fiscal year totals, Bitpoint adding information on its 2019 hack, and Binance donating masks to Japanese nursing homes through its charity arm. Check out some of this week’s crypto and blockchain headlines, originally reported by Cointelegraph Japan.BitBank adds three more…

Bitcoin (BTC) dropped to local lows of $33,750 on June 20 as fears over weak support levels proved to be well founded. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD swiftly dropping below $34,000 on Sunday after choppy behavior at the start of the weekend.A comedown from resistance at near $40,000…

Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week and a new month on a cautiously positive footing after protecting crucial levels.After an intense July in which macro factors provided significant volatility, BTC price action managed to provide both a weekly and monthly candle favoring the bulls.The road to some form of recovery continues, and at some points…

A privacy expert who compared some of the most popular browsers on the market reached an unambiguous conclusion: Brave trumps competition. Trinity College Dublin’s chair of computer systems, Dr. Douglas Leigth, authored a study comparing Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Microsoft Edge and Yandex in terms of how much personal data they share with backend servers. Brave’s…

The funds were seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Recovery efforts for the remaining funds are ongoing. Via a July 6 announcement, cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex says it has received $312,219.71 in cash and 6.917 in Bitcoin Cash (BCH) from the United States Department of Homeland Security. The seizure was conducted in cooperation with U.S.…