Google Cloud becomes main validator on Cronos blockchain

The individual accused of perpetrating a massive-scale hack of credit card issuer Capital One also allegedly hacked cloud customers’ servers to mine cryptocurrency for herself. Court filings published on Aug. 28 reveal that Paige A. Thompson has been indicted on charges of both perpetrating the Capital One breach and of hacking into the servers of her…

Chinese authorities arrested fifteen men suspected of corrupting an internet café administrator to mine cryptocurrency.Local crypto industry news outlet 8BTC reported on Sept. 3 that police in Henyang, a city in south central China’s Hunan province, arrested the man for cryptojacking. Over 9,000 computer administrators were reportedly involved in helping the unauthorized mining operation.A profitable…

Starknet is set to hold its first on-chain vote on Sept. 10. Hopefully, it will set a precedent for protocols to follow going forward.

In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph, macro investor Raoul Pal analyzes the macro factors that are keeping the crypto markets under pressure and the triggers that could spark the next Bitcoin rally. 1185 Total views 2 Total shares Macro investor Raoul Pal is convinced that the current crypto bear market will end only once the…

Ethereum-based layer-two blockchain scaling platform nahmii has onboarded the Norwegian Block Exchange (NBX) as the first member of its governing association, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph on Aug. 16.Created by Hubii, nahmii is designed to solve the transaction speed issue on the Ethereum network, which can reportedly manage only 15 transactions per…

Unaudited contracts resulted in its death after all. A bug in the hastily-developed contracts for Yam Finance resulted in the governance contracts being “permanently broken” and $750,000 worth of Curve tokens locked from use.Andre Cronje, DeFi developer and founder of the yEarn protocol, told Cointelegraph that this resulted from a bugged rebase function.Yam is supposed to…

UAE lawyer Irina Heaver told Cointelegraph that the policy shift could signal a “less favorable environment” for crypto in the UAE.

The average contribution was just over $1,300. A new way of conducting token sales spearheaded by ConsenSys Codefi achieved its first success, with the planned sale of Skale Network tokens collecting just over $5 million.As Cointelegraph reported in February, the Skale token sale was the first to be launched on the Activate platform developed by…

Bitcoin (BTC) tested $23,000 as support on the Aug. 1 Wall Street open with key moving averages in focus. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView200-week moving average gets big attentionData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC/USD as bulls and bears battled for control amid a tight trading range.Bitcoin had inspired with its highest weekly…