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The recently released personal identification authorization tool Telegram Passport from messenger app Telegram is vulnerable to brute force attacks, according to an Aug. 1 report by cryptographic software and services developer Virgil Security, Inc. On July 26, Telegram announced the launch of Telegram Passport designed to encrypt users’ personal ID information and let them share…

Congressman Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts introduced a bill on April 23 to establish a blockchain network capable of monitoring the SNS. 1180 Total views 32 Total shares U.S. Congressman Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts has introduced a bill to establish a blockchain network capable of overseeing the distribution of personal protection equipment, ventilators and other necessary…

The United States federal government’s default on its debt has been averted — at least for now. On Oct. 7, the Senate voted to increase the debt limit by $480 billion, a sum needed for the world’s biggest borrower to keep paying off its obligations until early December.The deal secured a temporary resolution for a…

Elon Musk appears to have again been the catalyst for Bitcoin’s price shedding more than 10% over the weekend after Tesla's CEO appeared to suggest the firm may be planning to dump BTC from its balance sheet this quarter.On May 16, Musk replied to a tweet predicting that Tesla may dump its BTC holdings this…

California’s campaign regulator has recently banned Bitcoin (BTC) from political donations, the Associated Press reports Friday, September 21.In August, the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) had considered allowing donations in cryptocurrencies. The watchdog planned to discuss the use of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies for political contributions and discuss their adoption.The FPPC then held a vote…

After hitting a $43,000 local low on Feb. 28, Bitcoin (BTC) price rallied 28% to retake the $57,000 level on Mar. 10. As the Feb. 21 to Feb. 23 massive $5.9 billion liquidations caused by excessive long leverage seem long gone, futures contracts reached a $20.3 billion all-time high.This time, as Bitcoin rallied to $57,000,…

Sunday, September 16: crypto markets have seen a mix of red and green today, with some small fluctuations and total market cap holding position.Market visualization from Coin360Bitcoin (BTC) is negligibly up on the day, and trading at around $6,504 at press time. The major cryptocurrency is holding weekly gains, up about 5.1 percent over the…

A 20-year-old has been charged for his role in dozens of SIM-swap attacks, including an attempt to extort a physician out of 100 Bitcoin. 2154 Total views 21 Total shares Californian Richard Yuan Li, 20, has been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud for his role in SIM-swap attacks targeting at least 20 individuals,…

Some Parity and OpenEthereum users are stuck between a bugged client and a months-long resync. An update in the OpenEthereum client, the community successor of the Parity client for Ethereum, made the nodes running on the new version essentially useless.The bug appears to have been introduced in the 2.7.2 version of OpenEthereum, upon which the…