North Korean hackers expand social engineering operation to IT firms: Report
The government of North Korea (DPRK) has reportedly employed various hacking groups, most notably the Lazarus Group, to seal crypto in recent years.
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Experts Concerned Over Twitter’s Ability to Tweet on Behalf of Users
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Sony Electronics Singapore accepts USDC payments through Crypto.com
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Price analysis 6/7: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, DOGE, MATIC, SOL, DOT, LTC
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Network of Self-Service Kiosks Will Allow Public to Pay Bills and Make Purchases in Crypto
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Centralized data management hampered the global response to COVID-19
The COVID-19 outbreak, just like any other black swan event before it, revealed systemic weaknesses in a wide variety of industries and processes. With the information age now in full swing, this particular event emphasized the critical importance of data management, and it highlighted the failure of status quo data management systems. In terms of the…

Thanks to Ethereum, ‘altcoin’ is no longer a slur
Altcoin originally meant “Bitcoin alternative” because, in the early stages of cryptocurrency development, every blockchain-based currency was seen as a sort of Bitcoin (BTC) knockoff. Cryptocurrencies back then were mainly used for payments, such as Litecoin (LTC), XRP (XRP) and Peercoin (PPC). Altcoin was used as a catchall term for cryptocurrencies other than Bitcoin. That’s changed…

El Salvador minister says it’s too early to use Bitcoin for wages
It’s too soon to talk about Bitcoin-based wages in El Salvador, Minister Rolando Castro stated. 2176 Total views 6 Total shares El Salvador’s Minister of Labor and Social Welfare has said that the country is not yet ready to adopt Bitcoin (BTC) for salary payments.In a Wednesday tweet, Rolando Castro denied local reports which claimed…