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news Online payments giant PayPal has been awarded a patent for a technique that could detect a type of crypto malware and mitigate its effects. First filed in September 2016 and awarded Tuesday by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the patent outlines how taking advantage of existing system data caches can help detect…

news Cryptocurrency miners in Iran could face higher electricity bills if Iran’s Energy Minister gets his way. On Sunday The Financial Tribune quoted minister Homayoun Haeri as saying that energy used by cryptocurrency miners in Iran should be charged in real prices and not be subsidized by the government. Iran’s government spends about $1 billion…

The latest in a series of election polls purchased by industry groups produced the answers they wanted to hear, that some number of voters say they'll make decisions with crypto top-of-mind. With the statistical grains of salt the survey methods require, the results do broadly indicate increased crypto interest among U.S. voters. The latest crypto

This article originally appeared in First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily newsletter, putting the latest moves in crypto markets in context. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every day.Latest Prices(CoinDesk)Top StoriesBitcoin fell below $61,000 on Thursday as the crypto market continued its downward movement that has persisted throughout the week. BTC dipped to $60,815 at around

Aug 27, 2020 at 09:30 UTCUpdated Aug 27, 2020 at 09:31 UTCNew York Stock Exchange (photo.ua/Shutterstock)The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has given the green light for the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to allow some companies to raise capital without the expense of an IPO. In a Wednesday order, the SEC approved the exchange…

FEATURE CLS, the bank-owned currency trading utility, and IBM have gone live with their blockchain-based payment netting service after more than two years in development. Investment banking giants Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are the first companies to use the newly launched CLSNet, with six more participants from North America, Europe and Asia, including Bank of…

Apr 16, 2020 at 19:00 UTCNLW breaks down libra’s new fiat-pegged model, DCEP’s trial app and China’s Blockchain Service NetworkFor more episodes and free early access before our regular 3 p.m. Eastern time releases, subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Stitcher, RadioPublica, IHeartRadio or RSS.This week saw the latest salvos in the…

news A number of apps in Microsoft’s app store have been found to be able to illicitly mine cryptocurrency. The eight apps, discovered by Symantec on Jan. 17, hosted a version of Coinhive, a script for mining the monero cryptocurrency that has proved popular with cyber criminals. In a blog post on the discovery, Symantec said it had reported the…

Nov 10, 2020 at 12:00 UTCTelokanda weather balloons will record a variety of data and store the information on the Telos blockchain.(Telokanda)West African Program Will Store Weather Data on Telos BlockchainTelos has partnered with open-source weather technology company Telokanda Weather Group to launch an initiative to collect and share weather data in West Africa on…