Daily Archives: 04/12/2020

S&P Dow Jones Indices will launch cryptocurrency indices in 2021

The management of S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI), a division of the US market index provider S&P Global, announced that it will launch 550 cryptocurrency indices in 2021. The data provider will be Lukka, a New York-based digital currency company. S&P DJI’s director of strategic development and innovation, Peter Roffman, said the initiative would make it easier for investors to access cryptocurrencies as an asset class. This can partially reduce the volatility of the…

CipherTrace Warns of Rise in MetaMask Wallet Fraud

CipherTrace has issued a fraud alert with extensions to the Google Chrome browser masquerading as the MetaMask cryptocurrency wallet. In its warning, CipherTrace writes that over the past 24 hours, there has been a “significant increase in complaints and comments about the loss of digital assets” following the installation of the fraudulent wallet. The cryptocurrency community has criticized MetaMask, saying the company is not making enough efforts to combat counterfeit wallets. To which MetaMask Product…