Daily Archives: 15/01/2021

Ledger will update its privacy policy to improve the protection of customer data

Cryptocurrency hardware wallet maker Ledger has revealed details of the personal data breach of 292,000 customers and an update to its privacy policy. According to an article in the Ledger blog, the company intends to update its data privacy policy to minimize future damage from the leaked personal data of customers last year. The data breach started back in April 2020 and affected approximately 292,000 customers. As Ledger found out last month, the hack was…

Macquarie: “government digital currencies may lose to cryptocurrencies”

According to a report by Australian investment bank Macquarie, government digital currencies could lose the race against cryptocurrencies if they become too entrenched in e-commerce. This applies to all central banks, including the US Federal Reserve System (FRS) and the European Central Bank (ECB). Macquarie experts believe that government stablecoins are lagging far behind cryptocurrencies, which are rapidly entering the market. So, in early November, the PayPal payment system added the ability to buy, sell…