Category Archives: Cryptocurrency News

Dash Developers have released an update for Dash Platform v0.14

The Dash Core Group recently released Dash Platform v0.14, and are planning to roll out another update to the platform towards the end of August. The Dash Core Group announced Dash Platform v0.14 on their blog last week. This release was the third in the updated regulated development process, and the fifth overall. According to the developers, new functionality will be added approximately every six weeks, and the next update will be released between August…

Free TON project: how to purchase Crystal tokens and become a validator?

The Free TON blockchain with the native TON Crystal token is ready to continue the story of Pavel Durov’s failed project. At the end of May, it became known that Telegram was stopping work on the TON project and the GRAM cryptocurrency due to pressure from the SEC, the US stock market regulator. Developers from TON Labs, together with other companies, decided to continue working on the launch of the network, but under a different…

Watchdog Capital will implement a regulated platform for issuing stock tokens

Broker-dealer Watchdog Capital, regulated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), is preparing to launch the Gladius platform for issuing stock tokens. Watchdog said in a statement that the platform will be able to provide companies with better access to capital as well as better opportunities for investors. Gladius was developed to comply with regulatory requirements and US securities laws and is currently in beta mode. Bruce Fenton, CEO of Watchdog parent company Chainstone…

18,600 BTC have already been blocked in the Ethereum blockchain to secure tokens

Equivalent $ 180 million bitcoins are locked on the Ethereum blockchain – mostly in WBTC, sBTC and renBTC tokens. Of these, about 1000 BTC are blocked on the Lightning Network. According to Dune Analytics, some $ 180 million worth of BTC is currently locked on the Ethereum blockchain. Mainly in Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) tokens, sBTC Synthetix and renBTC Ren Project – stablecoins fully backed by Bitcoin. As a reminder, 4,800 BTC were transferred to Ethereum…

The developers revealed the details of the launch of the final version of the Ethereum 2.0 testnet

The Ethereum development team has revealed the details and conditions for the launch of the final version of the Ethereum 2.0 testnet, called Medalla, which is scheduled for August 4th. Ethereum developer Danny Ryan recently announced that the latest version of the Ethereum 2.0 testnet will not launch until August 4th at 4:00 pm ET. This date cannot be called final, since two conditions must be met for the launch. First, you need to wait…

World Stablecoin Association established in Switzerland to develop stablecoins

In Switzerland, the World Stablecoin Association (WSA) has been established to support existing stablecoins and help develop new stable cryptocurrencies. The association was founded by the VirgoX cryptocurrency exchange and the commercial bank Global Digital Assets (GDA Capital), which operates in the field of blockchain and digital assets. The WSA is headquartered in Geneva. VirgoX CEO Adam Cai said that it is planned to attract all major projects that have issued their own stablecoins to…

Santiment: whales have moved 700,000 ETH to cryptocurrency exchanges over the past three days

The largest investors have moved 700,000 ETH, equivalent to $ 182 million, to cryptocurrency exchanges in the past three days. Analysts believe that the whales are preparing for the upward movement in the price of ETH. According to analytical resource Santiment, the transfers of 700,000 ETH in the amount of $ 182.7 million coincided with a decrease in the total balance of OTC wallets by about the same figure. This suggests that the “whales” can…

Cisco has discovered a new botnet for hidden mining Monero

Cisco Talos discovered a botnet that has been active for several months and infected more than 5,000 computers to secretly mine the confidential Monero cryptocurrency. In a report, cybersecurity analyst firm Cisco Talos, part of tech giant Cisco Systems, said it had discovered a botnet called Prometei that has been active for several months. A botnet can disable security controls, copy sensitive files, and disguise itself as other programs to set up hidden mining operations…

Ethereum 2.0 Developer Offers White Hackers $ 5,000 to Hack Test Nets

Ethereum developer Danny Ryan invited “white hackers” to hack Ethereum 2.0 testnets. The reward for discovered vulnerabilities will be $ 5,000. Danny Ryan posted on Twitter a call to look for vulnerabilities in Ethereum 2.0 testnets with a link to the Github page for more details and conditions. The targets of the “white hackers” are the codebases of mini-networks from Lighthouse and Prysm clients, designed to access the new version of the blockchain. Unlike Ethereum…

CoinGecko: Cryptocurrency Exchanges Artificially Increase Web Traffic To Their Sites

According to researchers, nearly 50% of OKEx’s internet traffic comes from advertising sites that pay for clicks in cryptocurrencies. CoinGecko analysts argue that cryptocurrency exchanges can distort the amount of internet traffic to their sites. In particular, the report says that in the second quarter of 2020, the trading volume on the OKEx cryptocurrency exchange decreased, but the volume of Internet traffic increased by 239%. This is odd, because internet traffic metrics tend to correlate…