South Korea confiscates cryptocurrency worth $2.3 million for the first time
The Supreme Court of South Korea confirmed the decision taken by the lower court to confiscate 191 bitcoins worth $2.3 million from a pornographic portal founder.
Weiss upgrades bitcoin rating
The US-based rating agency Weiss published updated rating on 93 cryptocurrencies. Seven cryptocurrencies from the top 10 by capitalization are named the best.
German region sells confiscated cryptocurrencies for record €12 million
The authorities of Bavaria announced to have attracted €12 million via selling confiscated bitcoins and altcoins, making it the largest sale of its kind in Germany.
South Korean National Assembly calls for lifting ICO ban
Almost eight months after South Korea completely bans ICOs, the National Assembly calls for development of legislature rules in order to lift this ban.
Chinese researchers: blockchain projects live on average 1.2 years
Recent years saw a rapid growth in the number of blockchain projects, which managed to attract multimillion-dollar investments. But their life only slightly exceeds a year on average.
Сentralised services never to be safe
We discussed with Vladislav Kuznetsov, CEO of Streamity, the development of decentralized payment systems.
Research: there are "epic vulnerabilities" in EOS
The China-based cybersecurity firm Qihoo 360 claims to have discovered a number of serious bugs in the EOS network days ahead of its launch.
Almost two thirds of Japanese largest taxpayers made profit from cryptocurrency operations in 2017
331 largest taxpayers of Japan filed income from cryptocurrency operations, with overall number of largest taxpayers with income exceeding 100 million yen amounting to 549.
Research: scammers use information about upcoming ICO to target their phishing attacks
Cybercriminals are increasingly using information about upcoming token crowdsales in order to target their phishing attacks on possible investors.
WISEBITCOIN LAUNCHES THE FIRST EVER CRYPTOCURRENCY TRADING
PLATFORM WITH LEVERAGE LEVELS UP TO 20:1
Cryptocurrency trading just became faster and easier than ever before with the launch of Wisebitcoin, the world’s first cryptocurrency trading service offering leverage levels up to 20:1 utilizing the MetaTrader 5 trading engine.
EXPERTS WOW AS MARK.SPACE LAUNCHES UNIT EXCHANGE AND
ESIGNER RENDERS
MAY 25, 2018 – MARK.SPACE, which operates world’s first open-source, platform-agnostic 3D, VR and AR-compatible ecosystem, today announced two major technological developments: the upcoming launch of their own unit trading platform UNITEX, as well as some spectacular additions to the design of their virtual universe – a rich variety of highly-realistic and thematic 3D renders.
Criminals steal $1.2 billion in cryptocurrencies since 2017
Since the beginning of 2017, cybercriminals have stolen about $1.2 billion in cryptocurrencies, and only 20% were returned.
Federal Reserve of Minneapolis: cryptocurrency industry turned into farce
The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis accused the cryptocurrency market of unregulated chaos and dominance of fraudsters and called the industry a "farce".
Russian Central Bank cracks down on cryptocurrencies
The Governor of the Russian Central Bank called cryptocurrencies "crypto thing" and stressed that these assets can not be considered as money or reliable store of value.
Tradingene Trading Algorithms Marketplace Announces Developers’ Contest
By the condition of the contest, the applicants have to create and test their trading algorithm and evaluate the next deal possible of the algorithm. The winners shall be awarded tokens of the Tradingene project, which will start a tokensale as of May 16.
US authorities open criminal investigation into bitcoin price manipulation
The US Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation of possible manipulations on the cryptocurrency market, aimed to artificially move up or down the price of bitcoin or altcoins.
