Hackers steal a million dollars from BeeToken
BeeToken, the digital currency startup based on Ethereum, has become a target of hackers. Miscreants launched the dissemination of phishing email messages simultaneously with the ICO launch. The screenshots show a message looking quite similar to the real one, indicating the hackers’ social engineering skills
01 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Medvedev: cryptocurrency must be regulated on the international level
Russian Prime Minister talks about the joint regulation of digital currencies on the international scale, both within the framework of the EAEC and beyond. Previously there has been no EAEC-based cryptocurrency initiatives or even mentionings of them by the officials
01 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Coinbase sends its users a tax form
The big cryptocurrency exchange called Coinbase does not want any more discussions with the Internal Revenue Service and thus sends some clients a tax form. Learn about how likely that your account would receive anything similar
01 February 2018 21:00, UTC
New mining viruses use the same breach WannaCry exploited
Yet another remote mining threat - when the money are transferred to the wallets of hackers, and mining is being done by the computers of victims. This time, hackers used the same breach as WannaCry authors did. Find out the botnet size and what botnet is
01 February 2018 21:00, UTC
India to eliminate cryptocurrency payments - Finance Minister
The government of India seems to have decided it will not welcome the use of cryptocurrencies within the country’s borders, reports one of the most respectable financial outlets. This decision has been confirmed by the Finance Minister of the country
31 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Maduro: Petro token to launch 20 February
The oil-backed national cryptocurrency in Venezuela has been developed, according to Nicolas Maduro. Note that the same person is fond of conspiracy theories and thinks ordering businesses to trade at “fair prices” can fix the economic state somehow
31 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Experty ICO investors duped by hackers
The initial coin offering investors have become a target of hackers who managed to get their hands on the list of said investors. They sent an email in which asked for funds transfer, and below you can find out how much they gained as a result
30 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Bitcoin heist in Great Britain
This time, criminals do not make the victim give the BTC hardware wallet and do not disappear with the cash safe, instead making the victim to transfer money at gunpoint. The press believes this is the first ever Bitcoin heist in the United Kingdom
30 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Bad rumors on Tether and Bitfinex lying about assets
The big token project might contain some properties of a fraud scheme, the community fears; meanwhile, one of the respectable financial outlets presents the news from December as a new event
30 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Facebook and Instagram both prohibit ICO and crypto advertisement
Latest Mark Zuckerberg’s initiatives were met with criticism, but this one risks to become one of his biggest mistakes by far: Facebook and Instagram (belonging to Facebook) decide to ban cryptocurrency-related advertisements
30 January 2018 21:00, UTC
British Royal Mint to trade gold through own tokens
The British Royal Mint representative describes the token backed by physical gold, and unlike with Tether, there are more reasons to believe this organization. Learn about the probable downside of this token below
30 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Looming uncertainties impact future of bitcoin in Egypt
Bitnewtoday discuss what future awaits bitcoin in Egypt and what impact uncertainties with regulations have on the development of cryptocurrencies in this country
30 January 2018 21:00, UTC
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Prodeum fake ICO paid people to write on their bodies for advertising
In addition to the news we have described yesterday, there is also a peculiar tactical move the fraudsters made during the times everybody still believed them. Prodeum paid some people to write a message on their bodies, Web users found out
29 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Taiwan’s MaiCoin founder: mainland violated “do no harm” principle with crypto regulation
29 January 2018 21:00, UTC
AriseBank is a scam, court and business community confirm
AriseBank expelled from Texas because this organization is not a bank at all, and such brend baiting is illegal according to local courts. Find out who led the project and his previous business history
29 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Prodeum ICO is a $6 million fraud
The leaders of Prodeum are not without chutzpah - before vanishing with the funds of clients, some of the managers has changed the project website into a blank page with a single obscene word on it
28 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Monetary Authority of Singapore: Bitcoin’s fall won’t provoke new 2008
The central bank of one of the most developed financial hubs in Southeast Asia tells that his organization would interfere with the market when it’s needed, and implies it is easy to analyze it due to its size
28 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Coincheck cryptocurrency exchange hacked: key facts
Find out the reaction of blockchain and cryptocurrency community to this event, when was Coincheck hacked, what promises the leadership of the exchange already made to victims and if Bitcoin price was affected - all in this material
28 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Mining viruses infiltrate YouTube
Malvertising is slowly consuming advertising, and for a regular user there are less and less reasons not to use ad blockers. But this hurts the advertisement and marketing industry, with YouTube as the latest example
28 January 2018 21:00, UTC
New ICO draft bill in Russia, this time from Central Bank, tells who and who cannot lead ICOs
Please do not confuse it with the latest bill proposed by the Finance Ministry of the Russian Federation, while this one mostly focused on initial coin offerings, the FinMin’s outlines more general principles
25 January 2018 21:00, UTC