Exmo cryptocurrency exchange manager kidnapped
The top manager of the Ukrainian company called Exmo has recently been kidnapped in Kiev, Ukraine’s capital and still has not been heard from ever since. His colleagues vow to find him as soon as possible, while telling no funds are under threat due to this grim event
28 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Poloniex to identify users in accordance with KYC
The Know Your Customer principle Poloniex decided to follow is one of the main standards of the modern business, but cryptocurrency enthusiasts might become disappointed here — it leaves less room for anonymity
28 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Secretary: do not invest in Bitcoin
The same body the Secretary of Massachusetts works in has issued a warning on Apple in the 1980s telling this company was dangerous for investors, journalists found out. In this case, William Galvin says it does not pass the “smell test”
27 December 2017 21:00, UTC
FxPro, brokerage company: Russian FinMin’s draft on crypto “moderately denies reality”
Alexander Kuptsikevich, financial analyst from FxPro, has shared his views with Bitnewstoday once again. As seen from his words, certain processes will become taxed and controlled more strictly, but the society is going to receive this law calmly
27 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Russian deputy FinMin buries cryptoruble
Alexey Moiseev, often reappearing in Bitnewstoday’s reports, told during the meeting of the public council under the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation that cryptoruble is not feasible. Moiseev is the Deputy Finance Minister
27 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Trump’s newly-signed tax plan means cryptocurrency deals will not be tax-free
26 December 2017 21:00, UTC
This Russian hacker claims he was behind WannaCry, not North Korea
Konstantin Kozlovskiy tells he was the one who developed the interface of the infamous ransomware which demanded cryptocurrency from millions in exchange for unblocking their files. Bitnewstoday can neither confirm nor reject this statement
26 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Opera to introduce anti-mining shield called NoCoin soon
It was not long before Internet browser development teams started to come up with ideas on shielding their users from a new threat — mining viruses. NoCoin will be built in the future updates of the Opera browser, developers tell
26 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Mining virus called Digmine spreaded through Facebook Messenger
It sends executable files disguised as videos and infects exclusively desktop Chrome users, which is still a big number of people
25 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Russian Parliament members to be walked through the cryptocurrency mining process
Russian State Duma Deputy Chair of the Education and Science Committee Boris Chernyshov told about the upcoming meeting of miners from 15 countries with the Russian members of parliament. According to him, this will provide them with better understanding of cryptocurrency
24 December 2017 21:00, UTC
German Bundesbank rejects official cryptocurrency plans, Israeli government does not
The German financial institution tells there will be no official, state-issued cryptocurrency in the Euro zone, meanwhile the government of Israel does not jump to conclusions and considers digital shekel
24 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Russian Finance Ministry prepares another cryptocurrency legislation draft
This new draft was described by the Finance Minister himself in the interview to the Russian TV channel. According to this draft, the right to trade cryptocurrency will only be available for qualified investors
24 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Genesis Engineering to mine cryptocurrency in Russian region with cheap energy
Hong Kong-based company called Genesis Engineering wants to use the benefits of the neighboring Russia which has much cheaper prices for power required for mining. Russian officials tell the offer is interesting yet needs to be reviewed
24 December 2017 21:00, UTC
FINRA: careful with crypto assets
Another American organization with ties to the government (although self-regulated, created by the Congress in 1939) warns of investment risks in cryptocurrency assets
21 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Belarus legalizes cryptocurrency, mining and tokens
The President of the Republic of Belarus has signed the bill that allows to own and trade cryptocurrency and issue tokens (as long as the token issuer is registered in the country’s technological park), effectively making his country one of the most liberal towards cryptocurrency in the former Soviet Union
21 December 2017 21:00, UTC
EtherDelta hacked, operations suspended
Criminals see easy money in cryptocurrency exchanges and try to attack them. They were successful with the recent EtherDelta DNS hack, funds losses do not exceed $500,000
21 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Mark Carney, Bank of England Governor: Bitcoin poses no threat to economy
The head of the Bank of England and chairman of Financial Stability Board in G20 assures that Bitcoin does not pose any threat to the wellbeing of the world market
20 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Security breach: hackers inject Monero miners on hundreds of WordPress sites
WordPress has had security problems before, but this is a wave deliberately launched by a criminal group. Brute force attacks with millions of requests witnessed by security firms yesterday
20 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies: terrorists more interested in Bitcoin due to its growth
The American research center points out the growing interest of terrorist organizations towards Bitcoin after studying open data. The fundraising did not turn out very beneficial, scientists say
20 December 2017 21:00, UTC
German Finance Ministry supports French initiative to discuss crypto at G20
Looks like the pressing issue of cryptocurrencies is interesting not only for the French authorities. Germany would like to put this issue on the agenda of the upcoming G20 summit
19 December 2017 21:00, UTC