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Tag: Crypto
Meet the most promising crypto startups of 2022, according to investors
Wow, it's already Monday. If you've not already "quiet quit" your job, you've probably at least heard the term, and have likely read stories of people doing the absolute least (like Conan O'Brien's assistant, who quiet quit before it was "cool"). You can also listen to her story on The Refresh from Insider, available here. […]
Elon Musk’s crypto interview was broadcast on the South Korean government’s YouTube channel that was hacked and renamed ‘SpaceX Invest’
The cyberattack saw the South Korean government's official YouTube channel broadcasting a June interview with billionaire Elon Musk. NTB/Carina Johansen via REUTERS The South Korean government's YouTube channel was breached to stream cryptocurrency videos. The cyberattacker renamed the channel "SpaceX Invest" and broadcast an interview with Elon Musk. It's the third YouTube channel run by […]
February Crypto Highs And Lows
Article was originally published on MintDice. The first week of February was marked by heavy downward movements for many digital currencies. However, the middle of the month saw some recovery, leading up to surprising bull runs in the fourth week. Bitcoin: Just like January, BTC mostly traded below $4000 throughout February. It had a weak […]
Bitcoin crashes to new 2018 low as crypto market continues nosedive
Bitcoin plunged more than 12 percent on Friday, falling below $ 3,400, its lowest point in over a year. The world’s most popular cryptocurrency is worth six times less than it was last December, when it traded at $ 20,000. Bitcoin traded at around $ 3,389 as of 9:30am GMT on Friday, falling around 12.2 […]
Police decrypt 258,000 messages after breaking pricey IronChat crypto app
Enlarge (credit: Brian Smithson / Flickr) Police in the Netherlands said they decrypted more than 258,000 messages sent using IronChat, an app billed as providing end-to-end encryption that was endorsed by National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden. In a statement published Tuesday, Dutch police said officers achieved a “breakthrough in the interception and decryption of […]
Winklevoss twins claim famed crypto evangelist stole 5,000 bitcoins from them
Enlarge / (L-R) Nathaniel Popper and Charlie Shrem attend Tribeca Talks: After The Movie: The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin during the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival at the SVA Theater on April 23, 2014, in New York City. (credit: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival) Two of the world’s most famous bitcoin […]
Intel CPUs fall to new hyperthreading exploit that pilfers crypto keys
Enlarge (credit: Intel) Over the past 11 months, the processors running our computers, and in some cases phones, have succumbed to a host of attacks. Bearing names such as Meltdown and Spectre, BranchScope, TLBleed, and Foreshadow, the exploits threaten to siphon some of our most sensitive secrets—say passwords or cryptographic keys—out of the silicon microarchitecture […]
The crypto world is going wild for ‘stablecoins’ — here’s everything you need to know about them
‘Stablecoins’ are the hottest thing in crypto right now, with over 50 projects in development. A ‘stablecoin’ is a cryptocurrency that’s price is pegged to a real-world asset like gold or the dollar. Here’s a guide to what they’re used for, how they work, and why people are excited about them. LONDON — The latest […]
A member of Congress dipped her toes into crypto — and likely took a big hit
AP/J. Scott Applewhite US Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii bought ethereum and litecoin in December 2017, a financial filing shows Even if the Democrat bought the coins at their lowest prices of the month, she would still be well in the red today. Watch ethereum and litecoin trade in real time here. Tulsi Gabbard could be […]
