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Specialists from Cisco Talos have found the Prometei botnet, which used computer systems to extract Monero (XMR). It was reported in the company's blog. Prometei is capable of disabling security controls, copying files, and disguising itself as other programs to set up illegal mining operations....

Latvian law enforcement officers have detained three suspects in the purchase of personal data on the darknet and the subsequent hacking of victims' accounts on various online platforms. During the arrest, the police seized 110 thousand euros in cryptocurrencies, according to the website of the...

The Ant Group, the fintech subdivision of Chinese tech conglomerate Alibaba, which includes payment processor Alipay, has launched a new AntChain brand. It will be used in the company's blockchain solutions. In a conversation with The Block, a company representative said that the developed...

The Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA), which regulates the digital asset industry in the country, has approved the native OMG Network token. The Japanese trading platform GMO Coin announced this on July 22 with the announcement of the listing of the OMG Network (OMG) token. OMG is the 27th...

The most popular altcoin Ether (ETH) demonstrated the best performance of the top ten cryptocurrencies over the past day. The coin has risen in price by more than 7% and reached its highest level since the end of February 2020. At the time of the publication of this review, ETH was trading slightly...

Formal Verification analysts in collaboration with Glassnode released a report on the on-chain state of the largest cryptocurrency in the second quarter. Researchers note the growing role of bitcoin as a means of payment. In recent years, both the number of transactions and their average cost have...

The deputies of the Russian Duma approved in the third reading the law “On digital financial assets”. It will enter into force in 2021. The adopted law will have a big "influence" on the Russian crypto industry. One of the main points of the adopted law for the cryptocurrency...

The video hosting YouTube claims that it is not immune to cryptocurrency fraud, which is built in the form of video content or descriptions. In April, Ripple's lawyers and CEO Brad Garlinghouse filed a lawsuit against YouTube for failing to stop XRP scammers. Garlinghouse and his team argue that...

The number of searches on the Internet on the topic of altcoin Chainlink (LINK) has grown to an all-time high. The popularity of the token is now at the highest level in the entire history of observation. This trend is directly related to the achievements of the coin, which made it to the list of...

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao says bitcoin will eventually break out of the $ 9000 - $ 9500 corridor, although it is holding steady. On July 19, speaking with Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia, Zhao commented on the cryptocurrency's record-low volatility in the past few weeks, when the coin has been relatively...

The famous Canadian astronaut and fan of blockchain technology Chris Hadfield became the owner of the first bitcoins in his life, symbolically receiving them from a space satellite located 35,000 km from Earth. The event was broadcast during the Asia Blockchain Summit 2020 held last week. The $100...

Julius Baer, one of the five largest banks in Switzerland, increased its adjusted net income by 34% in the first half-year. One of the drivers for improving the situation could be the offer of services for the trade and custodian storage of digital assets. In January-June, the bank's net profit...

The Central Bank of France (Banque de France) has announced that it will begin experiments related to the digital euro. To this end, the bank has selected eight potential candidates to help integrate CBDC into interbank settlements. These are companies such as Accenture, HSBC, Societe Generale,...

The Japanese central bank has announced the creation of a new working group to study CBDC, Reuters reports. A closer study of this issue by the Japanese regulator was prompted by an increase in demand for cashless payments and growing attention to CBDC from other central banks. The group will...

Prompt moves by cryptocurrency exchanges have allowed users to save at least $300,000 in the recent Twitter hack, Forbes reports. Trading platforms began taking action to counter cybercriminals minutes after the fake tweets appeared, while the first restrictive steps by the social network's...

The head of the investment company Euro Pacific Capital, Peter Schiff, continues to criticize bitcoin via Twitter. On his social media page over the weekend, he published a series of posts in which he tried to explain that BTC is a pyramid scheme. Schiff has repeatedly criticized Bitcoin in the...

The Canadian Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has accused the Coinsquare crypto exchange of market manipulation. The regulator said in a statement that the trading platform misleads customers by overstating the trading volume. Besides, the exchange is accused of legalizing criminal proceeds and...

Venezuelans living in government apartments will not be able to mine. The head of the Ministry of Environment and Construction of Venezuela Ildemaro Villarroel told about the corresponding ban on the mining of cryptocurrency. He stressed that those citizens of the country who live in areas where...