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India’s PM became a victim of cyberpunks in Twitter

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The Twitter account of Narendra Modi, India's Prime Minister, was attacked. Officials announced that the attacked account was connected with Modi's individual website and mobile app. The criminals called their account "John Wick". They sent messages requesting contributions in Bitcoin...

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17-year-old teen arrested on suspicion of Twitter hack

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US police have detained 17-year-old Tampa resident Graham Clark, accusing him of involvement in the recent attack on the social network Twitter and the fraudulent distribution of bitcoin. This was announced by the local television channel WFLA. Graham Clark is suspected of involvement in the attack...

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Exchanges saved customers' $300.000 during Twitter hack

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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...

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Twitter hackers used BitPay and Coinbase to transfer funds

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Attackers who managed to gain access to the accounts of many celebrities on Twitter transferred the received funds to a separate address. Previously, it was used to send funds to Coinbase and BitPay and CoinPayments services. #TwitterHack @coinbase @BitPay Please check the following Bitco_in...

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Twitter mentions of altcoins fell to a three-year low number

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The popularity of altcoins on Twitter has fallen significantly amid bearish sentiment in the market. In particular, this is evidenced by the data of the analytical service BitinfoCharts, writes Cointelegraph. So, the number of mentions of coins like Ethereum, Litecoin, and XRP is approaching a...

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Elon Musk admired the "dog coin" in his Twitter

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The head of Tesla, Elon Musk, shared a photograph of a dog on his Twitter and said that they have the best coin. Dogs rock pic.twitter.com/vLJGyZo5Sx— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 3, 2020 Social network users immediately perceived this as yet another statement by Musk about interest in...

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IOTA founders quarrel on Twitter: even charges of exit scam

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IOTA founder David Sonstebo and former board member Sergei Ivancheglo quarrel on Twitter. The conflict began with Ivancheglo’s tweet about refusing further cooperation on the development of the Jinn Labs startup and his readiness to sue Sonstebo with a demand to pay him 25 million MIOTA coins...

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Elon Musk complained about crypto scammers: McAfee replied

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Famous entrepreneur John McAfee believes that the problem of cryptocurrency fraud on the social network Twitter can be solved in a day. So he replied to the head of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, who said that the attackers reached a new level. Musk takes Twitter to task over fake accounts...

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Twitter now has a Bitcoin emoji: will Unicode add one?

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Jack Dorsey never hides his feelings to Bitcoin. He publicly announces that this currency is the future. On February 2, Dorsey tweeted the recently added Bitcoin emoji and tagged Unicode. That is a clear offer for the organization to add the new emoji. #bitcoin cc:@unicode— jack 🌍🌏🌎...

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Bitcoin’s price increased after Jack Dorsey’s announcement

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CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey has always talked about Bitcoin as a future of currencies. In a statement made in 2018, he has even mentioned that Bitcoin will become the world's single currency. Still, he understands that there are some improvements in the leading cryptocurrency system that need to be...

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Elon Musk wrote about Bitcoin again without fear of blocking

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The head of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, once again shook the crypto community with a tweet about the first cryptocurrency. "Bitcoin is not my safe word", the entrepreneur briefly wrote. Bitcoin is *not* my safe word— Buff Mage (@elonmusk) January 10,...

YouTube admits its mistake

Youtube admits its mistake over crypto video removal

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On December 25, YouTube has deleted crypto-related videos from its website. Currently, the popular website has reinstalled the videos, saying that they were removed "in error." Numbers of YouTubers that are focused on Bitcoin and crypto-related videos received a message about their video...

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Poloniex exchange urged to buy TRON, but then changed mind

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A message appeared on the Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange's Twitter account calling to buy TRON. After 28 minutes, the platform deleted the tweet. The removal of the post may be due to fears of the exchange of various charges on the part of not only the community but also regulators. Firstly,...

Basic Attention Token

You can now use Brave’s BAT to tip on Twitter

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One more tipping service has been attached to Twitter and it’s Brave platform. According to a post that the browser published, Brave has started tipping service and currently, it’s in its beta period. Users of Twitter are going to have an opportunity of tipping content applying Basic Attention...

Twitter talks about crypto

Twitter talks about crypto

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New research provides us with a very interesting statistics about various countries and their tweets about the crypto industry. So the first position is the US because 38.9% of tweets about Bitcoin are from here. The UK takes second place with 10.5%. Top five countries are US, UK, Canda, Turkey...