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Bitcoin Is Now 14 Years of Age!

Crypto fans everywhere are wishing bitcoin – the world’s number one digital currency by market cap – a happy birthday, as just a few weeks ago, the beloved asset turned 14. Bitcoin Is 14 Years Old Bitcoin’s whitepaper was officially introduced on Halloween of 2008, but it wasn’t until January of 2009 that the currency began getting mined and added to blockchain circulation. While the whitepaper may have been the asset’s first real introduction to the world, many see that...

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Ransomware: Cyberkriminelle verzeichnen Umsatzeinbruch von 40 %

Studie: Ransomware-Gauner machten 2022 40 Prozent weniger Umsatz mit Ransomware Das bekannte Blockchain-Analyse Unternehmen Chainalysis hat für einmal eine ziemlich unterhaltsame Statistik publiziert: Demnach machten Gangster im letzten Jahr 2022 40 Prozent weniger Umsatz. Und wahrscheinlich ist da niemand traurig, wenn sich Lösegelderpressung nicht mehr lohnt. Im Jahr 2022 haben Cyberkriminelle Lösegeldzahlungen in einem Wert von rund 456,8...

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Number of MetaMask Users Has Recorded a 3800% Jump Since 2020

MetaMask ist eine Krypto-Wallet, die alle Arten von Ethereum-basierten Token unterstützt. MetaMask kann als reguläre Krypto-Wallet dienen, aber ihre wahre Stärke liegt in der nahtlosen Anbindung an Smart Contracts und dezentralisierte Anwendungen. MetaMask legt Wert auf Verschlüsselung und ist Open Source. MetaMask is a popular browser extension and a mobile crypto wallet. It allows users to interact with dApps on the Ethereum blockchain. MetaMask...

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Visa CEO Says There’s a “Meaningful” Future for Stablecoins and CBDCs

The CEO of the world’s largest credit card company told shareholders on Tuesday that stablecoins and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) will play a “meaningful role” in the payments space going forward.  The company also published its 2022 annual report, in which it wrote about its simultaneously complementary and competitive relationship with cryptocurrencies.  Visa’s Crypto Outlook As explained by CEO Alfred Kelly during a conference call, Visa already has “multiple...

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Pantera, Kraken, and Others Join Consortium for Injective Labs’ $150M Fund

The digital asset markets have been shaky in the past year, but the blockchain sector continues to scale as demand intensifies from both crypto-native as well as traditional institutions eyeing to leverage the space. Decentralized smart contracts platform Injective is the latest to announce a new $150 million ecosystem initiative to spur the adoption of interoperable infrastructure and DeFi. Leading the charge is a consortium of prominent Web3 players such as Pantera Capital,...

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