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Letzten Sonntag gab es in Italien eine ziemlich grossflächige Störung des Datenverkehrs im Internet. Was genau die Ursache war, ist unklar. Viele Medien schreiben von einer Hacker-Attacke: Bei einem Cyberangriff handelt es sich um eine gezielte Attacke auf Computersysteme wie Serverfarmen und mehr. Bei den Vorkommnissen in Italien am 05.02.2023 haben Kriminelle erfolgreich etliche Kundinnen und Kunden vom Netz genommen, indem sie zuständige Server kompromittierten. Nur gegen Lösegeld konnte...

Tron price started a fresh increase above the $0.060 level against the US Dollar. TRX price is now trading above $0.062 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key bullish trend line forming with support near $0.0640 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Kraken). The pair could continue to move up if it breaks the $0.0665 resistance zone. TRON price started a fresh increase above $0.060 against the US Dollar, similar bitcoin. TRX price could rise further if...

Bitcoin price started a fresh increase from the $22,650 zone against the US Dollar. The price is now trading above $23,000 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break above a key bearish trend line with resistance near $23,000 on the 4-hours chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could continue to move up if it stays above the $22,350 support zone. Bitcoin price is rising above $23,000 against the US Dollar. BTC might extend gains...

The Singapore-based cryptocurrency platform Juno announced that all services are “now up and running again.” It increased daily withdrawal limits at the beginning of the year and urged customers to transfer their holdings into self-custody wallets, citing issues with its previous custodian partner – Wyre.  Back on Track Juno temporarily halted cryptocurrency purchases on its platform in early January and auto-converted the stablecoins – USDC, USDT, mUSDC – to USD. It also...

BitMEX co-founder and macro-market analyst Arthur Hayes is deploying his dry powder into Bitcoin sooner than previously planned, according to his latest blog post.  Hayes argued that despite his fears of a future crypto market retracement, there is still an opportunity to profit now from the ongoing risk asset rally that began last month.  The Rally Isn’t Over Hayes began his post, titled “Be Present”, by alluding to his previous post covering Bitcoin’s celebrated rally in...

The US-based cryptocurrency miner Riot Blockchain produced 740 BTC last month, a 62% increase compared to January 2022 and a new monthly all-time high for the company. The positive start of the year contrasts the disappointing production levels and shrinking revenue towards the end of 2022. Hitting an ATH Despite experiencing issues with its mining fleet, Riot produced a record amount of bitcoin in January – 740 BTC. CEO Jason Les revealed that the recent winter storms in...

A group of South Korean officials reportedly arrived in Serbia last week to look for the infamous Do Kwon. The 31-year-old has been on the run since the collapse of his blockchain protocol Terra. The latter’s native token – LUNA – and algorithmic stablecoin – UST – plunged to essentially zero last year, affecting numerous investors and the entire cryptocurrency market. As covered by Bloomberg, a team of South Korean authorities, along with a senior Justice Ministry official,...

Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol CoW Swap has suffered a smart contract exploit, leading to the loss of approximately 551 BNB ($181,600). According to reports, the attacker added a wallet address as a “solver” of CoW Swap and invoked a transaction to approve DAI transfers to SwapGuard before moving the assets to other addresses. A Settlement Contract Exploit Blockchain surveyor MevRefund first noticed the attack in the early hours of today. The maximal extractable value...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell spoke more on the future direction of monetary policy following an unexpectedly strong U.S. jobs report on Friday. Here’s what he had to say: During an interview, Powell reiterated his comments from last week that the economy’s disinflation is still within its very early stages – particularly in the housing sector.  Friday’s jobs report, which showed over 500,000 jobs created in December, reiterated that point. “It kind of shows you why...

Crypto traders in Australia got scared a few weeks ago when they saw a phony Facebook advertisement claiming they needed “social credit scores” of approximately 100 or more to do business with crypto exchanges and trade digital currencies. Australia Fooled By Fake Crypto Facebook Post The Facebook post read as follows: BREAKING: Australian citizens can only access bitcoin if they have enough social credits – report. According to a new law, Australian citizens need at...