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Even though it’s world known fact that Apple products are “made in USA” but assembled in China – it didn’t stop US President Donald Trump to impose sanctions to Chinese companies (every and each one of them) including the 34% year-on-year growth and 14% of market share company – Huawei.The year 2019 has not been a good one for Huawei. Everything started with the US accusations of Huawei spying on US corporations. Trump administration then decided to launch a “one-two punch” combo in its fight...

« Retrouvons-nous chaque premier mercredi du mois pour discuter de l’actualité récente de Bitcoin de manière conviviale et informelle. Pas de présentations, ni de structure pour ce meetup, mais des échanges et du réseautage. » Où ? – Au Sof’s Bar, 43 rue Saint Sauveur à Paris Quand ? – Mercredi 2 octobre 2019 de 19h00 à 21h00 En savoir plus : meetup.com ...

Les CryptoPintes, rencontres autour des cryptomonnaies à Strasbourg, se déroulent tous les 1er mercredi du mois au Blue Moon qui accepte les paiements en cryptos et notamment les paiements Lightning. Où ? – Bar le Blue Moon – 24 rue des poules à Strasbourg Quand ? – Mercredi 2 octobre à 18h00 En savoir plus : facebook.com ...

Dans un message publié vendredi sur la liste de diffusion Lightning-dev, le développeur Rusty Russell * est revenu en détail sur le problème de sécurité qu’il avait révélé le mois dernier. Le bug affecte les anciennes versions de C-lightning, Lnd et Eclair : « Un attaquant peut prétendre ouvrir un canal mais ne pas payer à son homologue, ou ne pas payer le montant intégral ». Sans les contrôles...

Litecoin, the sixth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, has had something of a rough week, and is experiencing up-and-down behavior like nobody’s business.Litecoin Is Attached to Bitcoin’s HipTo be fair, Litecoin isn’t alone in its present dilemma. Bitcoin, for example, is currently trading in the $8,100 range – roughly $2,000 less than where it was when last week ended. Ethereum is also down for the count, trading at around $168 at press time from last week’s “high” of $190.Litecoin,...

Is Ethereum all it claims to be, or is there something ugly brewing underneath the surface?Ethereum: the Fight Wages OnMany Ethereum miners are being accused of harassment following a dispute involving NVIDIA, which several critics claim is trying to “undermine” the Ethereum network. Some believe that the accusations floating about are valid and should be looked at, while others say Ethereum is the victim of a potential scheme that’s trying to knock it aside.Prog Pow is an upgrade that exists...

Fair Win, a gambling platform built on the Ethereum network, is alleged to have several vulnerabilities that put players’ funds at risk. Philippe Castonguay, and R&D researcher at Horizon Games, comments that all respective details regarding the vulnerabilities “will be published soon.”Fair Win = Unfair LossesThe researcher refers to the gaming site as a “Ponzi scheme,” saying that players are promised serious ETH-based gains granted they play their cards right. That, right there, should...

The market for alternative cryptocurrencies is on life support this weekend after crashing to six-month lows on Thursday, the casualty of a sudden correction in the price of bitcoin (BTC). Altcoins have since recovered from their lows but remain at the precipice of another violent drop – a move that could usher in a new ‘crypto winter’ with devastating consequences. Crypto Markets Recover Slightly The combined altcoin capitalization fell to $66.1 billion on Thursday, the lowest since March,...

In a recent interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box, Anthony Pompliano, the co-founder of Morgan Creek Digital, has argued that the United States must tokenize the dollar to remain competitive in the shifting global financial landscape. Pompliano urged lawmakers to “tokenize the dollar immediately,” asserting that China is in the process of developing a digital yuan, with other countries aiming to soon follow suit. He argues that the status of the U.S. dollar as the global reserve currency is...

Ethereum saw a small 4% increase over the past 24 hours which brought its price back above $170. ETH has lost a total of 20% over the past week, causing the cryptocurrency to plummet from more than $200 to below $165. Ethereum is the second-largest cryptocurrency with a market cap of $18.61 billion.Looking at the ETH/USD 1-day chart:Since our previous ETH/USD analysis, ETH has managed to hold the support at $165.42. Ethereum rebounded higher in the previous session but failed to break above...