According to Chainalysis, the revenue its taking in has tripled in recent months thanks to many public sectors looking to track blockchain and cryptocurrency activity.Chainalysis Has Seen Its Horizons GrowIn particular, the company is working with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to track a privacy-focused cryptocurrency known as Monero, which has been the object of much controversy over the years.Monero, for example, is often involved in crypto jacking operations, in which a hacker obtains...
Read More »Dark Web Crypto Use Has Grown Exponentially
Crime and dark web activity have always been big in the crypto space, but as of late, it looks like the numbers in the space have grown exponentially over the past three years.The Dark Web Is Expanding HeavilyAccording to a new report issued by Bitfury – a bitcoin technology firm – dark web activity in the crypto arena has surged by more than 300 percent over the past three years. Furthermore, the number surged by more than 60 percent in just 2020 alone. The report suggests that dark net...
Read More »Tom Hagen Arrested for Elaborate Crypto Ransom and Kidnapping Hoax
A Norwegian billionaire named Tom Hagen is now in prison and being prepared for questioning in his wife’s murder. Hagen is a real estate mogul who reported that his 69-year-old wife was kidnapped in late 2018. The kidnappers were allegedly asking that he fork over $10 million in Monero funds if he ever wanted to see his wife again.Hagen May Have Been InvolvedHagen, age 70, reported that he came home one night to find the ransom note in the couple’s bathroom asking for the money. The note was...
Read More »Monero Is Easily Today’s Biggest Price Gainer
At the time of writing, the privacy-focused cryptocurrency Monero is allegedly outperforming bitcoin, the world’s number one cryptocurrency by market cap.Monero Is Up, Up and Away!Monero is only the world’s 12th largest digital asset, though it is easily today’s biggest gainer, having surged by more than seven percent in just the last 24 hours alone. It is currently trading for just shy of $54, according to Messari.io.Monero is a very controversial coin in that it offers people far more...
Read More »Nasdaq Lists New Index for Decentralized Finance Projects Called Defix
U.S. Stock Exchange Nasdaq has announced the listing of a new index that offers “real-time” tracking of blockchain projects within the decentralized finance (DeFi) segment. Dubbed as Defix, the index will track blockchain projects like MakerDao, Augur, Gnosis, Numerai, 0x and Amoveo.As per the official press release, the London-based Exante brokerage helped to launch Defix. Nasdaq has listed this Index under the ticker DEFX, which can also be tracked on Google and TradingView along with a...
Read More »Geheimplan „Gram“: Wird der Telegram Token das wahre Libra?
Telegram ist ein kostenloser, Cloud-basierter Instant-Messaging-Dienst zur Nutzung auf Smartphones, Tablets und PCs. Kryptowährungen wie Bitcoin verbreiten sich immer schneller. Zugleich steigt die Anzahl an Unternehmen, welche ihre eigene digitale Währung herausbringen. Obwohl sich die Onlinemünzen nur eingeschränkt im Alltag nutzen lassen, nimmt die Anzahl an...
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