Earlier today, news of a possible hack on one of South Korea’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange platforms Upbit made the rounds. Reports had it that the exchange’s customers were confused because they noticed quite a few irregularities with their accounts including the inability to transfer funds. In a recent publication, Upbit has now confirmed that a large and unauthorized amount of funds was moved to an unknown wallet.It’s also worth mentioning that this news has negatively influenced the...
Read More »Tesla Cybertruck Games of Power with Ford F-150 Are Good Marketing for Both Companies
After a first, well. we could gently say – shock, Tesla’s Cybertruck doesn’t stop being controversial in any sense. This week is obviously reserved for Musk & Co. boasting around Twitter of how great and wonderful their new vehicle is (except the window glass but that will be repaired – Elon promised). And it’s worth mentioning that Tesla stock reacts positively (but slightly) to all this noise around the company.The distinctive Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk said how the company’s forthcoming...
Read More »China Focusing on DCEP despite Slowing Economy
The ex-president of the People’s Bank of China Xiaochuan Zhou said that one of China’s main goals to be done through its central bank digital currency is to make retail payments easier and more available to people.Speaking at the Caixin Hengqin Forum in Zhuhai, Zhou commented that the country will work on making the retail use of digital payment for the digital yuan as simple as possible.He said:“There are two goals for international digital currencies. The first one, which is also what China...
Read More »Telegram CEO and Founder Pavel Durov to Testify in SEC Gram Token Case
District Judge P. Kevin Castel of the New York Southern District Court, has signed a document which requires a deposition from three members of the Telegram team, as the case regarding its GRAM token sale continues. According to the document, Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov himself is expected to testify, along with two others.Dated Nov. 25, the document states that the depositions will begin on December 10 with Telegram employee Shyam Parekh. Although it doesn’t state Parekh’s position...
Read More »Ripple Finishes $50M Investment in MoneyGram
Financial services company MoneyGram International Inc. announced on Monday that a provider of leading enterprise blockchain solutions for global payments Ripple Labs, completed its final $20 million investment in MoneyGram equity consistent to its primarily $50 million equity investment commitment that the company made earlier this year.The price of share Ripple paid was $4.10 that seems to be pretty much higher than MoneyGram’s current price on the market. As per the announcement, the...
Read More »1.2B Records Found Non-Protected Online in Server Leak
For more than ten years, different identity thieves, online hackers, and scammers have formed a black market and traded with other people’s data, account numbers, social security numbers, etc. In October, dark web researcher Vinny Troia discovered a similar package that was just sitting there, exposed and non-secured in any way. And it’s worth mentioning that Facebook users (though not only) have suffered once again.The block had 4 terabytes of personal info hidden in approximately 1.2...
Read More »Hedge Fund Bridgewater Bets $1B on Market Fall by March 2020, Founder Ray Dalio Denies
Last Friday, November 22, the Wall Street Journal reported that the world’s largest hedge fund Bridgewater Associates is betting a massive $1 billion that the global stock markets will fall by March 2020. This report has certainly stirred the emotions of global investors.Already the ongoing uncertainty with Brexit and the U.S.-China trade war has ensued tension within global investors. The WSJ report spread like a wildfire and investors started discussing the future of markets from these...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Fall Below $7,000 as Cryptocurrency and Traditional Markets Follow Suit
Investment apathy in global cryptocurrency markets and also traditional markets deepened over the weekend as Bitcoin price which has been sliding in recent times slipped below the normal psychological $7,000 which everyone within the crypto space has been looking forward towards as a support for one last rally towards the end of this year. Apart from Bitcoin, all other cryptocurrencies are also down as well indicating a market malaise which hasn’t occurred in quite a bit.Ethereum lost almost...
Read More »Bakkt Establishes New ATH as Bitcoin Futures Trade Reaches $20 Million Record
Bitcoin futures platform Bakkt has reached a new all-time high of $20 million or 2,728 contracts. This comes as many have been wondering if the launch of the platform by Intercontinental Exchanges (ICE) was just a fluke or an attempt at trying to take over the crypto space.The recent development shows that this trading volume observed on November 22 is 66% higher than on the previous trading day and about 30% higher than the last all-time high which occurred on November 8.According to the...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Drops to $7,500 and $180M Worth of BTC Longs Liquidated on BitMEX
Bitcoin price is still falling which causes a lot of worries among the traders. As on BitMEX and Bitstamp, it fell below $7,400, it has now seen its lowest points in the last four weeks and has crashed 50 percent since it’s year-long high in June.The crypto market, like any other financial market, is subject to price changes and swings at certain times but it has become rather interesting to watch over the years. In its initial stages, it was predicted that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies...
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