Month: November 2017

A fresh major security hack has seen the phone records of “almost every Malaysian” go on sale for just one Bitcoin. In what Reuters describes as “one of the largest data breaches in Asia,” hackers gained access to 46 mln customer identity details. These include “lists of mobile phone numbers, identification card numbers, home addresses and SIM card data.” “This stolen data may ultimately impact almost every Malaysian,” chief technology officer for Asia Pacific at cybersecurity firm FireEye told the Read more …

Markets and Prices The price of bitcoin (BTC) has been soaring once again after reaching an all-time high of $7350 on November 2. Now after a quick drop below $6800, yesterday the price per BTC reached yet another peak at $7500. Additionally, the market value of bitcoin cash (BCH) has also seen an intense run-up over the past two weeks as the currency topped $700 on November 3. Also Read: Meet the K-7 Offline Paper Wallet Generator Bitcoin Read more …

Do you also believe that digital tokens should be more than just financial speculatory assets? If yes, then you are not alone as even the UTRUST team believes the same.  This revolutionary platform provides a simple, affordable, and security-conscious payment in the cryptocurrency market. They are taking online payments and trust to a whole new level. While providing protection for your digital currencies online, UTRUST also ensures that undertaking transactions online with your digital tokens become an easy, seamless task. Read more …

The trading frenzy following Bitcoin’s push to $7,500 is in full swing with almost $10 bln changing hands in 24 hours. Data from Coinmarketcap shows a combined $9.2 bln flowing through exchanges tracked by the resource since Thursday. The global cryptocurrency market cap is now over $200 bln, a new record, with Bitcoin accounting for $125 bln. Cryptocurrency market finally over 200MM! $Crypto pic.twitter.com/LLQ9Dz8jdL — Crypto Rand (@crypto_rand) November 3, 2017 The market cap news influenced proponents of the digital Read more …

A crypto-based domain name auction service launched earlier this year is finally gaining traction and attracting some big investors willing to pay top dollar for domain names. The Ethereum Name Service was launched on May 4, 2017; it featured an automatic registrar service enabling people to quickly and cheaply register a domain name ending in .eth via an auction. Since its launch, the service has had almost 620,000 auctions and generated nearly 3.3 million ETH in deposits for bids. At Read more …

Researchers have unearthed a further Bitcoin virus amid warnings that CryptoShuffler had made a comeback, stealing over $140,000. According to Russian news media resource RBC, Kaspersky and ESET antivirus researchers have discovered two apps which do not officially exist infecting users on Google Play. The apps purport to be from cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex, despite Poloniex not actually having an app. After download, users who enter login information find funds being stolen from their Poloniex accounts. So far, around 5,000 downloads Read more …

Goldman Sachs as a company has gone through a range of emotions when it comes to Bitcoin. They are now slowly coming around to it and as a consequence CEO Lloyd Blankfein can see it as a currency of the New World. Blankfein admits that he has not yet invested in the controversial on Wall Street digital currency; however, he is not ready to turn on it or pooh-pooh it. Instead, Blankfein likes the idea of a currency backed by consensus. Read more …