One of the most insidious tools within the cyber-criminal’s toolbox is malware, especially the form that invades your computer and reports back your every keystroke for further processing down the line. AI-driven software routines can quickly ferret out your private login and password combinations, such that it is only a matter of time before the…
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Vontobel, a Swiss investment bank, has designed the first Digital Asset Vault, or in simpler words - the first regulated cryptocurrency custody solution. Wealth managers, asset managers and banks will now be able to transact with their clients' money, i.e. deposit, buy and sell cryptocurrencies in a new end-to-end Digital Asset Vault. According to the…
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Broctagon NEXUS, a liquidity provider specializing in crypto aggregation, has just announced that it has teamed up with trading technology solutions provider TradAir. The partnership will make it possible to have FX-style, deep multilateral ECN liquidity for cryptocurrencies and will also open up new trading platforms for NEXUS users, allowing them to utilize TradAir’s HTML5 cryptocurrency native trading…
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In the beginning of the week, on Monday 7th, 2019, most of the top cryptocurrencies by market cap are seeing their prices go up. The gains, while moderate, have been seen in the last 24 hours. Bitcoin surpassed the $4,000 level. At the time of this writing, the price of the "people's currency" is $4,029,…
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If 2017 was the "cryptocurrency heaven", 2018 was the "hell". The prices of Bitcoin went from $20,000 per coin in December 2017, to $3,500 in December 2018. Now, the community is wondering what 2019 will bring to the cryptocurrency market, especially when crypto "enthusiasts" like Mike Novogratz are predicting strong bullish trends and cosmic cryptocurrency…
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Ormeus Cash (OMC), an asset-backed virtual currency with a stable transactional price, has just announced its partnership with technology company COTI. The companies announced a new "trustless" point of sale (POS) system, enabling merchants worldwide to accept cryptocurrency payments for goods and services. Merchants hesitated to add crypto POS systems to their businesses due to high fees…
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White the total supply of Monero is estimated to be mined by 2022, over 90% of the cryptocurrency is already mined. The information comes from Moneroblocks, which states that as of December 20th, 16.6 million of the privacy-focused coins are already mined, and the rest 1.8 million will be mined in 3 years. The major…
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The Venezuelan government recently introduced a state-backed digital coin, called Petro. The country has been facing economic downturn and the Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, introduced the oil-backed digital coin to fight the dying economy. Back in the summer of 2018, the situation in Venezuela was so critical that people had to line with days for food…
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Donald Trump has often stated that he plans to build a wall across the border of the US with Mexico to prevent illegal Mexican people pouring into the US. Many were outraged by such claims during his presidential candidacy and campaign in 2016. Fast forward to 2018, the idea of building the wall is not…
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Calgary is setting precedent in Canada as the first city to have its own digital coin. The so called Calgary Dollars will supplement the federal currency, rather than replace it. Calgary Dollars is essentially a project to support small businesses and make communities closer. While the federal currency is the leading and official one, Calgary…
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