As the Ethereum ecosystem anticipates the launch of the protocol’s version 2.0, the Ethereum development team led by Danny Ryan has submitted an official proposal to the network’s Github repository to facilitate the Beacon Chain phase 0 launch.   ...

With the exposure of traditional banks and financial institutions to crypto-assets and all the risks involved, as well as the continued advice from governmental authorities to banks to integrate a crypto risk management system, what are the solutions available? ...

Botnets, aka “robot network.” The mighty and pervasive malicious code scripts designed by code wizards and wielded by capable threat actors. In the conventional sense, a botnet is a kind of malicious backdoor that has been installed across a large number of infected Internet...

Chinese authorities have charged six people allegedly involved in the $6 billion PlusToken cryptocurrency scam. They were charged with organizing and leading criminal pyramid schemes. ...

Bitcoin Bitcoin moved sideways this week as a consolidation pattern appeared in the form of a symmetrical triangle. This triangle is best seen on the hourly charts and is highlighted by the white boundaries. The cryptocurrency dropped by a steep 15% in September from $12,000 to...

Investors are aware of how abrupt and unpredictable cryptocurrency market movements can be. What many of them do not know, however, is that behind these movements are often software algorithms used by unscrupulous traders to manipulate the market, writes The Wall Street Journal....

Saudi Arabia believes that blockchain technology can greatly ease cross-border trade by allowing businesses to prove financial compliance in multiple countries. In its proposal to the G20’s business community, Saudi Arabia advocated for blockchain to be used to remove...

Synthetic Bitcoins have been growing significantly for use in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space. Recent data has shown that there are almost 70,000 synthetic Bitcoins existing in Ethereum. The number is expected to surge accordingly, as the DeFi industry continues to gain...

Recently, Argentina’s official immigration agency known as Dirección Nacional de Migraciones was hit by a ransomware attack, which temporarily halted border crossing. The attackers now demand a Bitcoin ransom worth $4 million after raising the initial ransom amount. Meanwhile,...

Two Electrum software wallet users have recently reported the loss of large sums of Bitcoin (BTC). One victim described the disappearance of 1,400 BTC, totaling $14,595,000 at press time, while another claimed 36.5 BTC, worth $380,512, as stolen. The events appear connected to a...