The Bitfinex crypto exchange stopped working and announced a distributed denial of service (DDoS) network attack. We are investigating what seems like a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. We will keep everyone updated on here and our status page https://t.co/u3pYCVVGQq as we know...
Bitmain has presented specifications for the modern Antminer S19 and S19 Pro. According to the Chinese company, the new devices will provide miners with a steady income even after the upcoming cryptocurrency halving in May. The latest Antminer S19 and S19 Pro are available in 2 versions. So, the...
CoolBitX startup, manufacturing hardware cryptocurrency wallets CoolWallet based in Taiwan, collected $16.75 million in funding cycle Series B. Several investors were headed by the Japanese financial company SBI Holdings, which also included the Monex Group, the Korean Bitcoin exchange BitSonic,...
The decentralized social network Steemit and its applications will soon be transferred to the TRON blockchain. The migration will occur as part of a strategic partnership between Steemit Inc. and the Tron Foundation. The blog of the Tron Foundation says that work on the migration of a social...
The Nationwide Financial establishment of Egypt has signed a collaboration settlement with Ripple to decide new channels for inward remittances, as per Feb. 11 report from local daily news site Youm7. The remittance as appears makes the Nationwide Financial organization the natural's first to...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has taken evidence from former Telegram investment adviser John Hyman. He said that in 2018 Telegram sold investment contracts for Gram tokens not only to TON platform investors but also to underwriters who were involved for wider distribution of tokens....
A smart contract was created on the basis of Ethereum, dedicated to Li Wenliang, a Chinese doctor, who was the first to warn of an impending coronavirus epidemic. He died in a hospital in Wuhan the day before yesterday. The smart contract code contains a biography of the deceased doctor. The...
Developers won't have the opportunity to release the Ethereum 2.0 update in the first quarter, as previously planned, but they are “95% sure” that they are going to have time to prepare the release before the end of 2020. The team spoke about this during the AMA session on the Reddit...
The Simba Chain was given almost $10M to create a preserved communication platform for the US Navy. Chief Executive of the company Joel Neidig noticed that the platform is planned to be finished this year with continuous updates during the following four years. The company also stated that the...
A February 4 Hyperchain's publication stated the launch of a blockchain-based platform to struggle with the coronavirus plague and will be a donation portal for medical equipment to help hospitals in central China. A current explosion of coronavirus caused the death of over 400 people in the...
Telegram co-founder Nikolai Durov published a description of the TON consensus protocol called Catchain. According to the document, Catchain is a Byzantine generals task algorithm (BFT) executed on the PoS blockchain, which generally resembles the protocols adopted in NEO or Cosmos. BFT provides a...
The Waves posted an announcement on February 3, where the platform stated it creates a nonprofit organization named the Waves Association in Frankfurt, Germany, to effectively manage its Web3 ecosystem and promote the construction of DLT. The new-founded Association is going to be stewarded by ten...
Ukraine has developed a software package for the basic blockchain system using domestic cryptography with high post-quantum strength. This is said in the press service of the Information Protection department. The technology can be used to conduct various polls, create a national cryptocurrency,...
Mercedes Benz corporation and startup Circulor presented a pilot project on the blockchain. The project intends to track the supply chain of cobalt, for understanding the volume of carbon emissions. A joint project between Mercedes and Circulor is part of the Startup Autobahn initiative to create a...
The venture capital department of Saudi Aramco, the world's largest and most successful oil corporation, has invested $ 5 million in the Vakt blockchain platform. According to information on the Vakt website, the oil corporation has become one of 12 platform investors. Vakt plans to direct the...
The Dfinity blockchain startup showed an open decentralized variant of a social network LinkedIn for finding and establishing business contacts called LinkedUp, The Block reports. The application runs on the decentralized “Internet computer” Dfinity. According to the company, it will compete...
The developers of the Bcoin were able to launch a full-fledged bitcoin node on the on-board computer of the Tesla electric car. #Bitcoin full node syncing in the dashboard of a @Tesla!Try it in your Roadster: https://t.co/dWjYgiD7w8#JavaScript pic.twitter.com/xRMQsliujL— bcoin (@Bcoin)...
Gemini Exchange proclaimed the successful fulfillment of a detached audit of SOC Type 2 security control systems. The audit was administered by Deloitte from the Big Four global checking firms. Tyler Winklevoss emphasized that Gemini was preeminent in the crypto space to pass the SOC 2 Type 2 exam...
