QuadrigaCX’s online wallets for bitcoin, ethereum and other cryptocurrencies have nearly been emptied and the funds sent to the failed cryptocurrency exchange’s court-appointed monitor, Ernst & Young (EY). In its second report…
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Blockstream Releases Test Code for Proposed Bitcoin Tech Upgrade Schnorr – CoinDesk
Schnorr signatures, a code change likely to be one of the biggest coming upgrades to bitcoin, have now gone from a theoretical idea to real code courtesy of technology…
Chinese Mining Pool Co-Founder Encourages Investors to Buy Bitcoin Now • Live Bitcoin News
Instant messaging platforms like Discord, Telegram, and WeChat have seen the growth of groups dedicated to cryptocurrencies over the past couple of years. In a recent WeChat group conversation,…
8 Illicit Crypto-Mining Windows Apps Removed From Microsoft Store – CoinDesk
A number of apps in Microsoft’s app store have been found to be able to illicitly mine cryptocurrency. The eight apps, discovered by Symantec on Jan. 17, hosted a version of Coinhive, a…
Blockchain Startups Are Modernizing Iran’s Financial Infrastructure – CoinDesk
Update (Feb. 15, 20:30 UTC): This article and its headline have been updated to clarify the status of two of the projects discussed: Borna is the only project to receive…
Blockchain Analysis Ties 5 Bitcoin Addresses to QuadrigaCX Exchange – CoinDesk
Blockchain watchers have identified a group of bitcoin addresses that likely belong to one of the so-called cold wallets of failed crypto exchange QuadrigaCX. The discovery is notable in…
Take Two: Ethereum Is Getting Ready for the Constantinople Hard Fork Redo – CoinDesk
If at first you don’t succeed, try try again. Such are the words of wisdom that have been taken to heart by ethereum core developers ever since a vulnerability…
Ripple, Barclays Accelerator Back $1.7 Million Round for Remittance Firm – CoinDesk
Ripple, Barclays’s tech accelerator and other investors have backed a $1.7 million round for SendFriend, a new remittance startup that will use the XRP cryptocurrency to move funds internationally….
Two Remittance Firms Go Live With Ripple-Based Payments to Thailand – CoinDesk
Remittance firms UAE Exchange and Unimoni have gone live with blockchain-based payments using Ripple technology. Finablr, which owns the two brands, announced Sunday that “real-time” cross-border remittances using RippleNet…
Bitcoin Warning: Android App Impersonating MetaMask Pulled Out from Google Play Store • Live Bitcoin News
Many people today have not yet totally bought bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies – literally – fearing that it’s all part of an elaborate scam. The good news is that…