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Twitter hackers employing ‘peel chains’ to launder the Bitcoin bounty

23 Jul 2020 2 minute read 0 comments FKlivestolearn $0.18

They have been using the technique to move the laundered BTC to Peer-to-Peer (P2P) and Gambling Platforms More details have now emerged on the Cybersecurity incident that happened last week when social media giant Twitter saw Bitcoin (BTC) scammers h...

What do we know & don’t know about COVID-19 so far?

15 Jul 2020 4 minute read 2 comments FKlivestolearn $0.09

Researchers have worked at breakneck speed for the past 6 months to understand COVID-19 and the virus that causes it Termed as ‘mysterious pneumonia’ upon its discovery in Dec. 2019, the virus has blown up into a pandemic infecting almost 13.2 millio...

Crypto Diaries: Coinbase rumored to be going Public

11 Jul 2020 3 minute read 5 comments FKlivestolearn $1.77

Top U.S crypto exchange is apparently readying a landmark stock market listing Coinbase is one of the top-tier U.S based crypto exchanges — established in 2012, it is one of the most well known and respected virtual assets business out there with a m...

“BigSpender” vulnerability is plaguing major Bitcoin wallets

6 Jul 2020 2 minute read 4 comments FKlivestolearn $1.33

A mobile cryptocurrency wallet startup has discovered the double-spend attacks in some of the most popular Crypto wallets   Once again, ZenGo has come forward to highlight a vulnerability plaguing some of the most popular bitcoin wallets like hardwar...

Hacking group CryptoCore has stolen $200 million since 2018

25 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments FKlivestolearn $0.10

The hackers have been mostly attacking Crypto exchanges in the U.S & Japan, according to a new report   Cryptocurrency businesses have seen an increasing threat from nefarious players over the years in a variety of ways — malware, ransomware and...

Most of the Bitcoin is being held as a long-term investment

24 Jun 2020 2 minute read 0 comments FKlivestolearn $0.12

60% of the premier cryptocurrency is being held by investors as digital gold — aiming for long term gains   The beauty of this new digital asset class is that detailed insights can be drawn about most of the cryptocurrency transfers since the t...

Blockchain businesses are scrambling to comply with FATF’s “travel rule”

19 Jun 2020 2 minute read 0 comments FKlivestolearn $0.34

It was June last year that the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) gave Virtual Asset Providers one year to enforce AML rules   The tug of war between the novel blockchain industry and the regulators on how the former can operate in a legal way is...

Bitcoin recouples its correlation with the U.S stocks

15 Jun 2020 3 minute read 0 comments FKlivestolearn $1.20

Ever since the pandemic lockdown started in March 2020, the premier digital asset is moving in tandem with the S&P 500   Heightened Volatility has been the hallmark of financial markets ever since the pandemic lockdown started in March 2020. Although...

Illusion of Zcash & Dash’s robust privacy shattered by Chainalysis

11 Jun 2020 2 minute read 3 comments FKlivestolearn $1.37

The AML & KYC software specialists have called the bluff of the so-called privacy coins by adding them to its platform   Compliance & Regulatory issues have been a sticking point for Blockchain startups & Cryptocurrencies for as long as they have...

2020 on track to become a record-breaking year for crypto-related thefts

4 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments FKlivestolearn $0.22

Almost $1.4 billion in Cryptocurrency stolen in the first five months of 2020 Blockchain and Crypto analytics company CipherTrace, which provides actionable intelligence to government agencies and businesses, has just published the Crypto & Anti Mone...