Mimblewimble Attacked Using $60 Per Week on AWS
Ivan Bogatyy of Dragonfly Research says he was able to use as little as $60 per week on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to expose a critical vulnerability on the Mimblewimble (MW) privacy...
Privacy Coins Must Change to Survive as Delistings Loom
Privacy coins are facing a threat over the latest regulatory requirements for transparency. Relatively well-accepted assets like Dash (DASH), Monero (XMR), and ZCash (ZEC) will have to...
Crypto Inflation Figures Show Why Bitcoin is King Above Others Like...
The high inflation figures for altcoins like ZCash (ZEC) and XRP are providing yet another basis for the “bitcoin is king” argument. Indiscriminate Dumping Hurting Altcoin Value...
Zcash Discloses Inflation Bug That Could Have Created Infinite Tokens
Privacy-focussed cryptocurrency, Zcash, has disclosed an inflation bug, discovered 11 months ago, which affected its own and several other privacy-coins. Though the Zcash vulnerability...
eToro Adds ZCash (ZEC) to Growing List of Altcoin Offerings
Social trading and multi-asset brokerage company eToro has added ZCash (ZEC) to its extensive list of cryptocurrency offerings — bringing the total number of said assets up to 14...
First Ever Mimblewimble-Based Privacy Coin Beam Goes Live
Beam announced its live mainnet launch just in time for the 10th anniversary of Bitcoin. Based on the Mimblewimble protocol, the brand-new cryptocurrency has a few lofty goals, and...
Bitcoin Private (BTCP)…Privately Pre-Mined 2 Million Coins for...
The creator of altcoin Bitcoin Private (BTCP) was battling accusations his project was a “scam” December 24 after an investigation revealed over 2 million ‘secret’ coins...
Coinbase Slammed For Venezuela ZCash Airdrop Being an...
US cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has received intense criticism for giving Venezuelan families a grand total of $1 per day – in altcoin ZCash, which it added to its books days...
Trezor Model T Now Supports 10 More Cryptos Including Monero, Ripple
Popular cryptocurrency hardware wallet Trezor has introduced two firmware updates on both of its models – Trezor Model T and Trezor One. The move comes shortly after the wallet...
Expect More Crypto Hedge Funds To Close in 2018…But Not For Why...
In a recent tweet thread, Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano, co-founder of Multicoin Capital, outlines why many of crypto hedge funds might be closing their doors in 2018. Most...
Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Businesses Aim to Scrape Perfection
Is it possible to for cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies to close in on perfection? One commentator notes that perfection is “utopic,” and difficult to define in...
Lamassu Unveils New Line of Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency ATMs
On September 24th, Lamassu announced the introduction of their new line of cryptocurrency ATMs to the public. Lamassu calls its new line of ATMs, “Sintra.” The ATMs herald a new...