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US Officials Allege Student Defrauded Apple as Part of SIM Swap Attack
9.6.2020
A UC San Diego student is accused of participating in a SIM-swapping scam that defrauded Apple and stole one victim’s crypto
BitMex to Launch BCHUSD Quanto Perpetual Swap with Up to 25x Leverage
1.6.2020
Leading crypto trading platform BitMEX announced on Monday that it will launch Quanto perpetual swap for BCHUSD on June 16. Banking on the success it has had with previous quanto contract launches this year, ETHUSD (May 05) and XRPUSD (February 05), BitMex will launch BCHUSD quanto contract with...
Teenage Crypto Hacker Allegedly Threatened Life of 16yo Accomplice
24.5.2020
The teenage hacker who allegedly stole $23.8 million in crypto from Michael Terpin may have threatened the life of a 16-year-old enlisted to help launder the money
The Fastest Google Fonts
22.5.2020
When you use font-display: swap;, which Google Fonts does when you use the default &display=swap part of the URL , you’re already saying, “I’m cool with FOUT,” which is another way of saying web text is displayed right away, and when the web font is ready...
Uniswap V2 Launches With More Token-Swap Pairs, Oracle Service, Flash Loans
18.5.2020
The headline feature of the new Uniswap will be the ability for anyone to create any pool pair they want, so long as it exists on Ethereum
Cointext CTO Reveals a New Protocol That Aims to Bolster a Censorship-Resistant Economy for Bitcoin Cash
9.5.2020
On May 7, the Cointext CTO and cofounder of Countermarkets, Vin Armani revealed a new project he’s been working on called “Signal, Watch, and Pay Protocol” (SWaP). Armani’s published specification and reference code of SWaP indicates that the platform allows “onchain...
Crypto Investor Sues New York Teen for $71.4 million in SIM-Swap Saga
8.5.2020
A crypto investor is suing a New York teenager for $71.4 million in damages for allegedly snatching cryptocurrency from his phone
TNC IT Group’s Token to Be Listed This April
27.4.2020
TNC IT Group (TNC), an international blockchain company, will have its native currency TNC Coin listed on crypto exchanges by April 30. TNC Coin is set to progress fast in the market due to its expedited listing and user base. Since TNC revealed its merger project, interested crypto investors...
Anyone Can Host a Crypto Exchange – Tim Draper Backed Startup Launches New WordPress Plugin
22.4.2020
There’s a new plugin available that gives people the ability to launch a cryptocurrency exchange on any WordPress-based website. The project called Wpcryptoexchange is a product created by the Tim Draper-backed startup Draper Goren Holm. With the plugin, anyone can launch a digital currency...
Terpin Fires Back at AT&T’s Motion to Dismiss $200M ‘SIM Swap’ Claim
16.4.2020
Terpin told Cointelegraph he was frustrated with AT&T’s ongoing attempts to waste time and money in court to “slow down the day of reckoning”
AT&T Seeks Dismissal of $200M in Damages for 2018 SIM-Swap Attack
1.4.2020
The hacking victim, Michael Terpin, alleges that AT&T was aware of SIM-swapping attacks targeting its customers but did not act to prevent them
Judge Says Plaintiff Can Proceed Against AT&T in $24M Hack Case
26.2.2020
AT&T will face damage claims from a cryptocurrency investor who lost $24 million in a SIM swap attack in 2018
Incognito Launches Anonymous Way to Swap Monero With Bitcoin & Co
25.2.2020
Decentralized exchange Incognito added Monero (XMR) to its privacy-centered decentralized exchange (pDEX) for fully private Bitcoin or Ethereum swaps - no transaction records or any personal info saved.
Monero itself is already a decentralized and privacy-oriented cryptocurrency. What Incognito...
TronWallet Introduces New TWX Swap Burn Mechanism Amid Rising Volumes
8.2.2020
Crypto wallet that is based on the TRON blockchain, TronWallet has introduced the TWX Swap Burn Mechanism, as per which, the wallet will collect swap fees for Bitcoin and TRON, in TWX. ???? TronWallet Introduces New TWX Swap Burn Mechanism, Amid Rising Swap Volume@TronWalletMe is excited...
Citigroup and Goldman Sachs Swap Equity On Blockchain + More News
7.2.2020
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U.S.-based banking giants Citigroup and Goldman Sachs conducted the first equity swap on a new blockchain built using...
Crypto Exec’s $1.8M SIM-Swap Lawsuit Has ‘Critical Holes,’ Says AT&T
24.1.2020
AT&T has again argued against allegations it was in part responsible for a SIM-swap hack that cost crypto exec Seth Shapiro $1.8 million
Crypto Exec’s $1.8M SIM-Swap Lawsuit Has ‘Critical Holes,’ Says AT&T
24.1.2020
AT&T has again argued against allegations it was in part responsible for a SIM-swap hack that cost crypto exec Seth Shapiro $1.8 million
Crypto Exec’s $1.8M SIM-Swap Lawsuit Has ‘Critical Holes,’ Says AT&T
24.1.2020
AT&T has again argued against allegations it was in part responsible for a SIM-swap hack that cost crypto exec Seth Shapiro $1.8 million
BitMex to Launch XRP Swaps, Delist 2 Other Derivatives
23.1.2020
BitMEX is releasing an XRP-U.S. dollar quanto swap targeted at crypto’s budding derivatives market
Tron-Based Tether Has Ballooned to Over 900 Million Tokens, Almost 22% of Total Supply
2.1.2020
Since Tether’s (USDT) migration to other networks beside the BTC-based Omni protocol, significant shifts have taken place seeing the heavily-printed stablecoin rise to prominence also via Ethereum’s ERC20 standard and Tron’s TRC20 implementation. Ethereum-based USDT supply...