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Blockchain Is Part Of China’s Master Plan for New Competitor Island to Hong Kong June 2, 2020
China’s master plan for making Hainan a free trade island encourages institutions to use blockchain in transforming government function. Chinese authorities have released a master plan for turning southern island province Hainan into a free trade port, Xinhua news reports on June 1. A trade port system will focus on facilitating free trade, investment and […]
Ting Peng
Ransomware Group Threatens Auction of Madonna's Legal Data June 2, 2020
REvil’s ransomware gang is launching an auction of stolen data, including legal information hacked from Madonna. The ransomware gang REvil has launched an auction feature on the dark web in the past 24 hours, starting with the stolen data from a Canadian company and threatening to auction off information hacked from famous singer Madonna next. Cointelegraph […]
Felipe Erazo
Massive Bitcoin Plunge Nothing More Than Traders Being Traders, OKCoin Exec Says June 2, 2020
Bitcoin's recent price dive may have been nothing more than the result of standard trading activities. Bitcoin (BTC) dove more than $1,000 on some exchanges on June 2, although the event seems to be the result of simple trading activity, according to OKCoin's head of market development Matthew Ficke. "Price movement like we saw yesterday typically […]
Benjamin Pirus
South Korean Prosecutors Freeze Crypto Wallets of Suspected Child Porn Ring Chief June 2, 2020
A Seoul court granted the petition demanded by the prosecutors to freeze crypto wallets owned by the head of the Nth Room case. On June 2, a South Korean court ordered a freeze on all the cryptocurrency wallets, securities deposits, and stocks account owned by Cho Ju-bin, the suspected head of Nth Room. Nth Room […]
Felipe Erazo
Uptrend in Mainstream Crypto Interest Started Last Fall, MIT Startups Says June 2, 2020
Mainstream crypto trading interest has been on the rise since fall 2019. Cryptocurrency has seen a rise in mainstream attention starting last fall — before COVID-19 measures took off, according Floating Point Group, or FPG, an algorithmic trading technology startup conceived at MIT."An increasing portion of our inbound prospects are established industry participants coming from FX, […]
Benjamin Pirus
Charles Hoskinson: 'I Don't Live in Vitalik's Mind' June 2, 2020
Charles Hoskinson laments Vitalik Buterin’s inability to engage in a meaningful discussion about Cardano, which in his opinion hurts Ethereum. Charles Hoskinson does not know why his fellow Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin will not acknowledge the existence of Cardano (ADA) while speaking enthusiastically about other blockchain projects.Ignore fetishIn a recent Cointelegraph interview, Hoskinson lamented […]
Michael Kapilkov
Ethereum Second-Layer Scalability Still Needs Work, Says Starkware CEO June 2, 2020
Uri Kolodny, co-founder and CEO of blockchain firm StarkWare, told Cointelegraph that Ethereum’s second-layer scalability solutions still need some work. Uri Kolodny, co-founder and CEO of blockchain firm StarkWare, told Cointelegraph that Ethereum second-layer scalability solutions still need some work.Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin claimed on June 1 that the blockchain’s layer-two scaling initial deployment has […]
Adrian Zmudzinski
An Inside Look Into the Surprisingly Friendly Rivalry Between Ledger and Trezor June 2, 2020
The Ledger vs. Trezor beef has a long history, but Ledger’s CTO efforts may have fanned the flames as he reported vulnerabilities his team discovered in its competitor. Trezor and Ledger, two of the most prominent hardware wallet manufacturers, have long been locked in a rivalry.As part of Cointelegraph’s interview with Charles Guillemet, the CTO […]
Andrey Shevchenko
CBDCs With a Twist: The Public-Private Solutions Needed for Adoption June 2, 2020
Crypto pundits believe that central bank digital currencies based on public-private partnerships could see the light of day much sooner, as many solutions under development use the approach. On May 26, Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli, a representative from the International Monetary Fund, stated that moving forward, the best way to harness the potential of central bank digital […]
Shiraz Jagati
How To Get 3% Back in Crypto on Your Nike Purchases June 2, 2020
U.S. footwear giant Nike has entered a new affiliate partnership allowing customers to earn up to 3% from online purchases with crypto. London-based financial technology startup Plutus is offering rewards through its credit card when users shop Nike’s online store. Doing so unlocks up to 3% in crypto and 9% cash rewards for those purchases.Rewards […]
Helen Partz