Anonymous report reveals suspicious deviations in Tether transactions
An anonymous reporter uses Benford’s Law to determine whether tether is affecting or manipulating the bitcoin price.
DDoS targets Weiss following awarding Bitcoin a C+ rating
After awarding bitcoin a C+ rating, Weiss was targeted by a DDoS attack. Weiss ratings is a group that formally rates various investment assets, currencies, and financial institutions. The group had rated cryptocurrencies for the first time before being the target of the attack..
Decentralized Identifiers – the internet’s “missing identity layer”
DIDs represent an important innovation because they give us the ability to establish digital identifiers that are persistent, secure, and globally resolvable, yet their creation does not require a central authority or intermediary.
BitConnect in deep water again as investors file lawsuit
Investors of the now defunct BitConnect are demanding compensation for their losses. The plaintiffs are claiming that they were promised profits but BitConnect failed to meet its promises. BitConnect shut down on January 17th, but it seems like its troubles are yet to be over.
An inside look at the Venezuelan bitcoin mining world
Venezuela offers inexpensive electricity, which makes mining bitcoin very profitable. However, government crack downs have threatened the bitcoin mining community in the country.
Alternatives to discontinued WaveCrest’s bitcoin debit cards
After WaveCrest discontinued its debit card for Bitcoin and altcoins, users can choose from alternatives. These options include epayments, Wagecan, and Worldcore. Epayments is the least expensive and provides the most extensive services.
Coincheck loses $534 million in NEM
Coincheck, the biggest cryptocurrency exchange in Japan, was hacked. In the attack, $534 million worth of NEM coins were stolen in what is considered the biggest cryptcurrency exchange cyberattack since the Mt. Gox’s incident.
Hashgraph provides a secure and fast transaction processing system
Hashgraph is a blockchain-alternative that achieves high scalability without sacrificing security. It has been proven to handle hundreds of thousands of tx/s in a single network and is expected to do millions of tx/s with sharding. Hashgraph makes use of “Asynchronous Byzantine Fault Tolerance (BFT)”. A very secure version of BFT.
How To Launch A $100M ICO [Conference Call]
Cointelligence and Cryptoracle.io are hosting a conference call with Moshe Hogeg, Founder and Co-CEO of Sirin Labs. Here, we will talk about what it takes to launch such a successful ICO, the writing of white papers, and the development of next generation technology.
