New bill makes it illegal for Americans to withhold crypto holdings
According to US Senate Bill S.1241, US citizens who do not declare their cryptocurrency holdings can be prosecuted.
Bitcoin blockchain vulnerable to internet routing attacks “BTC-Hijack”
BTC-Hijack, is Bitcoin’s team in charge of examining potential threats to the Bitcoin network. The group’s main focus is studying how the network gets affected by internet routing attacks and malicious internet service providers (ISP). Their website has revealed that there are two major threats facing Bitcoin blockchain at the moment.
Bitfinex and Tether respond to mismanagement claims
Following several months of silence, Bitfinex and Tether have finally responded to mismanagement accusations via Media Blitz.
IOTA plans automated data market place for IoT devices
The cryptocurrency is working with several device manufacturers to create a platform where devices can automatically buy their required data.
Seoul government uses Samsung SDS for city-wide blockchain deployment
The project is a part of the government’s plan to implement Blockchain technology across the entire municipal administration of Seoul over the next four years. The application will be focused on the city’s welfare, transportation affairs, traffic, and public safety, among other municipal matters.
Another victory for Ripple?
Michael Arrington, founder of Techcrunch and a former VC of CrunchFund, announced that he will be forming $100 million cryptocurrency hedge fund. Arrington announced that the hedge fund will be using XRP, the currency of Ripple network to buy different cryptocurrency assets.
Half of worldwide ICO capital raised in Europe
According to new studies, ICOs launched in European countries accounted for more than half of the total raised capital in the last few years.
Roadmap for Ethereum 2.0 unveiled by Vitalik Buterin
Buterin highlighted four of the major problems currently faced by the network: privacy, smart contract safety, consensus safety, and scalability. Developers claim that Ethereum 2.0 will resolve these issues.
Bittrex issues warning about crypto market manipulation scams
The major cryptocurrency exchange cautioned users to be wary of so-called “pump and dump” scams.
More than half of Android crypto apps don’t use encryption
Researchers confirmed that 66% of cryptocurrency related apps available on the Google Play Store, did not use encryption.
