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Ransomware Attacks Demanding Crypto Are Unfortunately Here to Stay

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Time Stamp: August 8, 2020 3:00 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Year after year, the ransomware landscape changes dramatically. In 2019, a new resurgence of attacks occurred as businesses and government institutions became the main targets of ransomware, given their capacity to yield larger payouts. The most recent attack was against Garmin, a navigation systems company, on July 23. Due to the attack, many of its online services such as customer support, website functions and company communications were affected. Reportedly, the Russian cybergang Evil Corp launched the attack, demanding $10 million in cryptocurrency to restore access to Garmin’s services. Overall, according to a

What is Wrapped Bitcoin? A Guide to WBTC

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Time Stamp: August 8, 2020 12:24 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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WBTC is a way for Bitcoin to run on the Ethereum blockchain. Performing quick and affordable transactions using Bitcoin (BTC) has long been a problem of the community ever since it became more popular. This is why there have been many developments planning to address this issue.  But what if we can make our BTC coins functional on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain? Would there be a difference? Wrapped BTC (WBTC) is a multi-institution project that aims to solve common BTC problems by creating its ERC-20 token counterpart. And in the

Adam Back: Some ICOs Funded Useful Research Despite Being Unethical

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Time Stamp: August 7, 2020 7:00 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Adam Back recently took to Twitter with controversial comments on many of the industry’s largest crypto projects — including Ethereum (ETH), Cardano (ADA), Ripple (XRP), and Stellar (XML). His tweets placed these projects in the same category as a number of bonafide scams, which he considers to have been orchestrated as “premines”.We interviewed Back in order to clarify his position on the matter, starting with questions of how he feels about Satoshi Nakamoto essentially premining over one million Bitcoin. Back responded that “Bitcoin has no premine”, adding that he considers

Bitcoin is Facing “Serious” Bearish Divergences as Analysts Eye Downside

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Time Stamp: August 7, 2020 2:00 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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The strong momentum Bitcoin has incurred in recent weeks is now showing some signs of stalling as it struggles to break above $12,000 This signals that the resistance at this level may be insurmountable, and may also be a sign of weakness amongst bulls Analysts are now noting that it has led to a surge in bearish divergences that seem to suggest a retrace is imminent BTC now has multiple key support levels throughout the mid-$11,000 region, but its macro support that bulls must defend it at $10,500 Bitcoin has

Curve Finance Guide – How to Make Money with Curve (CRV)

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Time Stamp: August 7, 2020 11:59 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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The Curve Protocol is one of the largest and most used projects in the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) space. It is integrated with most DeFi protocols and has seen rapid adoption in a short window. It’s essentially the most competent automated market maker (AMM) out there for stablecoins and wrapped tokens. Curve’s most valuable accomplishment has been giving people incentive to contribute liquidity and earn rewards over their idle assets. A community-based project, the protocol innovates continuously and is now progressing towards total decentralization.  In this guide, we take a look

Two Macro Calls That Could Propel Bitcoin to $14,000 This Year

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Time Stamp: August 7, 2020 1:42 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Bitcoin may hit $14,000 in the coming quarter. The analogy appears out of two extremely bullish calls made for the US dollar and Gold. Bitcoin has shown an extreme correlation with the two macro assets this year. Bitcoin may have some fuel left to continue its 2020’s run-up towards the $14,000-mark. The level–last approached in 2019 against the backdrop of an escalating US-China trade war and falling yuan– has fallen back into the radar of Bitcoin bulls. Only this time, the weakening US dollar has replaced its Chinese counterpart as

Here’s Why One Analyst Expects Ethereum to Tap $275 Before Pushing Any Higher

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Time Stamp: August 6, 2020 4:00 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Ethereum has been struggling to break above $400 for the past several days The selling pressure here is quite significant, and a sustained break above this level would be a highly bullish technical development Because ETH has been consolidating just below it throughout the past few days, bulls may be gearing up for a major push higher Despite being technically strong, one analyst is still expecting the cryptocurrency to see another “scam wick” that leads it into the upper-$200 region He believes this will be necessary for trapping more shorts

Casa Launches In-Wallet Purchasing

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Time Stamp: August 6, 2020 2:00 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Bitcoin custody solution provider Casa has announced today that it is offering in-wallet bitcoin purchases, allowing Casa App users to forgo exchanges when they add to their HODLings.  In a release shared with Bitcoin Magazine, Casa explained that users can make these purchases using Apple Pay or debit cards, which connect them to retail exchanges through a secure API provided by Wyre. Wyre offers similar services to other projects in the space, such as DropBit. Casa, which positions itself as a particularly security-conscious provider of private key management, noted that

Grandmas On Lightning

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Time Stamp: August 6, 2020 1:33 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Is Bitcoin Too Hard To Understand? I’ve spent a huge part of the last three years explaining Bitcoin to general audiences and the most common form of resistance I encounter is: “Bitcoin is too complicated. The masses will never understand it.” It’s a fair argument. Bitcoin is complicated and if you want to reach a competent understanding of the big picture then, at a minimum, you’d better get ready to learn about peer-to-peer networks, cryptography and the history of money. It’s for this reason that I find it bizarre when

XRP Forms Crushing Textbook Reversal Sign After 30% Explosion

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Time Stamp: August 4, 2020 9:00 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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XRP has seen an extremely strong rally over the past few days, outperforming Bitcoin and even Ethereum on some days. Since July 22nd, the asset has gained in excess of 50%, reaching highs not seen since the February blow-off top. Some analysts see this price action as a precursor to a macro bull run for XRP. While this may be true, the leading altcoin is printing some signs that it will reverse for a few days or weeks, then potentially it may head higher. XRP Could Soon See Reversal: TD

This Newly Formed Structure Could Cause Bitcoin to See Major Losses

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Time Stamp: August 4, 2020 7:00 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Bitcoin and the aggregated cryptocurrency market are currently in a precarious position following the series of strong rejections seen yesterday evening The selling pressure incurred as a result of these rejections has not yet been enough to force BTC or other assets below their crucial support levels That being said, analysts are growing increasingly cautious on BTC’s near-term outlook One trader explained that a recently emerged technical pattern seems to indicate downside is imminent It is important to note that there is one fundamental development that could invalidate this pattern