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Coinbase‌ ‌to‌ ‌Offer‌‌ ‌Bitcoin-Backed‌‌ ‌‌Loans‌‌ ‌to‌ ‌US‌ ‌Customers | Bitcoin News Summary Aug 17, 2020

 Coinbase will allow U.S. retail customers to borrow fiat loans against as much as 30% of their bitcoin holdings. One of the largest and most regulated crypto exchanges is capping credit lines at $20,000 per customer and offering an interest rate of 8% for bitcoin-backed loans with terms of one year or less. Yam, a DeFi token, suffered a fatal Code flaw which saw about $750,000 worth of tokens get locked up permanently and irretrievably. The project launched on Tuesday and had already accumulated over half a billion Dollars

Flipstarter Campaign Launched to Create Viral BCH Videos for Normies

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) advocate and CEO of BitcoinBCH.com, Hayden Otto, has launched a fundraising campaign to create viral videos promoting BCH to mainstream audiences — after failing to win over crypto converts to the cause.The last video produced by Otto garnered more than 100,000 views across various social platforms. He was also behind a controversial viral video last year showing a Bitcoin double spending exploit of the Binance-backed TravelbyBit payment networkThe campaign aims to raise 650 BCH (nearly $180,000) and has garnered 192.52 BCH (roughly $53,000) in donations already in

Ethereum Classic Under Multiple 51% Attacks | Bitcoin News Summary Aug 10, 2020

 Ethereum Classic has suffered its second 51% attack in less than a week, bringing the ongoing security of the network into question. During the attack, the offending miner managed to double-spend $5.6 million worth of ETC after spending only $200,000 to acquire the hash power for the attack. The ETC team was advising its clients to halt interactions with the network while corrective steps were taken. The US branch of global cryptocurrency exchange, Binance has halted all trading and orders following an incident. CEO Catherine Coley tweeted, “Your funds

TikTok Ban: The Beginning of a New Age in Social Networks?

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that forbids American companies to transact with Tencent and Bytedance. The ban comes after a long debate involving alleged data mining from apps like WeChat and TikTok. Following the ban, Tencent shares fell 5%. American companies will effectively have 45 days to stop transacting with these companies. The ban is sparking worldwide debate regarding the boundaries of national security. Is this an opportunity for decentralized social media platforms to step up? Tencent and the Yuan Plummet The announcement was immediately felt on

Grandmas On Lightning

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

Ledger Client Details Leaked | Bitcoin News Summary Aug 3, 2020

 Some alarming news for Ledger hardware wallet users was announced. The company’s internal records were breached, revealing customer details which include up to a million email addresses. A further 9,500 customers had their full names, numbers, and addresses leaked. While funds secured by Ledger devices are still safe, any users who got an email from the company saying they were affected should be on guard against phishing or even real-world attacks. The perpetrators of last week’s high profile Twitter hack, in which accounts of various celebrities and leaders were

Zoom Data Scandal Shows Blockchain May Be the Future of Communications

As people around the world started following shelter-in-place orders, popular video conferencing platform Zoom quickly gained new users, noting in a recent blog post that it had reached more than 200 million daily users last month, up from 10 million in December. From virtual conferences to online birthday parties, thousands of individuals have flocked to Zoom in an attempt to remain social at a time when social gatherings are banned.Yet, while Zoom may have seemed like the perfect alternative to in-person gatherings, a major security flaw has been lurking in