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Earlier on, when Bitcoin (BTC) arrived on the scene, most cryptocurrency enthusiasts held on to their coins, as there were only so many places they could be spent. Nowadays, the list of marketplaces and retailers accepting Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is significantly larger, providing crypto enthusiasts with more options
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Dr. Umar Ardo, a chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Nigeria, rescued his kidnapped daughter by paying a $15,000 (N5.4 million) ransom in Bitcoin to her kidnappers. This is one of the first times that such a case has been reported in which the kidnappers have demanded the
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The use of malware to steal vital information is not a new concept in the world today. However, it seems that this sub-culture of malware producers are constantly sharpening their swords, making them more adapted to survive in the victim’s device.The latest on the book is one malware dubbed InnfiRAT
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An IT company in Armenia has been accused of illegally accessing electricity and using it to mine cryptocurrencies.$150,000 in powerOn Sept. 21, in an announcement from the Armenian National Security Service, the organization accused an IT company of illegally mining cryptocurrencies from inside a hydropower plant.The state agency reported
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World-famous credit card company AMEX has been on RippleNet since Nov 2016 and has seen great things across its UK/US payments corridor. We found it quite interesting when to hear AMEX talking SWIFT vs Ripple and the future of cross-border payments we had to look into it. Ripple’s cross-border payments product offers
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The University of St. Gallen in Switzerland is setting its sights on blockchain technology to fight fake diplomas, a type of fraud that has been on the rise globally in recent years.Degree certificationAccording to a CNN Money Switzerland interview from Sept. 19, the University of St. Gallen has announced
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Since 2011, just after Satoshi Nakamoto left the Bitcoin project for good, networks have emerged that leverage the BTC chain in some way. A variety of projects over the last
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Vakt, a blockchain-based post-trade platform for commodities, has signed a memorandum of understanding with essDOCS, a firm that develops paperless trade solutions, to put European shipping on the blockchain.As markets and technology-focused outlet Benzinga reported on Sept. 20, Vakt and essDOCS will work on a blockchain-based solution that will
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The online real-time economic strategy game, Prospectors, will be launching on the Worldwide Asset eXchange (WAX).Prospectors blockchain game lands on WAXIn a Sept. 17 blog post, WAX announced that one of the largest dApps in the world, The Prospectors, is launching on the WAX blockchain, which users buy physical
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Blockchain platform Tron’s founder, Justin Sun, has announced a new plan for TRON's (TRX) proof-of-stake mechanism.In a series of tweets on Sept. 21, Sun highlighted four key developments in the new plan for TRON’s proof-of-stake mechanism. Specifically, the developments will focus on the means of distributing staking revenues and
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