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Bitcoin’s (BTC) Lightning Network (LN) developer Rusty Russel has published the full disclosure of the network’s vulnerability discovered in August, accompanied by a solution.Russel pointed out that the vulnerability appeared while opening funding channels. The described process does not require that receivers check if a transaction is the one
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Subsequent to the recovery of the Bitcoin price (BTC) movement from $7,700 to around $8,200 in the past 24 hours, technical analysts anticipate Bitcoin and other major crypto assets to recover in the short term.Speaking to CryptoX, crypto trader Nick Cote said that there are plenty of times when
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Why is Crypto Down?This week hasn’t been too nice to Bitcoin. Since the start of the week, the leading cryptocurrency has lost some 20%, failing to break up from a long-term price triangle.This dramatic move — which came as there were optimists calling for Bitcoin to break higher to $20,000
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An employee at a nuclear research center in the closed town of Sarov in Russia was fined for illegally mining Bitcoin (BTC).Convicted to pay $7,000 fineAccording to a Sept. 27 article by Russian news outlet Meduza, a man was fined 450,000 rubles ($7,000) for trying to mine Bitcoin by
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Amerian Internet infrastructure firm Juniper Networks has found a new spyware that uses Telegram app to replace crypto addresses with its own.Masad Clipper and StealerJuniper Threat Labs, a threat intelligence portal at Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), discovered a new Trojan-delivered malware implementing major global messaging app Telegram to exfiltrate
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Tachyon network, a decentralized internet protocol has officially launched its white paper which discloses details on the project background and Tachyon ecosystem.Reconstruct the TCP/IP modelIn a press release shared with CryptoX on Sept. 27, Tachyon network announced the release of its white paper revealing details on how the protocol
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Blockchain and artificial intelligence startup, Core Scientific has acquired Stax Digital to further develop its infrastructure and software solutions.Creator of HoneyminerIn a Sept. 27 press release, Core Scientific announced the acquisition of blockchain mining company Stax Digital, the creator of the most widely used GPU mining program, Honeyminer. Stax
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Troubled online retailer Overstock has invested $2 million USD in blockchain-based identity firm Evernym through its crypto division, Medici Ventures. Blockchain-Based Identity Technology Evernym was founded in Salt Lake City in 2013 and has developed a blockchain-based technology that allows organizations and governments to issue, accept, and verify credentials that operate similarly to a
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Facebook’s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg is in talks with the House Financial Services Committee to testify on Libra, Facebook’s stablecoin.Discussions on market power and LibraAccording to a Bloomberg article from Sept. 26, Facebook is currently trying to get its chief operating officer Sandberg in front of the House
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IOV Labs, the parent company of Bitcoin smart contract platform RSK, has announced the acquisition of Taringa. As a result, the Hispanic social media network’s 30 million users and 1,000+
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