Monday, March 17, 2025
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Crypto-Mining Attacks Fell Sharply in 2019 but Ransomware Is Trending: Kaspersky

In the cat-and-mouse game between hackers and users, less-lucrative crypto-mining malware fell out of favor this year. While security experts at Kaspersky found that the number of "unique malicious objects" rose by 13.7 percent – led in part by a 187 percent increase in so-called web-skimmer files, malware designed to

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Stanford Funds Blockchain Startup Touted as ‘the Microsoft for Blockchain’

Blockchain infrastructure startup Alchemy has garnered investments from multiple notable mainstream entities, including Stanford University, as well as leaders from other top businesses.Alchemy, a startup focused on providing blockchain infrastructure, as well as other tools for developers, has amassed $15 million in contributions from influential mainstream business leaders, such

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Canaan’s Post-IPO Stock Plunge Reveals Sales Slump, Price War With Bitmain

Canaan’s top-priced model, according to its website, is the “February batch” of the AvalonMiner A1166-68T machine for $1,978, providing 68 terahashes per second at an efficiency of 47 joules per terahash. In this case, a higher efficiency rating is worse, because it indicates more power usage and thus a higher

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Coinfloor’s CEO Explains Decision to Delist All Crypto but Bitcoin to CryptoX

London-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinfloor will delist all cryptocurrencies but Bitcoin (BTC) to focus on Bitcoin only services in January.The United Kingdom’s oldest crypto exchange will delist all cryptos including the second-biggest altcoin Ether (ETH) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) in conjunction with the 11th anniversary of Bitcoin’s launch on Jan.

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