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Over the weekend, the bitcoin price spiked to as high as $8,200 prior to the highly anticipated weekly close. Despite it being the first strong breakout since November 2019, there was not enough buying demand to push it to higher levels.Many traders expected bitcoin to hit upper resistance levels including
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Data privacy has long been seen as one of the major non-monetary usages of blockchain technology. Many governments and corporations are already running recordkeeping systems based on distributed ledgers to securely store internal data.Tech enthusiasts believe that blockchain has the potential to revolutionize personal data and identity management for
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Bitcoin’s (BTC) classification has been a controversial and difficult topic for crypto-enthusiasts, investors, and regulators to reach a consensus on. The digital asset has been compared to a currency, a commodity, an investment asset or even said to have no underlying value. However, from the perspective of regulators, Bitcoin
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Blockchain-fueled data marketplace Measure Protocol has received £2 million in additional funding led by Dynata and Blockchain Valley Ventures (BVV), with Medicys Limited also joining the round. Owen Hanks, CEO of Measure Protocol said: “The new investment is a clear illustration that the industry is starting to pay attention to consumers’ needs, both from a practical
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Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has said the cost of responding to law enforcement requests for user data is rising sharply year on year.In a tweet on Tuesday, the firm posted an infographic teasing its new 2019 Transparency Report, indicating it had received 710 information requests in total – 49 percent more
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6 January 2020 The ICO’s Regulators’ Business Innovation Privacy Hub has recently been looking at the key data protection considerations for innovators who are working in the
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Poloniex, a digital asset exchange based in the US, has notified its users that they need to reset their passwords for their accounts on the exchange.Poloniex initially sent users individual emails regarding the password and account security reset but after one of the crypto exchange’s customers posted on Twitter a
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An Ethereum (ETH) wallet known as “Shitcoin Wallet” is reportedly injecting malicious javascript code from open browser windows to steal data from its users. On Dec. 30, cybersecurity and anti-phishing expert Harry Denley warned about the potential breach in a tweet:– Source TwitterAccording to Denley’s tweet, Chrome browser crypto
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Cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex has forced a password reset for all customers due to a leaked list of email addresses and passwords on Twitter.On Dec. 30, the exchange emailed its customers to inform them that a list of leaked email addresses and passwords could potentially be used to log in
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This post is part of CoinDesk's 2019 Year in Review, a collection of 100 op-eds, interviews and takes on the state of blockchain and the world. Ben Goertzel is founder and CEO of SingularityNET, a blockchain-based AI marketplace project.As AI rapidly pervades every sector of the economy, there are few
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