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The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a warning after its monitoring system was compromised by a “Ryuk” ransomware that left the system stunned for 30 hours. It is yet to be ascertained whether the attackers made a demand for any ransom; usually, Ryuk ransomware is followed by a demand for
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Users of IOTA, the 24th biggest cryptocurrency by market cap, were unable to confirm transactions for 24 hours due to a mainnet incident on Dec. 29.According to an official statement on the issue, the IOTA network experienced a mainnet incident that began at 2:50 AM UTC on Dec. 29,
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The price of Ethereum (ETH) dropped to $123 from $142 in the last 48 hours, which is more than a 10% drop against the dollar. At the start of the year, the coin was trading at $130 across all cryptocurrency exchanges. The latest drop leaves the coin in the net
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Augur (REP) has spiked over 35% in the last 30 hours. The Forecast Foundation is moving towards accelerating the development of the platform. REP could soon retrace before it continues its uptrend. Augur is on a roll as its price surged over 35% against the dollar in the last 30 hours. The recent
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The number of daily XRP transactions is going through the roof, nearing an all-time high of 1.70 million.Daily transactions boom to 1.6 million According to the crypto data tracker BitInfoCharts, XRP’s daily transactions now account for more than 50% of all the cryptocurrency transactions during the last 24 hours. Ether
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An unknown Bitcoin Cash (BCH) miner was apparently in control of more than 50% of the token’s hash rate for 24 hours.The miner seemed to mine 73 blocks from 10 am Oct. 24 to 10 am Oct. 25, to which Twitter user Notgrubles responded that this is the reason
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Intercontinental Exchange’s (ICE) Bakkt platform has traded 71 Bitcoin (BTC) futures contracts in the first 24 hours following its launch on Sept. 22.According to ICE historical data on Bakkt’s Bitcoin/USD futures contract trading, the platform has traded 71 BTC at press time, with the last recorded trading price settling
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Bitcoin SV blockchain developer and blockchain organization service Open Directory creator synfonaut has launched a consulting service called Office Hours. This service connects developers in need of assistance with experienced Bitcoin SV devs, for help on Bitcoin SV projects. Synfonaut announced the service’s launch in a Twitter post on Aug.
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The bitcoin price spiked after regulated futures platform Bakkt announced it had received approval to launch in September. | Source: ShutterstockBy CCN Markets: Bakkt, a bitcoin futures trading platform operated by ICE, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), finally received approval from the Commodities and
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