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It has also been a year when certain erroneous concepts have, thankfully, been dropped by the wayside. For example, the industry no longer thinks STOs are easier to sell than other types of private placements. While STOs are a great match in many ways for the §506(c) of Regulation D
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Hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger has hired Charles Guillemet as chief technology officer (CTO) where he will oversee the company’s security operations.In a press release shared with CryptoX on Dec. 5, Ledger said that Guillemet has been in charge of the company's security assessments for Ledger’s products ever since he
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A couple of United States lawmakers are looking to classify stablecoins as securities. With Libra considering adopting fiat-pegged stablecoins rather than a single token supported by a basket of national currencies, the proposed crypto project might be facing yet another regulatory hurdle.Meanwhile, lawmakers sponsoring the bill say stablecoins should
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A recent report published by ESET, a cybersecurity company, has revealed the modus operandi of the Stantinko botnet, which has been distributing a Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency mining module through YouTube without the users’ knowledge or consent (cryptojacking).According to the report, the hackers have been installing malware content on YouTube channels
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Digital asset cybersecurity startup Fireblocks announced that it is currently moving more than $2.5 billion in cryptocurrencies each month.In a Nov. 26 press release, Fireblocks revealed that the company has seen a 400% increase in customer growth, and that crypto transfer volumes are growing 150% month to month since
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Bitcoin was designed as a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency, but as the network expanded, there was no way to avoid the growing influence of centralized crypto exchanges. Soon after Bitcoin’s launch, more people wanted to enter the system. While mining was an affordable option at the time, buying crypto with fiat
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On Thursday, US congress has introduced a bill that would classify Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra as a security. The new proposed law is likely to bring up larger issues of regulation and inspection to Facebook’s crypto project that the company introduced as an electronic payment system.Representatives Sylvia Garcia and Lance Gooden
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The CertiK Foundation, an organization that develops security infrastructure for blockchains, will introduce the open beta of its CertiK Chain next week.Per a press release shared with CryptoX on Nov. 22, CertiK Foundation is about to launch the Testnet 3.0 open beta for CertiK Chain designed to enable smart
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As part of the transition, Parity has agreed to build certain business-logic features on Polymesh’s base layer. Source
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