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Chainalysis’ data shows the average ransomware payment size last year reached $118,000 in cryptocurrency, up from $88,000 in 2020, according to a report published Thursday. In 2019, the average ransomware payment was only $25,000. Kim Grauer, Chainalysis’ head of research, attributes this jump to the growing sophistication of ransomware groups. Original
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Bitcoin (BTC) continues to linger just below $43,000 on Feb. 7 as markets gear up for what promises to be a lively week.Another step up overnight took BTC/USD briefly over $43,000 before consolidating with $42,000 as support, data from Cryptox Markets Pro and TradingView shows.Fresh losses remain firmly on the tableFor
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury released a study on the high-value art market, highlighting the potential in the nonfungible tokens (NFT) space to conduct illicit money laundering or terror financing operations.The treasury’s “Study of the facilitation of money laundering and terror finance through the trade in works of art”
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Ether price (ETH) spent the last two months stuck in a rut and even the most bullish trader will admit that the possibility of trading above $4,400 in the next couple of months is dim. Of course, cryptocurrency traders are notoriously optimistic and it is not unusual for them to expect
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Security was never the strong suit of browser-based crypto wallets to store Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and other cryptocurrencies. However, new malware makes the safety of online wallets even more complicated by directly targeting crypto wallets that work as browser extensions such as MetaMask, Binance Chain Wallet or Coinbase Wallet.Named
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UBS recently posted a profit for its fourth quarter which caps off a remarkable year for the Swiss banking giant, and sets the tone for more.Prominent Swiss bank UBS Group AG recently posted its earnings for the fourth quarter (Q4) 2021, which showed a decline in profit. However, the latest results
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Crypto-focused venture capital fund ChainLink Capital Management has set a target to reach $100 million of assets under management for each of its Luna and Ama funds this year, General Partner Andrew Hoppin told CryptoX in an interview. The funds had approximately $30 million and $13 million under management, respectively,
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Bitdefender, a cybersecurity and antivirus company, has detected BHUNT, a new kind of malware that targets cryptocurrency wallets via software installs. The malware works on top of installs of unsecured or cracked software, that already comes packaged with the system to be deployed on desktop environments. Once installed, the software
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The global supply chain has become an area of intense focus over the past couple of years and pressures from the pandemic and backlogged ports have led to a massive range of shortages for everyday items. One protocol that is focusing on optimizing supply chain management and building strength based on
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