France doesn’t want Facebook to operate Libra in Europe Facebook’s ambitious cryptocurrency project, Libra, has been facing a lot of heat in Europe since its announcement in June. Now, according to Reuters, the French finance minister, Bruno Le Maire, doesn’t want it to operate in the EU, as he feels it’s unclear … Read More…
More infoEthereum market faces bearish ‘death cross’ pattern, while Bitcoin retains momentum Ethereum, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency, is struggling to find any sense of market momentum, with its price dropping almost 50 percent since its 2019-peak of $349. To make matters worse, Ethereum‘s market is on the verge of a “death cross.” This i… Read More…
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A $44m series B Drop in the bucket for millennial loyalty Commerce and marketing are radically changing these days. Consumers are increasingly looking for brands they identify with, while at the same time, the cost of acquiring users is increasing year-over-year for marketers. For brands, that math makes marketing c… Read More…
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France Vows to Block Facebook’s Libra Currency in Europe, Suggests ‘Public Digital Currency’ Instead The French government is vowing to block Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency from being introduced in Europe, according to French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, who denounced the planned digital currency at a meeting of the Organization for Economic Co-operatio… Read More…
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23 towns in Texas were hit by possibly the largest ransomware attack ever, in what could be the first coordinated cyberattack of its kind ever 23 towns in Texas had their computer systems hacked and their data held hostage in a large-scale coordinated ransomware attack on August 16, the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR)…
More infoSatoshi Nakaboto: ‘Akon favors Bitcoin over ‘military-backed’ dollar’ Our robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin every fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Faraday used to say: Shleppppppp it! Bitco… Read More…
More infoFacebook’s Libra Association is being investigated by EU antitrust regulators Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency project is being probed again, this time by European Union antitrust regulators. The European Commission said it is “currently investigating potential anti-competitive behavior,” related to the Libra Association, B loomberg rep… Read More…
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Police Hijack a Botnet and Remotely Kill 850,000 Malware Infections In a rare feat, French police have hijacked and neutralized a massive cryptocurrency mining botnet controlling close to a million infected computers. From a report: The notorious Retadup malware infects computers and starts mining cryptocurrency by sapping po… Read More…
More infoMeet the brave devs trying to take Dogecoin beyond the meme If you don’t get a warm, fuzzy feeling when you think about Dogecoin, you probably have a heart of stone. The truth is, though, that the developers of the world’s cutest cryptocurrency want it to be more than just a Bitcoin-like token featuring the…
More infoCryptocurrency fraudsters beg courts to return their luxury items, judge says no Two cryptocurrency fraudsters in Canada are asking the courts to give their stuff back claiming the order to seize their assets had been granted improperly. The court isn’t buying it, and has dismissed their appeal, local news reports. Lisa Angela Cheng and K……
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