Matic testnet just powered Ethereum (ETH) to 7,200 tps; dApps next

Results of the Matic Network released today show promise for Ethereum dApps; after the team confirmed 7,200 transactions per second (tps) in testing. The post Matic testnet just powered Ethereum (ETH) to 7,200 tps; dApps next appeared first on CryptoSlate. дальше »

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US Army Requests Information on Tools to Track Cryptocurrency Transactions

The U. S. Department of Defense and the U. S. Army have requested information on web-based cryptocurrency tracking tools. The tools must enable U. S. government agencies worldwide to conduct in-depth investigations into the source of crypto transactions and provide multi-currency analysis from bitcoin to other top cryptocurrencies. дальше »

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Abra Crypto App Charged by SEC for Transactions Affecting Thousands of US Stock and ETF Purchases

Abra cryptocurrency app has been charged by two U. S. regulators: the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The company has agreed to cease-and-desist orders as well as fines. дальше »

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Accointing software offering a free crypto tax package for its users

Accointing, a crypto tax and portfolio tracking platform, has launched a free crypto tax solution that allows users to track bitcoin and over 4,500 cryptocurrencies via mobile or desktop, manage their transactions in over 300 crypto exchanges and wallets and generate a tax report of up to 25 transactions at no cost. дальше »

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Why Banks Keep Blocking Cryptocurrency-Related Transactions

The close interaction between traditional finance and regulators is the key element in the development of the cryptocurrency industry. дальше »

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Hacker Stole 336 BTC from Crypto Exchange Cashaa

Cryptocurrency exchange Cashaa said hackers took 336 bitcoin from one of its wallets. The company has stopped all crypto-related transactions. дальше »

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IOTA Releases Industry-Ready Version of Chronicle, a Decentralized Storage Framework

On July 10, IOTA (MIOTA) announced their official permanode solution dubbed Chronicle is now in Alpha. Chronicle was released by the IOTA Foundation in September last year with an aim to store all IOTA transactions, forever. дальше »

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Santander Expands One Pay FX to 19 Countries With Ripple

Santander has expanded its One Pay FX app, the transformative cross-border payments solution, to 19 countries in a partnership with Ripple. Spanish multinational commercial bank Banco Santander has partnered with Ripple to facilitate speedy and transparent cross-border transactions. дальше »

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Binance CEO CZ Showcases First Use of Binance Card

Binance CEO’s first beta transactions of Binance Card are powered by recently acquired Swipe.

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Cryptocurrency: How to Avoid a Data Breach

Cybercriminals have been causing data breaches ever since the internet was introduced to the world. However, the major problem with cryptocurrency data breaches is that transactions are irreversible. дальше »

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Real estate payments using Bitcoin on the rise in Dubai

The use of Bitcoin for real estate transactions is rising in Dubai, but it...

The post Real estate payments using Bitcoin on the rise in Dubai appeared first on Coin Journal.

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Bitcoin Transactions: New High for Argentina as Confidence in the Peso Tanks

Crisis laden Argentina saw bitcoin transactions worth $1. 4 million (101 million pesos) being recorded in the past week, a new high for the country. According to a report by Vorem, this figure is nearly double the previous high of $0. дальше »

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IOTA 2.0: Pollen Testnet Records Peak Performance of 1500 TPS, 20x Improvement in Message Confirmation Time

Early progress updates from Pollen — the first IOTA 2. 0 testnet infrastructure — are in, with over 20,000 value transactions already exchanged between nodes on the network. First Pollen Testnet Results Show Improved Performance Tweeting on Tuesday (July 7, 2020), IOTA stated that the Pollen testnet recorded over 280,000 transactions exchanged between node operators. дальше »

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Escalating Bank Runs Spur Chinese Government to Require Approval for Large Cash Transactions

A series of bank runs has prompted the Chinese government to begin requiring approval for large cash deposits and withdrawals at commercial banks, starting with banks in a northern province. Recently, two bank runs happened within a week as people lost faith in financial institutions amid unprecedented economic contraction. дальше »

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Weed Out the Soviet-Era Ponzi Scheme Eating Ethereum

The MMM Ponzi scheme accounts for 10% of Ethereum's transactions and 50% of Paxos's. It's time the Ethereum community did something about it. дальше »

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Ethereum Dapps Are Nearing 50% of Bitcoin Transaction Volumes

Ethereum has long flipped bitcoin in transaction numbers. Now dapps and defi may do too with 127,000 transactions performed within 24 hours on Friday. Today so far it stands at... дальше »

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Sphereon Is Integrating Its Product Suite With LTO Network, Adding Thousands of Transactions

Sphereon was incorporated in 2016 to create trust in a digital world through scalable security applications. Sphereon builds solutions in co-creation with software developers, system integrators, and corporations. They help... дальше »

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Bitcoin Giveaway Scammers Impersonating US Comedian Joe Rogan Just Grabbed BTC from Victims: Whale Alert

Whale Alert has reported that a Bitcoin giveaway scam impersonating US comedian Joe Rogan has received some successful transactions, carrying BTC дальше »

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DeFi App Growth Boosts Total Transactions On DApp Blockchains By $4.5B In Q2 2020: DAppRadar Report

In a report by DApp Radar, the total transactional volume on DApps touched the $12 billion mark in Q2 2020, representing a $4. 5 billion increase from Q1 2020. Ethereum (ETH) continues to dominate the decentralized application (DApp) industry attracting a value of $11 billion across Q2 2020. дальше »

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The IRS Investigation Division Is Requesting Information About Privacy-Centric Cryptocurrencies

The United States tax agency has published a request for information pertaining to privacy-centric cryptocurrencies and technologies that obfuscate crypto transactions. The IRS-CI Cyber Crimes Unit request is also asking for information in relation to “layer two offchain protocol networks, sidechains, and the Schnorr Signature algorithm. дальше »

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Is Ripple exploring ODL between Europe, Mexico, Australia?

With every passing day, the prospect of cashless transactions is becoming more and more enticing, especially since the pandemic is making cash vulnerable. Many traditional banks have been taking stepsThe post Is Ripple exploring ODL between Europe, Mexico, Australia? appeared first on AMBCrypto. дальше »

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Former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers Expects ‘A Ton of Innovation’ Around Stablecoins

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers praised stablecoins last week, saying he sees use cases in cross-border transactions as one example. дальше »

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What is Raiden? The Lighting Network of Ethereum

There has been a long-running obsession with the throughput of transactions for the Ethereum community. Many believe that technology won’t have a future unless this is resolved. This mainly affects… The post What is Raiden? The Lighting Network of Ethereum appeared first on CoinCentral. дальше »

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Обозреватель блокчейнов Blockchair добавил показатель конфиденциальности биткоин-транзакций

Обозреватель блокчейнов Blockchair добавил показатель конфиденциальности под названием Privacy-o-meter для биткоин-транзакций. Today we release Privacy-o-meter — a tool for Bitcoin users and developers to assess the privacy level of their transactions. дальше »

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IRS Wants to Track ‘Nefarious’ Privacy Coin and Lightning Transactions

The IRS is looking to expand its investigative capabilities around privacy coins, layer-two solutions, and sidechains.

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Bitcoin Wallets were Letting People Get Scammed with Faulty Balances

A bug in three major cryptocurrency wallets let scammers dupe people with double-spent Bitcoin, allowing unconfirmed transactions to count in a user’s total wallet balance. Unreliable Bitcoin Wallet Balances The... дальше »

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Blockchain Game Alliance Welcomes Algorand (ALGO) as Its Newest Member

Decentralized scalable digital currency and transactions platform Algorand (ALGO) today announced that it had joined the Blockchain Game Alliance (BGA) as a member and supporting sponsor. Algorand Joins the Blockchain Game Alliance Algorand, a permissionless, proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain protocol that has provided tech infrastructure to several countries’ national currency projects is now an official memberRead MoreRead More. дальше »

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Ripple Is Becoming a Dumping Ground for Bitcoin Spam Transactions

As Ethereum attracts more and more precious Bitcoin into its network, Ripple is attempting something quite similar. The results, however, appear far from convincing. Everyone Wants a Piece of Bitcoin... дальше »

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LocalBitcoins loses market leadership to Paxful

Paxful, a peer-to-peer platform for buying and selling cryptocurrency, for the first time outperformed LocalBitcoins in terms of transaction volume. This was facilitated by tighter identification requirements and ban on cash transactions at LocalBitcoins. дальше »

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Bitcoin Fundamentals Hit New Major Highs Regarding New Wallets and BTC Transactions

Recent data shared by Glassnode reveals that Bitcoin fundamentals have reached some new major highs regarding BTC transactions and BTC wallets дальше »

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$1,132,203,492 in Bitcoin Wired by Crypto Whales Over Past Few Days, In Just Two Transactions

One more gargantuan transaction has been conducted, carrying approx $200 mln in BTC after $900 mln in Bitcoin was moved a few days earlier, totalling $1,132,203,492 дальше »

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Zimbabwe Halts Mobile Transactions as Hyperinflation Spurs Currency Flight

Zimbabwe's central bank, seeking to block attempts to avoid the country’s hyperinflation, halted all transactions conducted by "mobile money agents" this week. дальше »

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ETH Scalability Isn’t Going to Be an Issue Soon, Suggests Vitalik Buterin

Ethereum 2.0 will eventually facilitate up to approximately 100,000 transactions per second.

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Israel Govt backed Crypto Startup, Kirobo, Develops Reversible Blockchain Transactions

The Israeli startup, launched in 2018, has launched its mainnet version of its Retrievable Transfer feature protecting users from sending their digital assets to wrong addresses. The platform employs a layer two security solution (logic layer) on a blockchain that works in two levels. дальше »

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Blockchain Monitor, Elliptic, Adds Zcash (ZEC) and Horizen (ZEN) Privacy Tokens to be Screened

Elliptic, a blockchain analysis firm, announced the addition of Zcash (ZEC) and Horizen (ZEN) privacy tokens to its tracking platform. The analysis firm, however, supports the ‘unshielded’ transactions from the blockchain only, keeping away from the built-in privacy tokens such as Monero (XMR), Elliptic co-founder and chief scientist Tom Robinson said. Following the successful support […] дальше »

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An Israeli Blockchain Startup Claims They’ve Invented an ‘Undo’ Button for Bitcoin Transactions

A two-year-old Israeli blockchain startup says it has found a way to cancel crypto transactions if they are sent to the wrong wallet address. дальше »

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Аналитики: Почти половина транзакций в сети XRP имеет отношение к мошеннической схеме

Аналитики Xrplorer.com оценили в 40% число XRP-транзакций, связанных с деятельностью одной из мошеннических схем. Information about the large amounts of “BTC” being sent on the XRPL:— Fake investment scheme/arbitrage platforms claim to profit from arbitrage trading Bitcoin across platforms— They provide evidence of their legitimacy by linking to real transactions on real blockchains 1/4 — xrplorer.com (@xrplorer) […] дальше »

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Мнение: до 40% транзакций в сети XRP от Ripple связаны с мошеннической схемой

Аналитики Xrplorer. com оценили в 40% число XRP-транзакций, связанных с деятельностью одной из мошеннических схем. Information about the large amounts of “BTC” being sent on the XRPL: - Fake investment scheme/arbitrage platforms claim to profit from arbitrage trading Bitcoin across platforms - They provide evidence of their legitimacy by linking to real transactions on real blockchains 1/4 — xrplorer. дальше »

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China’s Blockchain Service Network Reportedly Integrating Ethereum

China’s state-sponsored Blockchain Service Network (BSN) is reportedly moving to start integrating with public blockchains like Ethereum and Nervos Network. News of these potential integrations come just a week after news broke about the BSN utilizing Chainlink Oracles to increase the speed and security of transactions taking place on-chain. This news seems to bode well […] дальше »

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Ethereum developers try to rethink fee pricing model

The cost of gas required to complete transactions in Ethereum increased by 500% since April. This complicates the work of decentralized applications on Ethereum.

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Visualize Crypto Transaction Privacy Scores With Blockchair’s ‘Privacy-o-Meter’

On June 24, the block explorer and blockchain data platform, Blockchair, announced the launch of a new privacy tool called the “Privacy-o-meter. ” According to Blockchair, the new service combats blockchain surveillance companies by highlighting privacy issues for crypto transactions. дальше »

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‘Sophisticated’ Hacker Plunders $450,000 From Defi Protocol Balancer

Decentralized finance (Defi) protocol ​Balancer was on Sunday hacked for more than $450,000 worth of cryptocurrency. In two separate transactions, an attacker targeted two pools containing Ethereum-based tokens with transfer fees – or so-called deflationary tokens. дальше »

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BTCPay Server Update Streamlines Refund Process; Adds Notification for Payment Status

The open-source bitcoin payment server BTCPay Server introduced a new system update called Update 1.0.5 on Friday. The updated aim is to ease the interaction between the server and the merchant. This update would make it easier for the merchants to manage their crypto transactions on their website. The latest update brings a set of […] дальше »

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Overpaying Bitcoin TXN fees can lead to bidding wars

During the crypto rally at the beginning of the year, the Bitcoin network faced a heavy load of transactions, soaring to levels unseen since February 2018. Interestingly, this did not occasion with thThe post Overpaying Bitcoin TXN fees can lead to bidding wars appeared first on AMBCrypto. дальше »

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Here’s Why Ethereum Could Start Nosediving to $170 This Week

Ethereum’s weakness as of late has primarily been rooted in that seen by Bitcoin. From a fundamental perspective, the cryptocurrency is arguably at one of its strongest points ever, with daily transactions recently breaking 1 million while its userbase sees massive growth. дальше »

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DeFi Infrastructure Providers Find It Hard to Keep up with Surging User Demand

The recent dramatic rise in the demand for decentralized finance (DeFi) apps, courtesy of the “yield farming” frenzy, proved too much to handle for The Graph – a blockchain infrastructure firm that processes the complex DeFi data transactions. дальше »

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EXMO Summer Promo: Zero Trading Commission for all GBP pairs

Regardless of the trading volume, transaction amount, or any other factors, throughout the entire summer EXMO users will save 100% of commission on transactions with the British pound (GBP). The platform designed a unique promo especially for the UK trading community – trading commission in all GBP pairs is 0% all summer. The promo began […] дальше »

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China wants to eventually track all transactions over $14,000 with the digital yuan

China’s digital currency aspirations are both unprecedented and unparalleled. The post China wants to eventually track all transactions over $14,000 with the digital yuan appeared first on CryptoSlate. дальше »

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Popular Bitcoin Wallet Electrum Now Supports the Lightning Network

Earlier this week, the popular Bitcoin wallet Electrum received a much-awaited update, with developers adding support for the Lightning Network. The latter allows for faster and cheaper BTC transactions, even as it remains under continuous development. дальше »

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Dosing The State, The Ethereum Scalability Challenge

Despite an increase in ethereum’s gas limit, the blocksize has not changed much because there isn’t a complete relationship between the amount of transactions and the amount of data. As... дальше »

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