2018-8-20 14:23 |
Scammers advertise on social media platforms, promise unrealistically high returns and sometimes use fake endorsements from famous people, the FCA cautions.
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According to report from Kaspersky Lab, an anti-virus and internet security firm, scammers made off with over $2. 3 million during the second quarter of 2018. A popular scheme for these phishers and scammers is to use fake websites and social media accounts to create a faux ICO to lure investors.
2018-8-18 18:31 | |
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Two well-meaning Facebook vigilantes are in a battle against scam accounts, and Facebook‘s response seems to be “Yeah, good job. Now keep doing it. ” Kathy Kostrub-Waters and Bryan Denny are spending some of their precious free time finding fake accounts on the site — not the kind created by Russian trolls during the fake news blitz a few years ago, but the kind that use stolen photos to convince lonely hearts to send money to people they’ve never met.
2018-8-16 21:24 | |
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If data is the new oil, Facebook is the modern version of the Exxon Valdez. Fake news is big business, and it’s easy for central actors to use and abuse their users. Corporate astroturfers will pay handsomely for a well-used Reddit account or social media mention.
2018-8-15 17:47 | |
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Researchers at Duo Labs have discovered that Twitter is home to at least 15,000 scam bots and have published their findings in a new report. Between May and July of 2018, staff members observed, collected and analyzed nearly 90 million public Twitter accounts that had released over 500 million tweets.
2018-8-9 20:51 | |
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On Tuesday, August 7, 2018, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned British investors against associating with Fair Oaks Crypto, as the latter is claimed to have falsified the legitimacy of its business, namely with the use of “fake authorization”.
2018-8-8 11:47 | |
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WM PROFESSIONAL through Eucleia - its platform - is a global certificator and rating system connecting the word-of-mouth operators, based on blockchain principles. The Eucleia system consists of proprietary and sophisticated algorithms on top of automatic processes that combine the use of spiders, software, artificial intelligence and even manual interventions to create a reliable and inviolable rating.
2018-8-7 02:57 | |
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Twitter have designed a genius plan to help reduce the number of cryptocurrency scams circulating the Twitter sphere. Well, we say genius but actually, we can’t help but question who came up with this idea… According to reports, Twitter is disabling any Twitter accounts that are unverified and use the display name ‘Elon Musk’.
2018-7-25 16:30 | |
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Special thanks to Eli Ben-Sasson for ongoing help, explanations and review, coming up with some of the examples used in this post, and most crucially of all inventing a lot of this stuff; thanks to Hsiao-wei Wang for reviewing Hopefully many people by now have heard of ZK-SNARKs, the general-purpose succinct zero knowledge proof technology that can be used for all sorts of usecases ranging from verifiable computation to privacy-preserving cryptocurrency.
2018-7-21 23:03 | |
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Special thanks to Eli Ben-Sasson for ongoing help and explanations, and Justin Drake for reviewing In the last part of this series, we talked about how you can make some pretty interesting succinct proofs of computation, such as proving that you have computed the millionth Fibonacci number, using a technique involving polynomial composition and division.
2018-7-21 23:03 | |
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CoinMarketCap has introduced new filters and ranking metrics which give users "the power to experience and use the data in a way that fits their needs most." The post CoinMarketCap Introduces New Requirements To Combat Fake Volume Concerns appeared first on CoinSpeaker.
2018-7-21 10:04 | |
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In this age of disinformation, misinformation and fake news, information vetting has become a highly anticipated subject and recently, another startup emerged with plans to use a decentralized blockchain system to filter out the noise and get to the truth.
2018-7-13 14:00 | |
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The President of the United States is known for his use of social media to raise awareness on topics important to him and bypass what he calls “fake news.” So when President Trump retweeted the news of law enforcement agencies arresting 35 dark web vendors across the country, one can rest assured that it was […] Donald Trump Retweets News of Arrests of Darknet Illicit Goods Vendors – 2000 Bitcoins [BTC] Seized was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News.
2018-6-30 16:19 | |
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Pharmaceuticals giant Merck is seeking a patent for a way to use blockchain in order to track goods as they move through the supply chain. That distributed network could then be used to store information verifying the authenticity of the item.
2018-6-26 00:15 | |
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Adblock Plus developer eyeo GmbH will use blockchain technology in its browser extension Trusted News, TechCrunch reports June, 13. The project’s website states that the browser add-on labels fake news media while marking trustworthy sources and stories.
2018-6-14 05:04 | |
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Ethereum's net taker volume remained deep in the red, signaling sustained sell pressure over the past few months. Despite the selling pressure, the total number of ETH holders continued to incrThe post Ethereum faces heavy sell-off - So how are investors still holding strong? appeared first on AMBCrypto.
The declining crypto trading volume raised concerns about weakening market momentum and trader exhaustion. Sustained recovery requires both rising prices and increasing trading volume for stronThe post Crypto trading volume plunges 63% despite market cap recovery - Rally at risk? appeared first on AMBCrypto.
The U. S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve boosts global government interest in cryptocurrency adoption. Deutsche Bank sees Bitcoin as a “hard reserve asset” with strong diversification potential.
Retail investors are excluded, limiting broader crypto participation. Russia debates Bitcoin as a reserve asset, but officials prioritize gold and yuan. The Bank of Russia has proposed a thrThe post Bank of Russia’s elite crypto regime: Trading restricted only to millionaires? appeared first on AMBCrypto.
Ripple’s case could end in days or weeks if they enter a private agreement with the SEC. More bettors and Options traders expected XRP to dip below $2 by the end of March. In February,The post Ripple vs.
Fidelity is seeking the SEC's permission for staking on its ETF ETFs ETF staking could offer an extra 3% yield to investors. Fidelity, through the CBOE exchange, has filed an application wThe post Fidelity seeks SEC nod to unlock staking on its Ethereum ETF – Could this boost crypto yields? appeared first on AMBCrypto.
U. S. crypto users missed out on up to $5 billion in airdrops between 2020 and 2024 due to SEC-driven geofencing Lawmakers are urging the SEC to clarify its position on airdrops Over the pastThe post U.
