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Balaji Srinivasan, HashKey Back $2M Round in Twitter Privacy Tool Mask Network
Mask Network, the protocol that allows users to send encrypted messages, cryptocurrencies and even dapps over Twitter and Facebook, announced a $2 million funding round Tuesday co-led by HashKey and Hash Global. Other participants…
New Mac Update Leaves Users No Room to Escape Data Collection
Apple’s most recent update, Big Sur, makes a feature that logs device activity for offline (and online) applications practically impossible for privacy solutions to bypass. The monitoring is yet another example of Apple’s…
Gold Lags Far Behind Bitcoin as Vaccine Optimism Buoys Markets
Bitcoin is outshining gold by a significant margin in price terms as expectations soar of a swift global economic recovery enabled by promising coronavirus vaccines.While the top cryptocurrency by market value has risen 22% to cross $17,000…
Ethereum to surge to $530 if bulls break above parallel channel
If Ethereum bulls clear resistance near $485, the next barrier will be around $530
Ethereum (ETH) price is up by about 4.5% in the past 24 hours to change hands around $465 at the time of writing.
If ETH continues to rise short term, the…
Some loans on Maker are never liquidated, prompting debt auction overhaul
Small loans for $100 are uninteresting to liquidators, and they’re cheap to stack up. The Maker community is looking for solutions after an analysis by B.Protocol suggests that it is possible to exploit the liquidation system to create…
First Mover: Vaccine Won’t Come Fast Enough to Avoid More Stimulus
Bitcoin was higher, climbing back above $16,000 on Monday after dipping below the mark over the weekend. “Should we trade back above $16,490, then we expect to see the bulls take the market by the horns and drive prices to a $17,000…
China’s Crypto Miners Struggle to Pay Power Bills as Regulators Clamp Down on OTC Desks
As Chinese authorities make it harder than ever to exchange cryptocurrency into fiat, miners may be forced to move to other jurisdictions, local sources say.On Monday, crypto industry blogger Colin Wu tweeted that miners in China have been…
MakerDAO Loans Can Be Gamed to Hold Out Funds From Liquidation, Startup Finds
Borrowers can close debt positions on lending platform MakerDAO under the 150% collateral minimum with this one simple trick.A loophole in MakerDAO’s collateralized debt positions (CDPs) market, discovered by Israel-based startup…
SEC Chairman Jay Clayton Stepping Down at End of Year
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton will leave his role at the end of this year.Announced in a press release Monday, Clayton led the U.S. regulator for 3.5 years and through what the SEC called a “period of…
Belarus Bank to Offer Bitcoin Purchases, With Litecoin and Ether Coming Soon
Belarusbank, one of the largest credit institutions in Belarus, has partnered with OTC broker White Bird to offer a bitcoin buying service, according to an announcement Monday. For now, purchases will be available via bank cards issued in…