Cybercriminals
prefer fiat money and other traditional criminal methods. Some groups that
trade Bitcoin also favor exchanges with cash.
For years, the
narrative that criminals preferably use cryptocurrencies way for money
laundering has grown. However, a new...
The
system for making public purchases in Peru adopted blockchain technology in
April 2019. Perú Compras uses the LAC-Chain blockchain of the Inter-American
Development Bank.
In April 2019, the
agency for the management of electronic public purchases...
The
failure had its origin in the "overrun" system of the Soft Yearn
Finance contract. The trader plans to donate USD 10,000 of what he earned to
some initiative on Gitcoin.
The fever of decentralized finance
(DeFi)...
Moderate job growth was announced by the US
Bureau of Employment Statistics, with the creation of 363,000 new jobs.
Expectations and hopes for the establishment of at least 1.4 million new jobs
were not met, said a Reuters dispatch, so...
Peer-to-peer (P2P) Bitcoin (BTC) exchange
platform Hodl Hodl added Dollar on Chain (DoC) to its payment options. DoC is a
stablecoin pegged to the dollar price with collateral in Bitcoin that runs on
the protocol for smart contracts on Bitcoin...
Since last July, the cryptocurrency of the NEM
Foundation, XEM, has been several times in the top weekly of CriptoNoticias. In
the course of this 2020, the cryptocurrency has reached a level of appreciation
that exceeds 300%. This growth seems...
New firmware update for Bitcoin's Trezor
hardware wallets counteracts a vulnerability associated with password
management on devices. This vulnerability, which affects an extra password known as "word 25", exposes
the wallets to the hijacking of funds.
This...
The Department of Digital Policies and Public
Administration of the Government of the Generalitat of Catalonia launched a
Blockchain Observatory to promote and evaluate
the use and development of this technology in that part of northwestern Spain.
NomiChef,
an anonymous developer of SushiSwap, liquidated his tokens for more than USD
6.3 million. The SUSHI token loses 55% of its value, and there is questioning whether the
project will continue on its way.
The...
The
deficit will reach 16% of GDP this year, as the CBO estimates. This is the
worst deficit concerning the size of the economy since 1945.
The US 2020 fiscal
deficit will be about US 3.3...
