North Korean crypto and cyberattacks still in the crosshairs of several U.S. agencies, who have issued a new advisory against the regime’s cryptojacking and hacking programs. Several United States agencies issued what they call comprehensive guidance on North Korea’s cyber attacks, which have hacked cryptocurrency exchanges and used cryptojacking and ransomware to finance the regime.…
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The energy industry combines supply chains, financial markets and consumer services. Innovative blockchain solutions aim to improve it at each level. What’s next for blockchain in energy? Despite the potential challenges, it’s clear that there is significant potential for blockchain in the energy industry. Research by Global Market Insights predicts the blockchain energy segment to…
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Multicoin Capital has lead a $1.5 million fundraising round in top Chinese DeFi “super-app” platform dForce. Blockchain and cryptocurrency venture capital firm Multicoin Capital has led a $1.5 million seed round for Chinese decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol dForce. Mable Jiang, the principal of crypto venture capital firm Multicoin Capital, told Cointelegraph that dForce’s plan to…
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The crypto-based emergency app has seen its popularity explode amid the coronavirus crisis. Crypto-based emergency app Guardian Circle has seen a huge surge in monthly downloads due to the coronavirus crisis. According to figures supplied by the project to Cointelegraph, more than 5150 new users downloaded the app in March. That represents monthly growth of…
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German firm Black Manta Capital Partners has launched a security token offering for $12 million worth of Berlin real estate. Germany’s Black Manta Capital Partners has launched a security token offering (STO) for Berlin real estate worth more than $12 million. The project is a collaboration with the German real estate firm Tigris Immobilien and…
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The Algorand Foundation has launched a $43 million grants program to foster a “borderless economy” on the Algorand blockchain. The Algorand Foundation announced a 250 million ALGO (roughly $43 million) grants program to foster development on the Algorand blockchain on April 14. Cointelegraph spoke to Fangfang Chen, the Algorand Foundation’s head of operations, to find…
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Over 100 well-known global enterprises joined China’s new blockchain innovation alliance in megacity Chongqing. China has welcomed its first provincial-level Blockchain Innovation Alliance on April 14, according to ChinaNews. Major enterprises settles More than 100 well-known enterprises, both domestic and foreign, have joined the alliance. Members include Inspur, Tsinghua Unigroup, Huawei, IBM, Tencent, Alibaba and…
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The financial industry will see the further adoption of stablecoins around the world, partly due to the responses to COVID-19. We are living through interesting times. At the time of writing, roughly half of the world’s population is on lockdown, with 90 countries in various forms of confinement and the pandemic crashing global stock markets.…
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China brings together 15 organizations to develop national standards for blockchain and DLT. The Chinese government and its federal authorities are getting increasingly involved in the blockchain space to push forward innovation throughout the country. In the latest, the government released an official notice stating that they have put together a technical committee of 15…
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Interest in the forthcoming “halving” event on the Bitcoin blockchain has surged to levels higher than ever seen before. Interest in the forthcoming “halving” event on the Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain has surged to levels higher than ever seen before. Data from Google Trends as of April 14 indicates that this year’s peak of interest in…
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