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04/27/2018

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04/03/2018

MONERO

Monero is currently considered the first choice in Darknet to conduct anonymous and non-traceable transactions. However, a new study created by researchers from numerous American universities has now discovered that Monero is by far not as anonymous as many think.
DarkNet has long been aware that Bitcoin is not anonymous. All transactions can be viewed on the public block chain, as well as sender and receiver identified. For drug dealers and other unlawful transactions, therefore, the crypto-base currency is no longer used for a long time.
For many, however, Monero has so far been considered completely anonymous and not traceable. However, this assumption is wrong, as shown by a recent study by researchers from Princeton, Carnegie Mellon, Boston, MIT and Illinois Universities.
Past research has shown that many dodgy businesses in Darknet have been traded through Monero in recent years. For many, XMR promises a complete level of anonymity and non-traceability.
However, a group of researchers has now discovered that Monero's privacy is better than Bitcoin's but does not guarantee "invisibility".
Monero works by mixing every XMR transaction with other payments, including false "bait" coins, so that no one searching the Monero blockchain can find any kind of identity and prior transaction.
The security holes of Monero
According to the study, the "vulnerability" found by the researchers is due to a mistake in the "mixing", which makes it possible to extract and understand individual transactions. The shortage was particularly acute in the period from July 2016 to February 2017. In February 2017, Monero released an upgrade that fixed the bug to parts. In the period from July 2016 to February 2017, according to the researchers, around 200,000 transactions with Monero have been reported to have involved a large number of illegal payments.
According to the research team, 62% of these transactions could be decrypted via an analysis.
Furthermore, the researchers found another shortcoming that relates to the timing of "mixing". If the mixing is done and the real coins are mixed with the "bait" coins, then the real XMRs are most likely the last coin moved before the transaction. A timely analysis of the researchers showed that in 80 percent of all transactions the XMR transaction could be identified.
According to the February 2017 update, according to researchers, the analysis still leads to "success" in 45% of all transactions reviewed. It is also important to know that Monero Stealth addresses prevent the recipient from recognizing the transaction.
Users using an anonymous crypto-currency should be aware that future vulnerabilities will be retroactive and will also allow past transactions in the blockchain to be viewed.

Wie wir bereits berichteten, gilt Monero derzeit als die erste Wahl im Darknet, um anonyme und nicht zurück verfolgbare Transaktionen durchzuführen. Eine neue Studie hat nun aber herausgefunden, dass Monero bei Weitem nicht so anonym ist, wie Viele denken.

04/03/2018

ENGLAND


The Bank of England is undertaking a proof-of-concept (PoC) to understand how the renewed Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) service could be capable of interacting with Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), according to the bank’s statement on March 27.
Real Time Gross Settlement systems are special payment systems where the transfer of funds is conducted between banks in “real time” and on a “gross basis”. This means that transactions are settled as soon as they are processed on a one-to-one basis without linking with any other transaction. RTGS systems are usually used for high-value transactions requiring instant clearing and operated by a country’s central bank.
In May 2017, the Bank of England issued the RTGS blueprint, claiming that the renewed service would provide “a diverse and flexible range of settlement models” to ensure payment infrastructures have access to central bank money. The bank then announced its intention to develop a payment service compatible with Blockchain technology, however in its recent announcement the bank rejected the idea of migrating to DLT entirely due to the technology’s immaturity:
“Although the Bank has concluded that Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) is not yet sufficiently mature to provide the core for the next generation of RTGS, it places a high priority on ensuring that the new service is capable of interfacing with DLT as and when it is developed in the wider sterling markets.”
The UK bank will cooperate with companies such as Baton Systems, Clearmatics Technologies Ltd, R3, and Token, which develop payment solutions using innovative technologies. The project parties will examine the ability of DLT-based payment systems to interact with the renewed RTGS service and qualify ways in which the service’s “functionality could be expanded.” The bank is planning to report their findings later this year.
This week, the European Central Bank (ECB) together with the Bank of Japan (BoJ) released their study of Blockchain's potential for transforming securities settlements.

UK central bank partners with payment solutions developers to test Blockchain features for the renewed gross payment system.

04/03/2018

BITFENIX again

According to the Swiss Handelszeitung, Bitfinex, one of the world's largest crypto exchanges, is currently investigating the move to Switzerland. In the future, the parent company iFinex intends to settle in one location instead of being distributed to various countries as before. It is also said that several times the State Secretariat for International Financial Matters (SIF) has been consulted.

The Handelszeitung reported on March 28 of a possible move of the operating company of Bitfinex from Hong Kong and the British Virgin Islands to Switzerland. The company offers its service in 52 countries and three languages. Unlike other competitors, a relatively large number of cryptocurrencies are offered. So you can online there Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, Litecoin, Ripple, Omisego, Monero, NEO, EOS and IOTA act. Bitfinex is said to have made similar trades in the merge of Bitcoin last fall at the London Stock Exchange. In the exceptionally good month of December 2017, the company reportedly generated $ 110 billion in revenues.

Compared to the Zurich newspaper Handelszeitung, the CEO of the company said that they are currently looking for options to merge multiple locations. Switzerland is at the top of the list of possible candidates. Further cut off you will also consider London as a location. Whether Bitfinex ever changes, depends mainly on the expected regulations of the respective financial supervision. The reactions to the possible influx are extremely positive. The Swiss businessman and FDP politician Ruedi Noser sees the change for Switzerland as an opportunity. His country's aim is to be a leader in the entire blockchain industry. His SVP colleague Heinz Tännler speaks of a "great signal" should Bitfinex ultimately choose Switzerland for reasons of legal certainty, compliance and the tax situation.

If the management agrees to relocate to Switzerland, in addition to the parent company, which currently resides in the British Virgin Islands tax haven, the legal and financial department and all of iFinex's technology would also move. With the move to Europe, the company wants to provide more transparency according to its own opinion. It is also about submitting to the specifications of the local regulators. But you need legal certainty in your adopted country. First of all, it must be clear how Switzerland will deal with such a large crypto company in terms of taxation and finance. This is the reason for the talks with the State Secretariat for International Financial Affairs and the Federal Councilor Johann Schneider-Ammann. In addition, talks were held with various Swiss banks in order to examine the form in which cooperation is possible.

Relocation of Bitfinex not yet carved in stone

Except for a letter of intent in the form of a press release and the article of the business newspaper, nothing has yet been disclosed. The in-house Bitfinex blog is currently silent on this topic, instead of officially confirming the rumors. It therefore remains to be seen whether Bitfinex will establish itself in the canton of Zug, in London or even in Europe in the coming months.

04/03/2018

April Fool’s Day Rundown - Nerding Out On Cryptocurrency Pranks And Jokes
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Every year on April 1 - April Fool’s Day - members of the crypto sphere try to outdo each other with nerdier and nerdier inside jokes and pranks, and this year has not proven to be any different.
Subreddit /r/bitcoin saw a fake post in 2015 about a return of all Bitcoin (BTC) stolen from now-defunct crypto exchange Mt. Gox by a former DEA agent seeking a plea deal. In 2017, Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin wrote a prank blog post claiming that ETH would change from its Proof of Work (PoW) algorithm to the Proof of Authority (PoA) in 2018.
This year, Buterin posted another April Fool’s blog post announcing the launch of an Ethereum “stablecoin” called the World Trade Franc (WTF). The WTF, which Buterin refers to as “combin[ing] all benefits of capitalism and socialism with none of the downsides of either,” is currently being marketed to “sketchy Pacific island nations national governments.
I have great news Vitaly Buterin has joined us. Retweet , get another 10,000 JC and let’s pass moon and get straight to heaven!

Jesus Coin, described on Twitter as “THE currency of God’s Son,” tweeted today in another apparent Buterin-related prank about the new addition of Ethereum’s co-founder to their management team:
Coinmarketcap, a popular cryptocurrency market cap ranking resource, added a “Lambo” currency reference for its listed assets, showing how many “Lambos” each currency is roughly worth. As Bitcoin is currently trading for around $6,561, one Coinmarketcap’s “Lambo” is equal to exactly $200,000.

Reddit user drowssap5 has also gotten into the April Fool’s spirit, posting on subreddit /r/buttcoin that Tether had finally released their long-awaited full audit, with the following caveat:
“Just kidding. They wouldn't do that. Happy April Fools day!”
Bitrefill, a service for adding money to prepaid phones with Bitcoin, posted on both Twitter and their blog today that they are changing their name to “S**trefill,” even going as far as to change their official URL to mimic their “new name.”
“S**trefill’s” Medium blog post writes that due to a decrease in demand for spending Bitcoin, they are switching their focus over to “s**tcoins,” or coins that “are not perceived as having such a “high long-term value.” The launch of S**trefill’s new token, S**tCoinCash, will support a Lightning Network equivalent called the Crackening Network, according to the Medium post.

Financial news site Finance Magnates posted a legitimate looking “exclusive” on Facebook launching its own cryptocurrency with a “massive” Initial Coin Offering (ICO) that would rival both $850 mln ICOs of Telegram. The fake “Facebook Coin” would require “data such as name, address, phone number, mother’s maiden name and name of first pet,” and would advertise itself on the site, in spite of Facebook’s recent crypto-ad ban.
A slew of prank cryptocurrency launch announcements have also come out today, with blogging site Tumblr’s fake Tumblcoin, design site Houzz’s HouzzCoinzz, and grocery store chain Sam’s Club’s bulkcoin.
Meanwhile, crypto commenter tweeted earlier today that the real April Fool’s joke is Bitcoin’s price:
In a similar fashion to Finance Magnates’ fake Facebook ICO story, Blockchain Center has jokingly reported on “Google ICO.” The search engine’s coin, called Googol (GG) according to the prank article, is not powered by Blockchain - instead, all transactions are to be recorded in a “brilliant” SQL database “distributed all over the world.”

03/26/2018

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03/23/2018

Bittrex announces the deletion of a total of 82 cryptocurrencies by 30 March. Bagholders should therefore first pull the coins from the stock market into their own wallets. For different coins, however, there is no possibility of withdrawal.

At Exchanges, the avid trader can often trade in a plethora of cryptocurrencies and tokens. Not only known crypto currencies such as Bitcoin or Ethereum are tradable on crypto exchanges like Bitfinex, Binance or Bittrex, also unknown, obscure or now forgotten – let’s call it – Sh*tcoins.

For a speculator, these micro-currencies can in principle be an interesting thing: You will find there coins whose value fluctuates between one and two Satoshi. Purchased intelligently and provided with a limit sell you can quickly generate a factor of two or more!

However, such a procedure also has its disadvantage: Especially crypto currencies with low trading volume are predestined for a delisting. The coins can then no longer be traded on the exchange or transferred to a separate wallet.

Now it’s up to Bittrex to do such a big cleanup: Overall, the Exchange will remove 82 coins from the system. As of March 30th, customers will no longer be able to trade in these currencies and will not be able to claim them for themselves.

Link: https://www.btc-echo.de/

03/22/2018

TRUSTEE OF MT. GOX, sold more than 325 million euros in Bitcoin (BTC) and Bitcoin Cash (B*H) in the new year, does not believe that the sales have influenced the market prices of BTC and B*H.

The report is a transcript of a Q & A (questions and answers) at the 10th Mt. Gox Creditors’ Meeting, which took place on March 7, 2018. This involved the sale of BTC and B*H by former stock-exchange trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi.

The Japanese MT. Gox Crypto Exchange was the largest in the world until a hacker attack in February 2014 resulted in the loss of around 850,000 BTC. The recent sales of BTC and B*H by Kobayashi are part of an attempt to refund money to users who have lost money in the hack.

An early report released to the Tokyo District Court on March 7 said that BTC / B*H sales took place between the creditors’ meeting in September and March 7. However, the report released today makes it clear that the sale took place between December 2017 and January 2018.

The March 7 report detailing the amount of Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash sold by Kobayashi over the two-month period led to the assumption that the big sell-off led to the market crash after the New Year.

Kobayashi stated that “after consultation with cryptocurrency experts” BTC and BCC [B*H], he did not make ordinary sale on a stock exchange, but in a manner that did not affect the market price while maintaining the security of the transaction as much as possible secured.

It is possible that today’s report was released as a way for Kobayashi to refute the allegations of its responsibility in the crash, as many in the crypto community had analysed the times of BTC and B*H transfers to deal with market drops in the price To connect. However, Cointelegraph found that a comparison of transfers and price showed that there was a negative daily link in the short term.

Kobayashi reported that he sold the two coins at a fair market price and chose the time of the sale “in consultation with the court”. Kobayashi also noted that he sold BTC and B*H separately, adding that there is no date for the sale of the remaining BTC and B*H.

“Large owners who sold for a hefty price drive down the price on FUD’s back over the” Tokyo Whale, “which will sell another 160,000 bitcoins, and it turns out that everything is complete B ***** *** Somebody else did dumping this way and manipulated the market, so once you start an avalanche, there’s no way to control it.

Link: https://de.cointelegraph.com/

03/22/2018

The French Ministry of Economy and Finance confirmed that the regulatory framework proposed by the AMF (l’Autorité des Marchés financiers) would recognize ICOs as a legitimate investment vehicle. The ministry also said that preliminary consultations with stakeholders and associations are needed.

The AMF wants to create a license for ICOs, which should create confidence among investors.

A licensed ICO means that the token issuer must provide investors with certain guarantees regarding the use of funds, including ICOs that are not licensed or prohibited.

Link: https://de.cointelegraph.com/

03/22/2018

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03/11/2018

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03/05/2018

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