Category: crypto
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Cointelegraph announces the Top 100 Notable People in Blockchain 2021
From the obvious to the esoteric, the philanthropic to the acquisitive, and the publicity hounds to the anonymous… here is the most comprehensive list of crypto’s most fascinating and influential characters.
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Time for a crypto GPU? Gamers and miners spar over scarce top hardware
New GPU cards for mining are on the way, but the demand is too great. So, what are manufacturers doing to solve the shortage?
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Signal reportedly developing crypto payment features
Fast-rising messaging service Signal is rumored to be experimenting with a privacy crypto token.
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Philippines’ central bank to license crypto trading and custody firms
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has expanded its regulatory remit of the crypto space to include all cryptocurrency financial service providers.
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Iranian hackers use cryptojacker to bypass sanctions, says report
Cybersecurity firm SophosLabs has traced MrbMiner, a new cryptojacking virus that primarily targets powerful database servers, back to a small software company in Iran, according to a report published yesterday. “MrbMiner is a recently discovered cryptominer that targets internet-facing database servers (SQL servers) and downloads and installs a cryptominer. Database servers are an attractive target…
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Crypto and blockchain: What the Brazilian market can expect for 2021
Cointelegraph Brasil invited some of the country’s top crypto and blockchain experts to chart the next steps for the market.
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Upbit launches in Thailand just days after regulators suspended Bitkub
As Thailand’s leading crypto exchange remains suspended, billionaire backed rival Upbit enters the scene.
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Access denied: Banks seem prone to cryptophobia despite growing adoption
Banks in many countries continue to either outrightly deny or limit their services to crypto exchanges.
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President Biden freezes FinCEN’s proposed crypto wallet regulations
President Joe Biden has frozen all regulatory processes including proposed FinCEN rules detrimental to the crypto industry.
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Hip-Hop Star Soulja Boy Examines Crypto, Considers Creating His Own NFT Collectibles
On January 19, the American hip-hop star and rapper DeAndre Cortez Way, otherwise known as “Soulja Boy,” asked his 5.2 million Twitter followers to tell him the best way to purchase crypto. Following the initial tweet, Soulja Boy continued to discuss cryptocurrencies for the rest of the day, and also asked people’s opinions about the…