Tag: eth
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Crypto is booming — here are 5 ways to make sure you don’t get scammed
Crypto is booming. Since its creation in 2008, cryptocurrencies, other crypto assets, and blockchain technology have disrupted the way we think about money and decentralized systems. There’s been growing widespread adoption of the technologies, more investments poured into crypto projects, and increasing legitimization of the industry. Big companies have been incorporating crypto into their portfolios,…
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Digital Asset Manager Grayscale Eyes DeFi Space With New Trust Filings
Trusts for aave, cosmos and polkadot, as well as privacy coin monero and cardano, have been registered in Delaware.
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Network-Attached Storage (NAS) Devices Infected by Bitcoin-Mining Malware
A Taiwanese hardware company has warned its clients about a targeted crypto mining attack against their storage devices. The malware infects NAS devices connected to the internet by installing a crypto-miner named Dovecat. Threat Actors Install Malware That Illicitly Mines Bitcoin According to the advisory revealed by Bleeping Computer, the malware mines bitcoin (BTC) on…
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Network-Attached Storage (NAS) Devices Infected by Bitcoin-Mining Malware
A Taiwanese hardware company has warned its clients about a targeted crypto mining attack against their storage devices. The malware infects NAS devices connected to the internet by installing a crypto-miner named Dovecat. Threat Actors Install Malware That Illicitly Mines Bitcoin According to the advisory revealed by Bleeping Computer, the malware mines bitcoin (BTC) on…
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Anthony Scaramucci says GameStop rally is evidence of Bitcoin “proof of concept”
Former White House Director of Communications Anthony Scaramucci says the GameStop rally shows why Bitcoin, as a concept, will succeed. Bitcoin’s bright future The GameStop rally has come to symbolize individual power exceeding the might of Wall Street. Scaramucci, who co-founded alternative investment firm SkyBridge Capital, spoke about the decentralized crowd’s power in moving the…
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Crypto User Builds a Mining Rig in the Back of His BMW Hybrid Car With Six Graphic Cards
A U.S. cryptocurrency miner installed a mining rig in a particular place with the motivation to “annoy gamers.” Simon Byrne installed the full infrastructure in the back of his BMW i8 hybrid car. Miner Is Trying to Create a ‘Crypto Utopia’ According to PC Gamer, Byrne fit six Nvidia RTX 3080s graphic cards into the…
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Bitcoin ETF unlikely until market cap reaches $2 trillion, fund manager says
A crypto manager said that the much-awaited Bitcoin ETF in the US would likely be delayed until the milestone is reached. Sorry, no Bitcoin ETF Bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have been on the wishlist of crypto market participants for years now, especially among the retail and professional managers in the US. Such products…
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Stably CEO Kory Hoang explains how first-timers should buy Bitcoin (and where stablecoins are headed)
2020 was the year of decentralized finance. It saw the rise of hundreds of DeFi apps, yield-farming tools, algorithmic stablecoins, and several other avenues revolving around one major theme: How to put one’s passive crypto holdings to generate even more crypto? Today, Stably CEO Kory Hoang discusses just that. Hoang, the CEO of stablecoin-as-a-service firm…
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What venture capitalists look for in crypto startups and entrepreneurs
Whilst investigating potential investments, I look at the team, its background, and skill set. I then determine whether all of that seems complimentary or not. In instances where that’s not easily visible and accessible, I look at the project’s stakeholders. As with anything else in life, if enough people support you–in your mission, vision, and…
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Bitcoin Is The Only Investment-Grade Digital Asset
Underlying Source Every four years or so, bitcoin’s seemingly cyclical nature rears its head and the rise of another bull market begins. There are headlines across mainstream media outlets boasting massive price action, and droves of people start coming out of the woodwork to claim that they have been long on bitcoin for years! However,…