Monero

Cake Wallet Brings Readable Usernames to Its Crypto Wallets

Unstoppable Domains will let Cake Wallet’s 150,000 users create usernames under the [NAME].crypto format.

Tech  ·  11 August 2021

Riccardo ‘Fluffypony’ Spagni Hires Top Attorney to Battle Extradition to South Africa on Fraud Charges

Spagni has hired Brian Klein, a leading crypto trial attorney, to handle his case.

People  ·  3 August 2021
Bugs

Bug Found in Decoy Algorithm for Privacy Coin Monero

"This does not reveal anything about addresses or transaction amounts ... This bug persists in the official wallet code today," Monero said.

News  ·  27 July 2021
Monero

Monero-Mining Malware ‘Crackonosh’ Has Infected 222K Computers, Researchers Find

The virus has yielded over $2 million worth of XMR for its authors, security firm Avast said in a Thursday report.

Tech  ·  24 June 2021
Bitcoin

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Nudges Up as Regulatory Risks Linger

Bitcoin gave up some gains on Wednesday, suggesting the short-squeeze rally is fading.

Markets  ·  23 June 2021
Monero

Crypto Directory Shows Continued Interest in Monero Adoption

And no, they aren't selling drugs.

Tech  ·  13 May 2021
Bitcoin

Colonial Pipeline Paid Almost $5M Crypto Ransom Soon After Attack: Report

The company previously said it would not pay the hackers.

Policy & regulation  ·  13 May 2021
CoinFlash

Acer Reportedly Hit With $50M Crypto-Ransomware Demand

Acer hasn't yet confirmed the attack, reports Tech Radar.

Policy & regulation  ·  22 March 2021
Monero

Bittrex to Delist ‘Privacy Coins’ Monero, Dash and Zcash

While Bittrex gave no reason for the removals, exchanges around the world have been moving to delist coins that seek to hide the activity of their users.

Markets  ·  1 January 2021
Monero

Monero Breaks 2-Year High Amid Rising Concerns Over Online Ransom

Monero's price broke its two-year high Tuesday amid rising concerns over cyber ransom.

Markets  ·  15 December 2020
Monero

Ukrainian Politician Discloses Owning $24M in Privacy Coin Monero

The city council member in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, bought 185,000 XMR in 2015 when the cryptocurrency's price was well below $1.

News  ·  10 December 2020
Monero

Hackers Using Monero Mining Malware as Decoy, Warns Microsoft

Crypto-jacking is giving nation-state hackers a decoy for their more malicious attacks, Microsoft cautioned in a report.

News  ·  1 December 2020
Regulation

CipherTrace Says Homeland Security Work Gave Rise to Monero-Tracking Patent Filings

CipherTrace has filed two patent applications it claims offer technologies that could help authorities in tracking monero transactions.

Tech  ·  23 November 2020
Cardano

Volume Surge Brings 25% Turnover to ‘CoinDesk 20’

In the latest CoinDesk 20 revision, five assets were replaced by crypto assets that saw recent quarterly volume surges.

Markets  ·  10 November 2020
Bitcoin

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Loses Steam at $15.9K; Over 600K ETH Yanked From DeFi

Bitcoin’s price was close to $16,000 Friday but lost momentum while ether locked in DeFi is on a downward trend.

Markets  ·  6 November 2020