ICO Platform Promises Full Refund Following $7 Million Hack Initial coin offering support platform KickICO lost $7.7 million in KICK tokens in a hack on Thursday, the company reported. … Read More
New Crypto Mining Malware Targeting Corporate Networks, Says Kaspersky Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have uncovered a new form of cryptojacking malware targeting corporations in multiple countries.… Read More
Google Bans Crypto Mining Apps from Play Store Google has now joined Apple in banning cryptocurrency mining applications from its mobile app store. … Read More
China’s $1 Billion Blockchain Fund Denies Report of Government’s Pull-Out A $1 billion Chinese blockchain fund launched in April has denied a report that local government will pull out its originally planned funding support.… Read More
Court Sentences Bitcoin Ransomware Creators to Community Service The developers behind the CoinVault and BitCryptor ransomware were sentenced to 240 hours of community service in a Dutch court on Thursday.… Read More
Crypto Bank Galaxy Digital Loses $134 Million in Q1 Crypto investment bank Galaxy Digital lost $134 million in the first quarter of 2018, largely due to declining cryptocurrency prices.… Read More
Vaccine Blockchain Plan Prompts Enquiries Amid China Pharma Scandal Following China’s pharma scandal, investors are buying a firm’s claim to be developing a vaccine-tracking blockchain, but one regulator isn’t happy.… Read More
Venezuela’s New National Currency Will Be Tied to the Petro, Says President Venezuela is replacing its national currency, the bolivar, with a new one that will reportedly be tied to its controversial “petro” token.… Read More
Iran Plans National Cryptocurrency as New US Sanctions Loom Iran may soon issue its own cryptocurrency in a move aimed to bypass economic sanctions enacted by U.S. President Donald Trump.… Read More
Hitachi Trials Blockchain to Settle Retail Payments Using Just Fingerprints Tech conglomerate Hitachi and teleco giant KDDI are piloting a blockchain payments system that can identify shoppers via their fingerprints alone.… Read More