Crooks exploited legit web ad ecosystem – researchers Security researchers at Check Point have lifted the lid on the infrastructure and methods of an enormous “malvertising” and banking trojan campaign. The operation delivered malicious adverts to millions worldwide, slinging all manner of nasties including crypto-miners, ransomware and banking trojans. The researchers told The Register that they have […]

Forex exchange (FX) settlement giant CLS is in the final stages of testing its blockchain payment service for banks, Financial News reported July 27. The service is reportedly set to be launched later this summer, with at least seven banks expected to sign on to the system in the early months. CLS, the New York-based global multi-currency cash settlement system, has been working with […]

By Millena Miller An in-depth guide on how to be safe in the crypto world and the online world in general. The following is a modified mash-up of some of our internal policies, procedures, action items, and security-related stuff that we thought would be helpful or applicable to the larger community. This is just a sliver of MyCrypto’s […]

Malta continues to be at the forefront of the crypto space with OKEx, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, announcing a partnership with the Malta Stock Exchange to create a new security token trading platform. The new exchange will operate under the name OKMSX and bring together OKEx‘s expertise in the digital assett market along and […]

The purpose of this article will not be to give the news that the SEC revealed that they would not deem Ethereum to be a security. That has already been well-established by multiple outlets. Instead, however, the purpose of this news will be to dissect the SEC’s decision and try to make an educated deduction, […]

A Singapore-based IT security company offers a potential blockchain-based solution to help protect individual crypto users and block the use of stolen cryptocurrencies on crypto wallets and exchanges. Sentinel Protocol allows security experts and organizations to collect, share and analyse comprehensive threat intelligence data on its blockchain platform. The information about hacks, scams, and fraud is […]

By Laura Desmond Last summer I wrote Traditional Asset Tokenization, in which I hypothesized that a broad array of assets will move to blockchain records of ownership (represented by tokens), thereby changing the way society holds and transfers investments. A lot has transpired since last summer. In short, it’s happening — the infrastructure to support security tokens is […]

By Laura Desmond Loom Network is building our Layer 2 on top of Ethereum, instead of other blockchain platforms — and here’s why. Each month, another company publishes a whitepaper, claiming to have solved the scalability problems faced by Ethereum. These new blockchains claim to be better, faster, and smarter than Ethereum — they say they can handle thousands, even millions of […]