Crypto Currency

Hong Kong (CNN Business)Chinese authorities are ramping up a crackdown on crypto mining, calling it an "extremely harmful" practice that threatens to jeopardize the country's efforts to reduce carbon emissions. The National…

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The first half of 2021 saw 1.5 billion attacks on smart devices, with attackers looking to steal data, mine cryptocurrency or build botnets. The first six months of 2021 have seen a more than 100-percent growth in cyberattacks…

I’ve never quite understood why cryptocurrencies are worth anything. Of course, bitcoin and other cryptocurrency the untraceable payments are worth a lot to ransomware hackers, cyber criminals and money launderers. But dollars, euros and…

The government could face “limitless” losses as a result of businesses that accept payments in untaxed and untraceable cryptocurrencies going bust, an insolvency expert has warned. A growing number of companies, including the ethical…

PNY has launched a pair of SSD lines (LX3030 and LX2030) that are specifically tuned for Chia plotting, resulting in endurance levels that are around 18 times higher (or more) than a typical consumer drive equipped with triple level cell…

When a European shopper gets to the till, they aren’t lacking choices in how to pay. Most places accept Visa and Mastercard as well as local payments systems such as Giro in Germany or Carte Bancaire in France. When that same shopper goes…

In a CNBC interview, the former mayor of Plattsburgh, New York, pushed back on claims that bitcoin mining leads to significant job creation. “Counties and cities are enticed by all these promises of job creation, which — when you…

AI, COVID-19 and pyramids More often than not, we see Dr. Wright in battle mode, passionately speaking about Bitcoin as well as other topics and concepts that may be related to blockchain. However, in this episode of the Bitstocks…