“Don’t shoot the messenger,” said the messenger before dying in a flurry of bullets fired from the barrels of angry crypto enthusiasts. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/wp-content/plugins/upspy/index.php/news/community-said-certiks-alert-was-a-false-alarm-before-project-rugged
Month: August 2023
Bitcoin price taps $29.3K as data shows ‘most resilient’ US jobs market
Bitcoin (BTC) inched higher at the Aug. 4 Wall Street open as mixed United States unemployment data rocked dollar strength. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView U.S. unemployment gives mixed picture Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC price action as BTC/USD set daily highs of $29,273. U.S. jobless figures came in below expectations on the day, at 3.5%…
Users said CertiK’s warning was a false alarm, then, the project rugged
A blockchain security firm tried to warn users of an imminent rug pull surounding a crypto project. Investors became angry and fired back. The firm rescinded the security alert. Then, the project it accused of being a rug pull, pulled the plug. This is the story of CertiK, a blockchain security firm that was just trying to do its job,…
What Is a Treasury Bill? Everything You Need to Know About T-Bills – Cryptocurrency News & Trading Tips – Crypto Blog by Changelly
beginner Treasury bills are a safe haven for investors looking to stabilize their portfolios. These short-term securities, backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, offer a reliable income source with virtually no default risk. They can be an excellent choice for preserving capital and generating steady, albeit modest, returns. This article talks about the nature of…
Hall of Flame – Cointelegraph Magazine
Lea Thompson — aka Girl Gone Crypto — declares that she will not put her 225,000 Twitter followers to sleep with the same old boring “breaking” news tweets about crypto. She explains that using “breaking” to share news that everyone knows is pretty lame. “It is kind of generic. It is easy engagement, and there is not any personality or…
SHIB Surges 10% Over the Week Amid Push for Identity Service, Binance Integration
Several key developments appear to be helping the popular meme coin SHIB this week. Shiba Inu (SHIB) token has surged 10% in the last seven days amid the developer team unveiling a new digital identity service for all its applications. Core developers of the Shiba Inu ecosystem informed Decrypt that the developers are working to prioritize the inclusion of a…
Ensuring integrity of blockchain transactions: Trust through audits
Blockchain auditing is the process of examining and verifying the data and transactions stored within a blockchain network. It focuses on assessing the integrity and accuracy of the information recorded on the blockchain to ensure it aligns with the intended rules, protocols and regulations. Through the audit process, smart contract code is painstakingly examined to identify vulnerabilities of all levels,…
Germany’s Far-Right AfD: Worldcoin Orbs ‘Solely for the Global Surveillance of People’
A member of the far-right German political party Alternative for Germany (AfD) has issued a stark warning against Worldcoin’s iris-scanning operations. “The eye scanner was not developed for medical purposes, but serves to collect biometric data,” reads a translation of Christina Baum’s statement on the official AfD site. “These devices are used solely for the global monitoring of people.” Baum…
Actor Adam DeVine appears in new Bitget exchange ad
DeVine is the second celebrity to partner with Bitget since the exchange brought on Argentine football star Lionel Messi last October. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/public/index.php/news/actor-adam-devine-appears-in-new-bitget-exchange-ad
Google accused of illegally terminating contract staffers who worked on AI
Google and Accenture, who have a joint business venture, are being accused by the Alphabet Workers Union of being in violation of federal labor laws in the United States, according to a Bloomberg report. The union claims that Alphabet Inc. acted against a law that prohibits retaliation against employees for organizing, the report says, citin an Aug. 3 complaint from…