772 MILLION EMAIL ADDRESSES AND 22 MILLION UNIQUE PASSWORDS HAVE APPEARED IN THE NETWORK According to the post of Troy Hunt, an Australian Microsoft Regional Director, on the cloud service MEGA and “popular forum for hackers” was posted file of 87 GB “Collection №1”,…

VENEZUELA BEGINS TO SELL OIL FOR THE NATIONAL CRYPTOCURRENCY PETRO Venezuela is one of the few countries that decided to launch a national cryptocurrency. As previously reported, this year the country plans to export 15% of the extracted oil for Petro. According…

EXCHANGE ABCC ADDS SUPPORT FOR TRC-10 STANDARD TOKENS The cryptocurrency exchange ABC has entered into a partnership with the Tron project and will be the first platform to add support for TRC-10 tokens. As stated in the developer guide, TRC-10 is a…

THE LAUNCH OF THE MAIN NETWORK OF CRYPTOCURRENCY GRIN HAS PASSED Today, on January 15th, the main network of cryptocurrency Grin was launched, which is based on the MimbleWimble Protocol, aimed at solving the problems of scaling and privacy. Github indicated that…

THE CRITICAL VULNERABILITY OF THE FIRST COIN ON MIMBLEWIMBLE IS FIXED As reported by the developers the critical vulnerability of the first cryptocurrency on the MimbleWimble, Beam Protocol, discovered almost immediately after the launch, was eliminated. On January 3rd, the Israeli startup…

WATER PURIFIER FROM CHINA MOBILE WILL ALLOW USERS TO EARN TOKENS Telecom giant China Mobile demonstrates the value of blockchain technologies in everyday life by introducing the IoT module and chip embedded in the water purifier, which will register and send data…

EXCHANGE CRYPTOPIA REPORTED PROBLEMS IN THE SECURITY SYSTEM New Zealand cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia has suspended its current activity, informing users about the” significant losse ” due to a breach in the security system.   pic.twitter.com/0ZwqFfwwHi — Cryptopia Exchange (@Cryptopia_NZ) January 15, 2019…

BITTREX ANNOUNCED THE LAUNCH OF OTC PLATFORM On Monday the American cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex launched an OTC trading platform. The new service will allow a limited number of customers to “quickly and conveniently trade digital assets” and will support about 200 cryptocurrencies…

BITMAIN CLOSES ONE MORE OFFICE Chinese mining company Bitmain has decided to close another foreign office-this time in Amsterdam — as part of the ongoing business adjustments. According to an announcement, Bitmain is already implementing its decision to liquidate the representative office….

A. FAVRE & FILS WILL RELEASE A SWISS WATCH WITH A BUILT-IN CRYPTO WALLET The Swiss manufacturer of luxury watches A. FAVRE & FILS will release a hand-made mechanical watch with a built-in cryptocurrency wallet. The company announced last week that the…

THE AUTHORITIES OF ULAANBAATAR WILL USE KOREAN STABLECOIN FOR PAYMENTS FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNAL SERVICES The administration of the capital of Mongolia — Ulaanbaatar – began to cooperate with the Korean company Terra, which released its stablecoin. Within the framework of the…

IN 2019, MONGOLIA WILL LAUNCH 1000 NEW MINERS Participants of the mining industry in Mongolia plan to significantly expand the scope of their activities, local media reported on January 11, citing a statement by the Director of one of the largest mining…