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In Japan, a cryptocurrency company Freessets has announced a new technology for the enhancement of Bitcoin wallet privacy. The top enterprise cryptocurrency wallet provider came up with the new technology using a protocol in cryptography known as Private Information Retrieval (PIR). The technology was implemented using a customized version of Microsoft SealPIR which is among the PIR implementations. Microsoft SealPIR uses Microsoft SEAL, which is an entirely homomorphic encryption library. Based on the announcement on June 8, it is now possible for…

The impact of the outage that ensued on Coinbase platform on June 1 affected Coinbase.com, pro.coinbase.com, as well as their mobile applications. On June 6, Coinbase released a post mortem regarding the outage that happened just as Bitcoin attained $10k price level. The exchange noted that trading through the API which accounts for the majority of trading volume, remained functional throughout this time. They were quick to discover what caused it and remediated the issue. In the blog post, the US-based…

A Dapp is a next level in technological innovation. A Decentralized application is a platform that connects two or more parties without the need for any arbitration. This is achieved through the help of a blockchain (that forms the infrastructure) and Smart Contracts (because they bind the parties together). Decentralized Applications or Dapps, are taking the world by storm. In the book Blockchain Revolution, the authors Don and Alex Tapscott argue that traditional centralized applications like Uber, Facebook, and Airbnb can quite…

Get the weekly summary of cryptocurrency market trends, news, and forecasts! This Week’s Summary The Crypto Market ends the week at a total market capitalization of $274 billion Bitcoin jumped to almost $10,500 mid-week but slumped back to $9,400 support Ethereum is pushing against the $245 resistance level for another week XRP falls below $0.20 and loses (again) its 3rd position in the market cap table to Tether Cardano surprises the market with a spectacular increase of 35% Most legacy…

The performance of Bitcoin received a boost on June 1 as it incurred an upside momentum that led to a rally from $9.5k to a high of $10.4k, representing a $900 gain in a few hours. After such a move, analysts flipped bullish on the benchmark asset. Some market participants were expecting Bitcoin to slip following such a powerful breakout. Based on the expectations of a few traders, it slipped as it traded against the sentiment of the majority. It…

On June 5, it became easier to mine Bitcoin as its blockchain mining difficulty reduced by 9.29 percent. According to historical data, price and mining difficulty are positively correlated. Whenever mining difficulty decreases, it could be a sign of a forthcoming price decline. Bitcoin was brutally rejected at $10,400 price level on June 2 leading to an 11 percent decline in minutes and market participants are focused on BTC’s immediate move. Bitcoin halving is the most talked-about event so far in 2020 and a…

Within the previous week, the dominance of Bitcoin over the cryptocurrency market has been steady despite its decline since the beginning of 2020. The dominance needs to reduce for altcoins to secure any kind of huge momentum that does not depend on Bitcoin. According to a renowned cryptocurrency analyst, this may soon happen, noting that the cryptocurrency market is now closer than ever to seeing altseason, which allows altcoins to record huge gains. In his explanation, three major factors support this outlook, and…

Someone or group stole users’ personal information from Canada-based cryptocurrency exchange and intends to use it to carry out a wave of SIM swapping attacks. The pseudonymous hacker spoke to media outlet Vice in an online chat on June 2. Based on a report by Vice, the perpetrators said they originally had the intention of selling the data but discovered that more money would be made by SIM swapping the accounts When it comes to SIM swapping, it has to do with cloning someone’s…

In recent times, the Bitcoin (BTC) markets incurred volatility that led to the liquidations of long and short positions which affected both buyers and sellers remarkably. It is such that there was about $223 million in 24-hour margin calls on BitMEX platform being evenly spread between Bitcoin shorts and longs. As at press time, long positions liquidated were worth somewhat more than $111.5 million, while short positions worth $111.3 million. Long positions represent 50.04 percent of the total liquidation, while…