Pedal-powered mining: Specialized e-Bike rewards users with crypto
A new series of e-bike, called Toba, is able to mine cryptocurrencies as the biker rides to work, along the sidewalks or even in competitions.
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51% attack on altcoins possible for as little as $500, report finds
Hashing power for rent has made it easier—and cheaper—than ever to attack altcoins, with 51% attacks now possible for as little as $500, according to data from Crypto51.app.
BTC Gold suffers double spend attack
BTC Gold reportedly fell victim to a double spend attack when a miner gained 51 percent control of the network.
Coincheck puts 4 questionable altcoins on the chopping block
Dash, Zcash, Monero and Augur will all be taken off the Coincheck exchange effective June 18.
Bitgrail clients want Italian court to declare exchange bankrupt
Another development in the Nano developers lawsuit that uncovers the details behind the theft dated Jan 19 but was first reported on Feb 8, 2018.
Binance leads $30M funding round for privacy-centric MobileCoin
Binance Labs described MobileCoin as ‘a mobile-first, user-friendly cryptocurrency which plays a critical role in mainstream cryptocurrency adoption.'
Arrests made in $13M Chinese crypto pyramid scam
Authorities in China have arrested four people in the city of Xi’an in connection with a suspected cryptocurrency pyramid scheme, according to local media reports.
Nano developers face class-action lawsuit
Law firm Silver Miller is suing to have the Nano altcoin conduct a hard fork that could “reset” the digital currency’s amount to where it was prior to the theft of 17 million Nano coins, worth around $187 million, in February.
Private coin Verge forks after massive 51% attack
A massive attack on the Verge blockchain has resulted in the altcoin creating an obligatory hard fork to stop the attack.
GitHub puts ICOs under the microscope
The web-based hosting service for version control using git, hasn’t been too concerned with coding quality, but the days of lax coding could soon be a thing of the past.
Coincheck, Bittrex weed out anonymous, low-liquidity altcoins
Spring (cleaning) came early for cryptocurrency exchanges Coincheck and Bittrex.