# Tracking News
Mozilla, the non-profit organization behind the Firefox web browser, is ready to make life unbearable for crypto jackers as it has announced plans to add cryptocurrency mining and fingerprinting blocking functionality to the Firefox browser. This according to a BleepingComputer report on February 5, 2019. Tackling Cryptojacking As reported, a considerable...
A January 30, 2019 report announced that the Russian Ministry of Education and Science has developed a blockchain-based platform to track the production of diamonds to ensure authenticity. New Mining Operations Local media group TASS reported on January 30, 2019, that the Russian Ministry of Education and Science has developed...
Samourai wallet has introduced a new privacy feature that prevents coin tracking services from freezing users' funds and blocking their accounts, looking to tap into the market of those looking for complete privacy, the company explained in their blog post back in January 2017. The Problem with Bitcoin Blacklists Ever...
Retail giants Walmart and Sam’s Club are primed to enter the waters of the distributed ledger technology (DLT), as they will now require their green vegetable suppliers to track the farm produce, all the way from the point of origin. According to a report published by Walmart, on September 25,...
Russia's Ministry of Internal Affairs is considering establishing criminal liability for unregistered crypto operations. According to a report dated August 23, 2018, the head of Russia’s Main Directorate for Drug Trafficking, Andrey Khrapov, has asked the country’s legislators to require that all cryptocurrency transactions exceeding 600,000 rubles (around USD 9000)...
