#wallet News

Litecoin Witnesses a Dusting Attack, Perpetrators Trying to Deanonymize Users

August 10, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Altcoins

Litecoin has recently been targeted by malicious actors who have sought to break on-chain privacy through a dusting attack. As explained by Binance Vision, the education wing of the exchange, a dusting attack occurs when hackers send dust (an amount below the current average fee) to the personal account of...

PAX Stablecoin Earns Listing on Blockchain Mobile Wallet

June 1, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Altcoins

Major cryptocurrency wallet provider, Blockchain, is set to add support for dollar-pegged stablecoin PAX to its mobile wallet, crypto publication Coindesk reports, May 31, 2019. Blockchain Wallet Adds PAX Stablecoin In a bid to increase the use of cryptocurrencies en masse, digital currency wallet provider Blockchain.com will soon introduce support...

Dutch Bank Explores Bitcoin and the Blockchain, Rejects Crypto-Bans

Dutch Bank ABM AMRO Dumps Plans for Custodial Bitcoin Wallet “Wallie”

May 21, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Adoption, Bitcoin, News, wallet

On May 20, 2019, The Next Web reported that major Dutch bank ABM AMRO had shelved its plans to launch a custodial cryptocurrency wallet called “Wallie” stating that digital assets are “just too risky.” ABM AMRO Is No Longer Interested in Cryptocurrencies One of the Netherlands’ premier banks, ABM AMRO...

Ledger Nano X: Just as Secure, Now Mobile

May 14, 2019 by Nigel Dollentas at Bitcoin, News, Review, Tech

Cryptocurrencies are beginning to emerge in the mainstream, and with a historical track record of security flaws, the market was wide open for those who sought to establish a means for people to easily, safely and securely store their crypto. Ledger is one of those companies and here, we'll be...

Binance Cryptocurrency Exchange to Unfreeze Deposits and Withdrawals

May 13, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Bitcoin, Cybersecurity, Exchange, News

Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the founder of the highly reputed Binance cryptocurrency exchange which recently suffered a security breach, has revealed via a blog post on May 12, 2019, that the exchange is putting preparations in top gear to resume deposits and withdrawals latest by Tuesday, May 14, 2019. Binance Moves...

Dogecoin Mascot Surrounded by Android and Apple

Dogecoin (DOGE) Now Supported by Coinbase Android and iOS Wallets

May 2, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Adoption, Altcoins, Business, News

U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase on May 2, 2019, announced in a blog post that its user can now store Dogecoin (DOGE) directly in the Coinbase Wallet app. Wow, Much Support Users of Coinbase Wallet, an Ethereum-powered crypto wallet, can now securely store DOGE digital tokens. According to the announcement, the...

Bitcoin Electrum DDos Malware Red Black End of the World

Report: DDoS Malware Attacks on Electrum Affects 152,000 Hosts

May 1, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Bitcoin, Crime, Cybersecurity, News, wallet

A report from Malware Bytes Labs, April 29, 2019, reveals the long-standing malware issue in the Electrum wallet has reached 152,000 hosts. Users were asked to update their wallets after which they were infected with a bug. After developers launched countermeasures, the hackers launched a series of DDoS attacks. Issues...

Ether Wallet Private Keys Successfully “Guessed” by Ether Thief and Security Analyst

April 24, 2019 by Tokoni Uti at Altcoins, Cybersecurity, News, Tech, wallet

Wallet users are still lagging behind in security as an April 23, 2019 report reveals that millions of dollars worth of ether has been stolen from wallets after a criminal guessed their private keys. Breaking In Private keys, by their very nature, are designed to make the process of using...

Helicopter Landing on an Ethereum Launchpad

Light Client Launch: Parity Releases Desktop Wallet Beta, v0.3 Fether

April 11, 2019 by Liam J Kelly at Blockchain, Development, Ethereum, wallet

On April 9, 2019, Parity Technologies’ UX lead Thibaut Sardan announced the beta launch of the company’s light client. Instead of downloading the entire Ethereum blockchain, Fether offers users a much quicker experience by relying on full nodes rather than direct interaction with the blockchain. The desktop wallet is still...

Electrum Loses Millions of Dollars in Fake Wallet Attack

April 9, 2019 by Tokoni Uti at Bitcoin, News, wallet

In its second attack in less than six months, Electrum announced on April 7, 2019, that it was targeted in a fake wallet attack. Attack of the Wallets In an ideal situation, crypto wallets would be virtually impenetrable and free from threats. However, as previous incidents have shown, this is...

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