The most active Ethereum contract on the network, called FairWin, is suspected of spending 50% of the network, and is also called the cryptocurrency pyramid created according to the Ponzi scheme. Its investors risk being left without their funds.
The fear and greed index of the first cryptocurrency reached 12 points yesterday and 24 today. These indicators indicate an extreme level of fear for their assets among bitcoin investors.
The Ministry of Communications of Russia has introduced a decentralized platform for storing Exonum CIS data from the Bitfury exchange to the register of allowed software.
Binance has announced the launch of a cryptocurrency stacking platform. Stacking of altcoins such as NEO, Stellar, Ontology, Vechain, Algorand, Komodo, Qtum and Stratis is available for users. In addition, the exchange revealed its cooperation with the British police cybercrime division, with which Binance investigated the case of a Bulgarian hacker who created phishing scripts.
Bitmain will launch the World Digital Mining Map (WDMM) platform to connect the owners of personal cryptocurrency mining equipment with mining farms. The launch is planned at the miners conference in Frankfurt, which will be held on October 8-10. WDMM will provide users with information about mining farms, on the basis of which miners will be able to choose a site for their equipment.
Securities of Chinese blockchain companies began to rise in price in connection with the news about the launch of a digital analogue of the national currency. The most sought after shares of fintech companies such as the Beijing Certification Authority and 360 Security Technology Inc.
The Central Bank of Venezuela is considering the possibility of supporting bitcoin and ether on the proposal of the oil and gas company Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA), which wants to use cryptocurrencies to settle accounts with suppliers and partners through the Central Bank, bypassing US sanctions.
Dubai-based African cryptocurrency company Satowallet, serving the wallet and exchange of the same name, is accused by users of fraud and loss of $ 1 million due to problems with the data center provider.
Fintech company IOHK, which developed the Cardano cryptocurrency, announced
the launch of a test network for the first blockchain implementation of the Ouroboros Genesis consensus mechanism called Shelley. It aims to increase Cardano's decentralization by transferring the largest number of nodes to the community.