Mastercard has launched its Mastercard Crypto Credential, facilitating the first peer-to-peer (p2p) pilot transactions. The latest offering will enable users on the Bit2Me, Lirium, and Mercado Bitcoin exchanges to send and receive cryptocurrency. Users across Peru, Chile, Portugal, Argentina, Guatemala, Panama, Mexico, Brazil, Paraguay, Spain, France, Switzerland, and Uruguay will be able to conduct both …
Category: Traceability
Jun 09 2024
US Targets Cybercriminals Linked to 911 S5 Botnet
Malicious 911 S5 botnet, which infected over 19 million IP addresses worldwide, enabled billions of dollars in pandemic and unemployment fraud. U.S Department of Justice estimates that over US$5.9 billion was siphoned off through fraudulent unemployment insurance claims and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) applications. Chinese national YunHe Wang, a 35-year-old St. Kitts and Nevis …
Jun 08 2024
ASI Alliance Targets Big Tech’s AI Dominance with Decentralized Network
Fetch.ai, SingularityNET, and Ocean Protocol – collectively known as the “Artificial Superintelligence Alliance (ASI) – announced the finalization of their merger in June. Starting June 11, 2024, FET will be renamed ASI, and the merger will be completed by June 13. Users can begin swapping FET for ASI tokens through a secure token migration contract …
Jun 08 2024
Calm Before the Storm: DOT Ready to Rally to $9? (Polkadot Price Analysis)
Polkadot’s price has been consolidating over the past couple of months, following a steep decline in early April. On the daily chart, the cryptocurrency has been range-bound inside a rising wedge pattern. This is a classical bearish reversal or continuation pattern that would be validated if the price breaks it to the downside. Meanwhile, the …
Jun 08 2024
Cardano, Shiba Inu, Jasmy Catch Whale Fever as Large Transactions Spike
Cardano (ADA), Shiba Inu (SHIB), and JasmyCoin (JASMY) are experiencing notable price surges, each seemingly driven by increased whale activity. This week, transactions exceeding $100k on these networks have more than doubled compared to their average figures for 2024. According to Santiment’s latest, the surge in large transactions indicates heightened interest from large-scale investors, contributing …
Jun 08 2024
Kenya Holds Hearings on British Army Abuses
British Army Training Unit in Kenya (BATUK) accused of mistreatment, torture, unlawful detention, and killings. Three days of hearings to be held by the Kenyan government until Thursday to “investigate the allegations of human rights violations’ by the BATUK. After years of grievances, the Committee on Defense, Intelligence, and Foreign Relations was fina fina after …
May 14 2024
Turkish Cypriot Authorities Arrest 4 in Fake Diploma Scandal
The four faced the judge on Friday. Secretary-General and Director Serdal Gündüz, Vice-Dean and lecturer Serdal Işiktaş, and the head of the international office, Amir Shakira, are charged with larceny, forgery of documents, and circulation of forged documents. Police officer Ortunç Özbaylı told the court that Ilık has fake graduate and post-graduate diplomas from the …
May 10 2024
Top 5 Cryptocurrencies Closest to Breaking Their All-Time High
Bitcoin has had a phenomenal year, as well as an extraordinary run in the last quarter of 2023. The price is currently trading above $52K, increasing by a whopping 17% in the past week alone. In the past 30 days, BTC is up by more than 22%, while its yearly gains stand at a massive …
Apr 09 2024
Vitalik Buterin Anticipates Ethereum’s Verkle Trees Upgrade, Hints at AI Integration
Vitalik Buterin has taken to social media to express his anticipation for the imminent integration of “Verkle trees” onto the Ethereum blockchain. He emphasized that this advancement will enhance the functionality of staking nodes, decrease disk space requirements, and elevate the overall user experience. Describing them as a crucial step forward for the blockchain, he …
Apr 08 2024
Chainalysis: YoMix Emerges as Top Bitcoin Mixer After Tornado Cash, Sinbad Shutdowns
Chainalysis revealed that a wallet linked to North Korean hacking operations received funds from YoMix, whereas it used to receive funds from Sinbad. YoMix experienced significant growth in 2023, with inflows increasing by more than five times throughout the year. According to Chainalysis data shared with , approximately one-third of all YoMix inflows originate from …