The fact that you see very little presence of the larger cryptocurrency community on the Fediverse shows the actual interest in distributed systems compared to their interest in making money. A large part of the cryptocurrency community are just VCs or wannabe VCs.
The European Union is due on Wednesday to publish draft rules that give legal underpinnings for a digital euro, if the European Central Bank decided to issue one in coming years.
📨 Latest issue of my curated #cybersecurity and #infosec list of resources for week #46/2023 is out! It includes the following and much more:
➝ 🔓 🇯🇵 #Toyota confirms breach after Medusa #ransomware threatens to leak data
➝ 🇺🇸 😂 Ransomware gang files #SEC complaint over victim’s undisclosed #breach
➝ 🔓 🪶 Attackers claim Plume Design, Inc data breach
➝ 🇺🇸 💰 #ICBC paid ransom after hack that disrupted markets, #cybercriminals say
➝ 🔓 #Dragos Says No Evidence of Breach After Ransomware Gang Claims Hack via Third Party
➝ 🔓 ✈️ Hackers swipe Booking.com, damage from attack is global
➝ 🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Russian #CyberEspionage Group Deploys #LitterDrifter USB #Worm in Targeted Attacks
➝ 🇮🇱 🇺🇸 Israeli Man Who Made $5M From Hacking Scheme Sentenced to Prison in US
➝ 🇫🇮 ⚖️ Alleged Extortioner of Psychotherapy Patients Faces Trial
➝ 🇺🇸 💸 #LockBit ransomware exploits #CitrixBleed in attacks, 10K servers exposed
➝ 🇺🇸 ⚖️ #IPStorm botnet with 23,000 proxies for malicious traffic dismantled
➝ 👶🏻 🧨 Teens with “digital bazookas” are winning the ransomware war, researcher laments
➝ 💸 #Ethereum feature abused to steal $60 million from 99K victims
➝ 🇩🇰 🇷🇺 #Denmark Hit With Largest #Cyberattack on Record
➝ 🇨🇳 🇰🇭 Chinese Hackers Launch Covert #Espionage Attacks on 24 Cambodian Organizations
➝ 🇲🇾 Major Phishing-as-a-Service Syndicate '#BulletProofLink' Dismantled by Malaysian Authorities
➝ 🇪🇺 🥳 EU Parliament committee rejects mass scanning of private and encrypted communications
➝ 🩹 #ICS Patch Tuesday: 90 Vulnerabilities Addressed by Siemens and Schneider Electric
➝ 🦠 🐍 27 Malicious #PyPI Packages with Thousands of Downloads Found Targeting IT Experts
🇻🇳 🇮🇳 Vietnamese Hackers Using New #Delphi-Powered #Malware to Target Indian Marketers
➝ 🔐 #Google Adds #Passkey Support to New Titan Security Key
➝ 🐛 Zero-Day Flaw in #Zimbra Email Software Exploited by Four Hacker Groups
➝ 🩹 #SAP Patches Critical Vulnerability in Business One Product
➝ 🐛 New #Reptar CPU flaw impacts Intel desktop and server systems
➝ 🐛 New #CacheWarp AMD #CPU attack lets hackers gain root in Linux VMs
📚 This week's recommended reading is: "Tribe of Hackers: Cybersecurity Advice from the Best Hackers in the World" by @marcusjcarey and Jennifer Jin
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#CHINA, #RUSSIA AND SOME OTHER COUNTRIES ARE PLANING TO LEGALIZE CRYPTO #TRADING AND CRYPTO #BUSINESS SOON. MANY #BANKS OUTSIDE OF THE US HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO OPEN #BANK ACCOUNTS FOR #CRYPTO BUSINESSES AFTER US STARTED TO PUSH CRYPTO BUSINESSES OUT OF THE #COUNTRY. #RUMOUR
You can be a very agreeable, easy to get along with person in real life but if you mention you like a data structure like blockchain online there are people who will hate you.
I have yet to experience the same hate in real life.
Krypto nur Betrug? Bankman-Fried, FTX und der Sinn der Blockchains | c’t uplink
Sam Bankman-Fried steht vor Gericht, weil seiner Kryptobörse FTX ganz plötzlich 8 Milliarden Dollar fehlten. Der c’t-uplink fragt: Einzelfall oder Systemfehler?
Aside from Proof of Stake being inherently insecure and it being inherently impossible to validate the current state from scratch, this is how "everyone can be a validator" is going in #Ethereum:
At current price, the minimum stake to become a validator is equal to ~60K USD.
Now they're discussing raising the maximum to ~3.7M USD, because too many early bag holders want in on the 5% money-printing scam, so the current wait time to become a validator is ~44 days.
Ethereum's price sees a modest rise despite the approval of multiple spot ETFs. Will institutional investment drive the next bull run, or is the market underwhelmed?
EU to set out legal underpinnings for a digital euro (www.reuters.com)
The European Union is due on Wednesday to publish draft rules that give legal underpinnings for a digital euro, if the European Central Bank decided to issue one in coming years.
Daily General Discussion - June 22, 2023
Welcome to the Daily General Discussion on Ethfinance...
OC Ethereum’s Muted Response to ETF Approval: A Calm Before the Storm? (coinedition.com)
Ethereum's price sees a modest rise despite the approval of multiple spot ETFs. Will institutional investment drive the next bull run, or is the market underwhelmed?
OC UK Gets Its First Low-Cost Crypto ETPs as WisdomTree Lands FCA Approval (coinedition.com)
Bitcoin and Ethereum ETPs debut on the London Stock Exchange post-FCA approval, signaling institutional crypto adoption in the UK market.
White Hat Hacker Finds Multi-Million Dollar Vulnerability in Ethereum to Arbitrum Bridge (cryptotale.org)
Hacker ‘Riptide’, finds a multi-million-dollar vulnerability in Ethereum to Arbitrum Bridge and received a bounty of more than $500,000.
OC Ethereum Classic Rises Amid ETH ETF Approval, Eyes on Halving (cryptotale.org)
Ethereum Classic price surges following the SEC's approval of Ethereum ETFs, with its fourth halving event on the horizon.
OC Get 2x the Ether: Leveraged Ethereum ETF Arrives in June (coinedition.com)
The Volatility Shares 2x Ether ETF is set to begin trading in the US on June 4 and might result in the eventual approval of spot ETH ETF.
Ethereum ETH's Price Slumps as Analyst Warns of More Bear Market Drops (coinedition.com)
Ethereum's ETH sees volatile prices as analyst Benjamin Cowen predicts further declines amid bearish market trends.
OC Ethereum Co-Founder Comends Community’s Free-Speech Culture (coinedition.com)
Vitalik Buterin sparked widespread discussion by commending the Ethereum community for practicing a free-speech culture.
OC Ethereum: Mixed Signals Emerge After Recent Price Gains (coinedition.com)
Ethereum's bullish momentum strengthens as TD Sequential flashes a buy signal. Read more on CE.
OC ETH Bulls Eye $3,300: Will Ethereum Propel to New Heights? (cryptotale.org)
Ethereum (ETH) is poised for an upward trajectory, with key levels and trends supporting bullish sentiment.
OC Insider Selling Hits MAGA Token on Ethereum, Price Declines (coinedition.com)
Insider selling affects MEMEcoin ($MAGA) on Ethereum, prompting caution amidst Ethereum's bullish momentum. Read more in C.E.