Source: iStock/pressureUA 22-year old Kerem Albayrak, a London-based IT analyst, has admitted to blackmailing tech giant Apple in March 2017 after releasing a YouTube video of himself hacking into iCloud accounts, the Daily Mail reported. By paying the ransom, Apple was to prevent Albayrak from selling the personal data of the service’s 319 million users. […]
Continue ReadingSource: iStock/Reimphoto Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Regulation news Nordea Bank is free to prevent its employees from investing in Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies in their own time, Bloomberg reported, citing a verdict by a […]
Continue ReadingSource: iStock/skodonnell ‘The best’ bitcoins are the ones from the Silk Road, the first modern darknet market, because they’ve got through the U.S. Marshalls and have been ‘blessed’ by the U.S. government – ‘those are very clean,’ Matt Walsh, Partner at Castle Island Ventures, a U.S.-based venture capital firm, joked while discussing so-called “virgin bitcoins” […]
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In the past three sessions, bitcoin price mostly traded in a range below the USD 7,350 and USD 7,400 resistance levels. BTC/USD could start another bearish wave below USD 7,200 if it continues to face resistance near USD 7,400. Similarly, most major altcoins traded in a range with a minor bearish angle, including ethereum, XRP, […]
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