PivX Core Wallet 3.3.0 has been released by the team that brings some significant changes on the zPIV front. This is a mandatory upgrade and you must upgrade the wallet before 24th of June 2019, otherwise you will be on wrong blockchain.
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BTCB Listed on Binance and Binance DEX
BTCB is a Bitcoin pegged token that runs on Binance chain. BTCB is similar to WBTC, which is an Ethereum ERC20 token pegged to value of Bitcoin. BTCB is an asset backed by Binance cryptocurrency exchange. This will allow users to store (virtual) bitcoin, ie BTCB on Binance Chain.
QTUM, MOBI, STORJ and many others to be removed from Bittrex USA market
Bittrex users from USA will soon be getting an email from the exchange that they will not be able to trade certain coins and tokens. Following coins / tokens will be removed from US market after June 21st 2019. They will still be tradeable by non US users of Bittrex exchange. Any pending orders will be automatically cancelled by Bittrex system after the aforementioned date.
Komodo’s official wallet hacked–hacker stole 1 Million KMD
Komodo’s official wallet, Agama is exposed to an exploit that allows hacker to gain access to funds. Komodo team says that its Cyber Security team used the same exploit to gain access over the affected wallets and took over 8 million KMD and 96 BTC.
Coinfield Review – Cryptocurrency exchange in Canada – Buy Bitcoin, Ripple with bank wire transfer in Canada and other countries
Coinfield is a cryptocurrency exchange based out of Canada but since it offers many fiat (CAD/USD/EUR/GBP/JPY/AED/USDC) to crypto pairs, it is accessible to people living in 100 different countries. All major cryptocurrencies are being traded on the Coinfield, like Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple.
KuCoin delists Block Array (ARY), Datum (DAT), Shivom (OMX), ClearPoll (POLL), Snovio (SNOV), Solaris (XLR), LAToken (LA)
KuCoin has announced on their website that it will be delisting Block Array (ARY), Datum (DAT), Shivom (OMX), ClearPoll (POLL), Snovio (SNOV), Solaris (XLR) and LAToken (LA) from their website. The only reason for removal is “disqualification”. Many of these were listed just an year back and we wonder what could lead to the delisting.
PivX coin plauged with libzerocoin vulnerability
Lead developer of PivX coin has published an important message about libzerocoin vulnerability that is affecting all coins based on Zcoin forks. While PivX coin was not affected / attacked with this vulnerability, for safety reasons, zPIV feature has been disabled.
Jaguar Land Rover partners with IOTA Foundation to integrate Smart Wallets into cars
JLR has partnered with IOTA foundation to integrate Smart Wallet into their cars. The UK drivers will be able to earn IOTA cryptocurrency and make payments on the move using IOTA’s smart wallet technology.
Nexus Windows Wallet hacked by hacker–over 1M NXS coins stolen
Nexus team has issued a statement on their website that a grey-hat hacker was able to obtain whopping 2000 private keys from Nexus QT windows users. More than 1M NXS were taken out and a lot of users noticed it as said in this reddit post.
Bithumb hacked, 3M EOS Wallet compromised among many others
Bithumb cryptocurrency exchange has been hacked for the second time. At the time of this post, over 3 million EOS has been transferred out from its hot wallet. Stolen funds were sent to Huobi, HitBTC, WB, EXmo etc.
