Crypto bank files record $3 billion lawsuit against Bulgaria
Euractiv.com · 2024-01-25 3 min Crypto bank Nexo has filed a record $3 billion lawsuit against Bulgaria over the actions of prosecutors and other state institutions against its executives, the company said on Wednesday.It is the largest lawsuit ever brought against Bulgaria, which is facing another pending laws

“Digital euro”: Pirate amendments want to enable real digital cash
Poliverso.org · 2024-01-12 1 min Avviso contenuto: On Monday, the negotiating teams in the European Parliament’s LIBE Committee will discuss amendments for the first time. Pirate Party MEP Patrick Breyer, his group’s lead negotiator in the LIBE … https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/LIBE-AM-7573 O

EU Digital Identity Regulation (eIDAS): Pirates don’t support blank cheque for surveillance of citizens online!
Patrick-breyer.de · 2023-11-09 2 min The EU Parliament and EU Council yesterday struck a political deal on the reform of the EU Digital Identity Regulation (eIDAS 2). A new digital identity wallet app is to allow EU citizens to access public and private digital services such as Facebook or Google, and pay online. Th

TechDispatch #1/2023 Central Bank Digital Currency
Edps.europa.eu · 2023-03-31 29 min Countries around the world are examining whether they should offer central bank money to the public not only as banknotes and coins, but also in digital form.The fact that the majority of central banks around the world have already started exploring the possibility of launching

Trezor warns of massive crypto wallet phishing campaign
Bleepingcomputer.com · 2023-03-09 3 min An ongoing phishing campaign is pretending to be Trezor data breach notifications attempting to steal a target's cryptocurrency wallet and its assets.Trezor is a hardware cryptocurrency wallet where users can store their cryptocurrency offline rather than in cloud-based wallets o

Coinbase breached by social engineers, employee data stolen
Nakedsecurity.sophos.com · 2023-02-24 7 min by Popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is the latest well-known online brand name that’s admitted to getting breached. The company decided to turn its breach report into an interesting mix of partial mea culpa and handy advice for others. As in the recent case of Reddi

Open source tech leaders urge new Congress to prioritize privacy in blockchain regulation
Cyberscoop.com · 2023-01-21 2 min Written byJan 10, 2023 | CyberScoopWritten byJan 10, 2023 | CYBERSCOOPA group of more than 28 technology organizations that develop open-source and decentralized projects is urging Congress to “take a bold stance” to protect consumer privacy when regulating the blockchain spa

What Is a BIP39?
Halborn.com · 2023-01-06 3 min A step in the process of setting up a new cryptocurrency wallet is the issuance of a 12 to 24 word mnemonic phrase or seed phrases. These seed phrases are necessary for account recovery in case of lost access to users’ funds. The Bitcoin Improvement Proposal number 39 (BIP39) i

DOra, un sistema distribuito per applicazioni industriali critiche
Magazine.teleconsys.it · 2022-12-01 13 min Alla fine di settembre Teleconsys ha depositato la richiesta di brevetto internazionale per un sistema distribuito. Il sistema si chiama dOra ed è il frutto di una lunga attività di ricerca partita circa cinque anni fa sperimentando con smartcard criptografiche e blockchain. I