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Report: Bitcoin volatility hits low as cryptocurrency trading volume tanks

Oct30
by on October 30, 2018 at 11:20 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


While the price of Bitcoin is approaching a one-year low, trading volumes across cryptocurrency markets have already reached that point. Blockchain research unit Diar has just dropped new data on the major cryptocurrencies. All top markets have slowed dramatically over the year. Bitcoin trading volume is down 79 percent from the highs of January this year. Diar highlights the low volumes are despite a sharp increase in activity from major banks and investment firms, like ICE-led Bakkt, or the famous Fidelity. The data implies both Wall Street experiments are yet to inspire any new interest in cryptocurrencies. Ethereum, too, has hit a…

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Hands-on: Xiaomi’s Mi Mix 3 is a modern ode to the sliding phone

Oct30
by on October 30, 2018 at 10:20 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Plugged


Xiaomi launched its spec-heavy phone the Mi Mix 3 last week in China. All its variants sport a stunning all-screen front fascia with a 93.4 percent screen-to-body ratio. The company hid the selfie camera in a slider mechanism that pops out the top of the phone. Additionally, the highest variant has 10GB RAM and a 5G-ready version will make its way to Europe in the first quarter of 2019. Before we talk about my first impressions of the phone, let’s take a look at what’s under the hood: Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Screen: 6.39-inch FHD+ AMOLED Resolution: 1080×2340, 19.5:9 aspect ratio…

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Hands-on: Xiaomi’s Mi Mix 3 is a modern ode to the sliding phone

Oct30
by on October 30, 2018 at 10:20 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Plugged


Xiaomi launched its spec-heavy phone the Mi Mix 3 last week in China. All its variants sport a stunning all-screen front fascia with a 93.4 percent screen-to-body ratio. The company hid the selfie camera in a slider mechanism that pops out the top of the phone. Additionally, the highest variant has 10GB RAM and a 5G-ready version will make its way to Europe in the first quarter of 2019. Before we talk about my first impressions of the phone, let’s take a look at what’s under the hood: Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Screen: 6.39-inch FHD+ AMOLED Resolution: 1080×2340, 19.5:9 aspect ratio…

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PSA: Buggy cryptocurrency price ticker exposes Mac users’ funds to theft

Oct30
by on October 30, 2018 at 10:05 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Cryptocurrency ticker apps can be handy little tools for staying up-to-date with the fluctuating price of your cryptocurrency hodlings. That is, when they’re not installing backdoors that open your computer to potentially malicious attack. One keen eyed Malwarebytes forum user recently noticed that one cryptocurrency ticker app for MacOS called CoinTicker was exhibiting some suspicious behavior. According to the Malwarebytes blog the CoinTicker app installs two “open-source backdoors: EvilOSX and EggShell.” It remains unclear what these two pieces of malware are trying to do on users’ machines. However, Malwarebytes believes that due to the malware being packaged within a cryptocurrency…

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PSA: Buggy cryptocurrency price ticker exposes Mac users’ funds to theft

Oct30
by on October 30, 2018 at 10:05 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Cryptocurrency ticker apps can be handy little tools for staying up-to-date with the fluctuating price of your cryptocurrency hodlings. That is, when they’re not installing backdoors that open your computer to potentially malicious attack. One keen eyed Malwarebytes forum user recently noticed that one cryptocurrency ticker app for MacOS called CoinTicker was exhibiting some suspicious behavior. According to the Malwarebytes blog the CoinTicker app installs two “open-source backdoors: EvilOSX and EggShell.” It remains unclear what these two pieces of malware are trying to do on users’ machines. However, Malwarebytes believes that due to the malware being packaged within a cryptocurrency…

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