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ForkLog 17 22.01.2021

Hackers launch mass phishing campaign impersonating Exodus, echoing Ledger

Wallet owners began receiving phishing messages demanding software updates due to an alleged vulnerability. Similar messages had previously been sent to Ledger users, in an attempt to steal their confidential information.

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ForkLog 6 21.01.2021

Biden freezes proposed FinCEN rules regulating the cryptocurrency industry

President Joe Biden has paused the implementation of several of his predecessor Donald Trump’s orders. This includes the proposal to verify users of non-custodial wallets on the network in the fight against financial crime (FinCEN).

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ForkLog 9 18.01.2021

American startup asks candidates to hack a Bitcoin wallet as part of recruitment

A New York-based cybersecurity startup, Red Balloon Security, sends applicants a hard drive with Bitcoin locked on it as a test task. Business Insider reports.

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ForkLog 9 31.12.2020

Blender Wallet Adds One-Click Replace-By-Fee Transaction Cancellation

The Bitcoin wallet Blender Wallet has added the Replace-By-Fee (RBF) feature. It allows users to speed up or cancel an unconfirmed transaction in a single click. According to ForkLog, representatives of the cryptocurrency wallet said.

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ForkLog 8 11.12.2020

Vitalik Buterin: The community is ignoring wallet-security questions

The cryptocurrency industry pays insufficient attention to wallet security. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin voiced this view at the laBITconf 2020 blockchain conference.

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ForkLog 9 11.12.2020

Chainalysis: Whale Bitcoin wallets’ balances have increased by 1.4 million BTC since the start of the year

In 2020, the number of addresses with a balance of more than 1000 BTC rose markedly. The number of coins on whale wallets also increased. These observations were shared by senior Chainalysis economist Philip Gradwell.

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ForkLog 9 11.12.2020

MetaMask to release institutional version of Ethereum wallet

The Ethereum company ConsenSys announced an imminent release of an institutional version of the popular MetaMask wallet.

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ForkLog 20 09.11.2020

2.9×10^50 years to crack: A review of Blender Wallet, a non-custodial wallet with an integrated Bitcoin mixer

According to the Chain.info portal, almost 15% of available bitcoins are stored on five centralized exchanges. If anything happens to exchange servers or key holders, users would lose access to their cryptocurrency. This happened with OKEx: the crypto exchange paused withdrawals when it could not reach one of the private-key holders.

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ForkLog 28 05.11.2020

Wasabi Wallet team to simplify anonymous Bitcoin transactions with 2.0

The Wasabi team announced the development of a 2.0 version focused on Bitcoin wallet anonymity. It is designed to simplify confidential transactions by automating mixing using CoinJoin technology.

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ForkLog 13 02.11.2020

Square Crypto awards grant to Bitcoin-wallet interface designer

Square Crypto, Jack Dorsey’s initiative, announced a grant to designer Maggie Valentine, who focuses on making wallets user-friendly for people without technical knowledge.

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ForkLog 20 20.10.2020

ACINQ adds offline payment receiving to Phoenix Lightning wallet

The ACINQ team unveiled an update to the non-custodial Lightning wallet Phoenix. The new version enables the mobile app to operate in offline mode.

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ForkLog 10 15.10.2020

Coinbase Wallet Adds Ethereum Layer-2 Optimistic Rollup Support

The developers of the non-custodial cryptocurrency wallet Coinbase Wallet have integrated the Optimistic Rollup testnet. With Ethereum's Layer-2 solution, users will be able to send faster, cheaper, and more scalable dApp transactions.

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