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Monero’s former maintainer arrested in U.S. for allegations unrelated to cryptocurrency

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An arrest warrant for Riccardo Spagni was issued on July 20, 2021 at the request of the South African government. He was apprehended the same day in the United States. Riccardo Spagni, the former maintainer of the Monero cryptocurrency, was arrested last month in Nashville, Tennessee on fraud charges tied to alleged offenses in South…

Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, MATIC, EOS, XMR, AAVE

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MATIC, EOS, XMR and AAVE could rally higher over the coming days if Bitcoin price can sustain within the $30,000 to $33,000 support zone. Bitcoin (BTC) is struggling to sustain any price level during the current pullback, indicating a lack of demand at higher levels. Does this mean that the bull trend is over and…

Newly Appointed Ukrainian Politician Declares Owning Over $24 Million in Monero

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A 19-year old Ukrainian politician disclosed all the property he owns during an anti-corruption procedure, mandatory for all public officials in Ukraine, who revealed that he holds millions of dollars worth of monero (XMR). 19-Year-Old Ukrainian Politician Discloses Its Monero Holdings Rostislav Solod, a newly appointed member of the city council in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, declared…

Amid IRS bounty and competitor progress, Monero developers ship a major update

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A new Monero update brings improvements in performance, speed, and security amid increased scrutiny from law enforcement and developments from competitors First announced in September, Monero developers today went live with a network update featuring a new version of its node software, codenamed ‘Oxygen Orion.’ The product of 30 contributors, the update promises significant improvement…

Australian exchanges delist privacy coins amid Chainalysis integration

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Privacy coins are quietly being relegated to the fringes of the Blockchain space. Pressured by external forces, two Australian exchanges have begun to delist a number of privacy coins including Monero (XMR) and Bytecoin (BCN).On August 24, YouTuber Alex Saunders tweeted a screenshot of what appears to be an announcement from the Australian exchange, Coinspot.…

Diabolical Malware Targets Windows Users to Mine Monero

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A malware called “Lucifer” is targeting old vulnerabilities in Windows systems to install a well-known Monero mining application. On June 24, security experts from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 warned about a new self-propagating malware that launches cryptojacking and DDoS attacks against Windows systems. The software operates under the name “Lucifer”.According to the study, Lucifer…

Website Compiles List of KYC-Free Exchanges, Along With Some Warnings

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The website Kycnot.me has compiled a list of cryptocurrency exchanges that do not require identity verification to preserve the independence of crypto. A new website seeking to compile an active list of every cryptocurrency exchange that welcomes traders in some capacity without forcing them to hand over personal information through know-your-customer, or KYC, verification.Kycnot.me is…

Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Clusters Cryptojacked to Mine Monero

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Hackers have attacked badly configured machine learning clusters on Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing network, and hijacked them to mine Monero. Microsoft announced on June 10 that it had discovered a number of cryptojacking attacks on powerful machine-learning clusters on its Azure cloud computing network.In a blog-post, the company said that some customers had misconfigured nodes,…

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