Weekly Digest: Brexit Wins, Bitcoin Goes Up, and DAO Hacker Makes First Contact
Another interesting week goes past. Today was plagued with important news in both global politics and the Crypto Sphere. The United Kingdom decided to split from the European Union, as the election unfolded, Bitcoin saw a huge surge in price. This week was packed with geopolitical and geoeconomic shocks all around the world. Brexit, the Colombian Government dialogue with FARC (Communist Guerrilla), and the Venezuelan OAS (Organization of American States) discussion sent ripples across the world’s stock and forex markets. Bitcoin suffered from volatility increase, sending the price into a....
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Bitfinex is seeking to strike a deal with the hacker or hackers who stole $65m in bitcoin from the exchange back in August. The latest twist in the ongoing story comes nearly three months after Bitfinex lost roughly 120,000 BTC in the breach. The exchange was offline for days before restoring service and eventually electing to pursue a novel (and controversial) way to spread the loss among users. Now, the exchange is seeking to recover the lost funds from the hacker in a bid to expedite their repayment by setting up a secure channel for communication. Representatives of Bitfinex explained....
In this week’s bite-sized digest of the hottest stories from Bitcoin.com News, a hacker claims to have stolen a massive amount of Chinese citizens’ personal data from Shanghai police, and now wants to sell it for ten bitcoins. Also, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has ditched the Novi project, after unveiling a new metaverse wallet. These stories and more, right below.
Leaked Personal Data of 1 Billion Chinese Citizens on Sale for 10 Bitcoins — Hacker Claims Stolen From Shanghai Police
A hacker claims to have stolen the personal data of a billion....
The Vice-Chancellor of Germany has stated that the future of the EU might be in jeopardy if Brexit is not handled properly. Sigmar Gabriel said that, if the United Kingdom’s exit caused other countries to follow suit and leave the Union, that would cause the EU to go “down the drain.” He told a news conference that Brexit had damaged Europe’s reputation, causing the continent to become regarded as being unstable. The UK Prime Minister Theresa May is currently weighing the country’s options regarding the exit vote, while her cabinet remains split on leaving the single market. A last chance....
Another bitcoin price hike is in the books following the unexpected Brexit. At press time, bitcoin has started a recovery and is now hovering around $655 USD. Bitcoin and Brexit. Bitcoin was doing quite well last week, having surpassed the $700 without much trouble, but ironically, things took quite a plunge at the same time that the UK voted to leave the EU. Actually, the two appear to be directly linked. The Brexit is affecting trading across the globe, even if they don’t seem related. For example, bitcoin trading is at its highest in China. At present, the country is responsible for....
If the Deutsche Bank were to collapse - which seems inevitable right now - they would impact every other financial institution on the planet. The global ramifications would be so widespread; the world whole would be pushed into recession again. The Brexit is raising a lot more questions than we have answers at this time. Despite turmoil on the stock and fiat currency markets, there is no significant altercation to speak of. The so-called Brexit “fear’ has not materialized yet, albeit this could be a period of the calm before the storm. At the same time, the IMF is pointing at Deutsche Bank....