Monat: November 2020

Zug-based SEBA has added BCH and USDC support to its portfolio

Bitcoin Switzerland clients have bet 1/7 of the amount needed to upload ETH2

Movements come after board changes and new partnerships

Swiss cryptocurrency-focused financial entities engage their clients with new opportunities. Whether it is expanding existing ecosystems or investing large sums in future projects, Switzerland’s demands for cryptos are only increasing.

Swiss bank SEBA announced on November 19 that it now accepts Bitcoin Cash and USDC stablecoin . The Swiss bank registered with FINMA said that customers can now use the coins / tokens for services. This includes trading , digital custody, interest earning (USDC), and trust loans against BCH. SEBA is headquartered in Zug in the Crypto Valley in Switzerland.

To date, SEBA works with seven fiat currencies, including CHF, USD, GBP, EUR, HKD, SGD and PLN. It also provides access to six cryptocurrencies, namely BCH, BTC, ETH, LTC, USDC and XLM.

The SEBA additions are the first changes to the lineup since the bank changed its board of directors in September. First, the bank replaced the interim president Sébastien Mérillat. The new chairman, Päivi Rekonen, is formerly of UBS, Credit Suisse and Adecco. The addition of Hans Kuhn and Sanjeev Karkhanis to the board has strengthened the management of regulatory and financial risks.

Switzerland is active in the Crypto Valley

Additionally, Zug-based Bitcoin Switzerland announced on November 20 that the company’s clients had wagered over 71,891 ETH into their ETH2 staking. The amount, as of close of business on the 20th, was about one-seventh of the total amount of ETH needed for Ethereum 2 to go live on December 1. At the time that Bitcoin Switzerland released the press release, ETH’s stake was over $ 33 million.

The focus on ETH2 comes after Bitcoin Switzerland announced a partnership with Zug-based Evolute on November 18. The pair will focus on boosting the availability of cryptocurrency assets and targeting content for the Evolute digital wealth management platform for external asset managers (EAM).

The Evolute – Bitcoin Switzerland partnership will help EAMS expand its wealth management services. Through this partnership, EAMs will have the capabilities to acquire and hold digital assets while dealing directly through a known and regulated broker.

La police indienne a déclaré avoir sauvé un dentiste kidnappé, le Dr Behjas Hussain, qui a été enlevé mardi après-midi sur son lieu de travail.

La victime a été enlevée par un gang de cinq personnes dans son hôpital à Kismatpur dans le district de Ranga Reddy, ont rapporté les médias locaux.

Avant l’arrestation, les ravisseurs avaient déjà exigé une rançon de 10 roupies (134 377 dollars) en bitcoin (BTC) de la famille de la victime, a déclaré la police. L’appel à la rançon a été passé via Whatsapp pour éviter que la police n’intercepte la conversation en privé.

Racontant comment la victime a été secourue, les autorités ont déclaré que le gang qui a enlevé le dentiste l’a remis à un autre groupe de quatre hommes qui l’ont ensuite transporté au Bengaluru.

Alors qu’ils transportaient la victime vers un autre endroit aux premières heures du mercredi, ils ont été repérés par des policiers de Telangana qui ont alerté d’autres policiers, et les ravisseurs ont été interceptés.

La police a révélé que deux des quatre ravisseurs ont été arrêtés alors que deux d’entre eux s’enfuyaient, laissant Hussain derrière eux avec les mains et les jambes attachées.

Heureusement, les deux criminels qui avaient fui la scène ont été appréhendés plus tard le même jour alors que d’autres membres du gang étaient arrêtés, ce qui porte à sept le nombre total de personnes arrêtées.

Commentant ce qui a motivé l’enlèvement, les autorités ont révélé que l’enlèvement pourrait résulter d’un différend financier entre le médecin et ses partenaires commerciaux.

Dans un autre rapport, la police indienne a arrêté 11 personnes pour l’enlèvement d’un jeune homme qui aurait été impliqué dans un stratagème frauduleux lié aux bitcoins. La victime a déclaré avoir convaincu ses voisins d’investir dans ce système, qui s’est avéré être une escroquerie par la suite.

Crystal Blockchain has published a report on all major security incidents in the blockchain space since 2011.

Since 2011, malicious actors have managed to steal the equivalent of approximately $ 7.6 billion in funds

The report noted that US-based exchanges are the most targeted, while Japanese exchange CoinCheck holds the record for the biggest hack.

Crypto analysis firm Crystal Bitcoin Revolution review has released a report detailing all the major security breaches, fraudulent activity, cyber terrorism and scams in the cryptocurrency arena since 2011.

According to the report , since the emergence of the cryptocurrency markets, 113 security attacks and 23 fraudulent schemes have resulted in the theft of crypto assets worth around $ 7.6 billion. As a press release announcing the report points out, this figure is equivalent to Monaco’s GDP.

The report highlighted some key findings, including on the most common places of exchange security breaches

Unsurprisingly, these are the countries with the most developed crypto markets, namely the United States, United Kingdom, South Korea, Japan and China.

The United States, in particular, appears to be a major target. Since the inception of the blockchain ecosystem, U.S.-based crypto services have been targeted by malicious actors a total of 13 times. In terms of stolen value, however, China remains the leader.

Coincheck in Japan takes the title of the biggest hack to date, with a loss of $ 535 million. Crystal also cited hackers‘ preferred methods, “the most popular method of crypto theft is infiltration of exchange security systems”.

The report ends with a section of predictions from Crystal’s security experts. These predictions are hardly optimistic: “Over the next two years, as the number of blockchains continues to grow, and the methods and technologies used by illegal hackers continue to improve and develop, we can assume that the number of hackers will also continue to increase ”.

Crystal says that with an adequate mode of corrective action, the damage caused by scams and hacks, especially in the case of “hot wallets”, could be mitigated. Overall, the report leaves little reason to believe that the latest Harvest Finance infiltration will be anything but the next installment in a long list of warnings.

The SXP moves between the support of $ 0.75 and the resistance of $ 1.20.

Price broke a descending resistance line.

The price just completed wave 4 of a 5 wave bullish formation.

The course Swipe (SXP) increased significantly during the first week of November after a rebound to an important support zone.

The SXP may have completed a bullish momentum, confirmed with a break above a descending resistance line. The price could then continue to increase towards the resistance zones mentioned below.

Swipe Exchange Fork

The SXP price has been declining since its peak of $ 5.15 on August 13. On November 3, it hit a low at $ 0.69 and reversed its trend soon after. It has since increased by more than 30%.

Interestingly, the bottom is significantly below the latest fibonacci support (0.856), located at $ 1.20. This level is now resisting, after rejecting price on November 8, resulting in a long upper wick.

The price finally passes resistance

The shorter-term, six-hour chart shows that price has already broken through a descending resistance line. The upward movement did not last long, knowing that the 0.382 fibonacci level rejected price, but the SXP is still looking to hit an upper low before rising again.

Technical indicators support this potential rise, knowing that the RSI is above 50 and the MACD signal line is above 0.

Even in the daily timescale, technical indicators are in the process of turning bullish. This is shown by the histogram of the MACD, which generated its first positive bar.

Knowing that the Stochastic Oscillator is generating a bullish cross and the RSI is looking to break above 50, a prolonged rally in price could allow these indicators to finalize their respective advances. This would confirm the upward trend.