While the affected users are threatening legal action in the Ledger data dump, some wallet owners might be at the risk of being visited by criminals. According to a Redditor named “u/relephants,” some users have begun received threatening emails demanding a $500 payment or risk being attacked in their homes. This development opens up another risk factor for Ledger users whose private information have been leaked by the hacker. Apart from home invasions, the affected Ledger owners also have to deal with phishing and SIM swapping exploits, among others. Actual…
Day: December 21, 2020
SoftBank Preparing to Raise at Least $500 Million in SPAC IPO
SoftBank SPAC IPO will be overseen by SoftBank Investment Advisers which also runs the Vision Fund. Besides, Goldman Sachs Group and Citigroup will underwrite the deal. SoftBank Group Corp (OTC: SFTBF) is preparing to file for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) called Bridgetown Holdings (NASDAQ: BTWNU). The target of the Softbank SPAC IPO makes up at least $500. SoftBank SPAC IPO will be overseen by SoftBank Investment Advisers which also runs the Vision Fund. Besides, Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS) and Citigroup Inc (NYSE: C)…
Ethereum Weekly Setup Sees Price Near $980 by May 2021
Ethereum pared a small portion of its recent gains this Monday on profit-taking sentiment. The ETH/USD exchange rate fell by more than 6 percent to $595.22 ahead of the New York opening bell. The pair’s downside move appeared a day after it logged a new year-to-date high of $676.94. While it managed to hold its gains during the Asian session, traders started securing their profits during the European hours as demand shifted back to the US dollar amid an anti-risk sentiment. Bollinger Bands Ethereum typically tails price moves in the…
Jack Ma Offers Beijing Part of Ant Group to Appease Regulators and Rescue Its IPO
Ant Group had anticipated raising up to $35 billion in a dual listing in Hong Kong and Shanghai stock exchanges. In a bid to rescue and salvage the world’s largest IPO, Jack Ma is reported to have offered Beijing part of Ant Group to appease the contentious relationship. “You can take any of the platforms Ant has, as long as the country needs it,” Mr. Ma proposed to the Chinese regulators. Meanwhile, the Chinese regulators have not responded to the offer but people close and familiar with the matter indicates…
Chris Wood of Jefferies Investment Firm Cuts Exposure to Gold for Bitcoin
Investment firm Jefferies trims exposure to gold for the first time in years in favour of bitcoin (BTC). Christopher Wood Cuts Exposure to the Yellow Metal According to a report by Business Standard, Chris Wood, global head of equity strategy at investment company Jefferies is poised to reduce exposure to the time-tested precious yellow metal in favor of bitcoin. Specifically, Wood will be cutting the gold position in his long-only asset allocation for U.S. dollar-based pension funds to 45% from 50% and given 5% space to BTC. However, this does…
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Exmo crypto exchange suffers hack, halts all withdrawals
Exmo, a cryptocurrency exchange headquartered in the United Kingdom, has suffered a major security breach causing the platform to freeze all withdrawals. According to a Dec. 21 security notice, Exmo detected suspicious withdrawal activity on Monday, with large amounts of major coins like Bitcoin (BTC) leaving the platform’s hot wallets. Maria Stankevich, head of business development at crypto exchange Exmo, told Cointelegraph that the incident is “nothing very serious,” as the affected hot wallets comprise 5% of the total assets held by the exchange. “Let us stress that all the…
Lockheed Agrees to Acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne in Deal Worth $4B
As part of the deal, $56 per share will be paid to Aerojet Rocketdyne. Also, after the pre-closing special dividends have been paid by the company, Lockheed will only pay $51 per share as the purchase price. Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc (NYSE: AJRD), a US rocket engine manufacturer, has been acquired by Lockheed Martin Corp (NYSE: LMT) in a deal worth $4.4 billion according to multiple reports. Moreover, the $4.4 billion includes both debt and net cash. Jim Taiclet took over Lockheed as a Chief Executive in June 2020, and…
Russia’s second largest bank VTB pilots bank guarantees on blockchain
VTB, the second largest bank in Russia after Sberbank, has piloted a new blockchain-based system to issue bank guarantees. According to an official announcement on Dec. 16, VTB provided a blockchain-enabled bank guarantee to the country’s largest mobile cellular network provider, MTS. As part of the development, the bank issued MTS a guarantee for the fulfillment of payment obligations worth 392 million rubles, or $5 million. The commercial operation implemented Masterchain — an Ethereum-based blockchain prototype backed by the Russian central bank. The parties completed the transaction in real time,…
Bitcoin is ‘overbought’ but will suck money out of gold
Institutional investors may be all that’s pushing up the price of Bitcoin (BTC), a new report from JPMorgan Chase claims. In comments on Dec. 18 quoted by Bloomberg, strategists led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou added to recent forecasts about the role of institutions in Bitcoin’s future. JPMorgan: Bitcoin “overbought” According to JPMorgan, the largescale inflows seen this month must continue to avoid a price correction. As Cointelegraph reported, theories tied to recent price rises include institutional investors buying via over-the-counter trades that suck up the available supply. This has been called…