Category: ICO

Crypto Market Muted After HBO Satoshi Reveal Falls Flat

A large bitcoin options trade anticipates a shift from the present low-volatility regime to a period of heightened price swings, potentially exceeding the $53,000-$87,000 range. The trade saw the entity pay a net premium of over $1 million to purchase 100 contracts of the $66,000 strike call and put options expiring on Nov. 29, according to data confirmed by Lin Chen, head of business development Asia at Deribit. A long straddle is preferred when the market is expected to move far enough in either direction to make the call or…

Criminal record and suspended prison sentence handed to former RAC employees for stealing personal information

Two former RAC employees have been handed a suspended prison sentence and ordered to complete 150 hours of unpaid work, for unlawfully copying and selling over 29,500 lines of personal information. Debbie Okparavero, 61, of Salford and Maliha Islam, 51, of Manchester, worked as customer service specialists at the RAC’s call centre in Stretford. Their unlawful conduct was discovered by, and reported to the ICO, the RAC after it installed new security monitoring software. The software showed Okparavero had unlawfully accessed and copied personal information relating to people involved in…

Changes to our services for businesses

We are committed to modernising our service and investing in tools that enable us to give time-pressed businesses access to our advice and expertise 24/7. From 11 October, we will be piloting some changes to the way we provide support to businesses. Instead of first calling our phone line, businesses can access a wide and growing range of online resources to get the certainty they need on any data protection concerns. Our expert advisers will still be on hand to provide businesses with additional support via the live chat facility…

The DPRK's Deep Roots in Crypto

Last week, CoinDesk’s Sam Kessler reported that developers and IT workers employed by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea – i.e. North Korea – had managed to get themselves hired by a number of crypto projects, giving them two different ways of raising funds for the national regime. Source