These companies such as Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google manage most of today’s network services. They store people’s data, including behavior and history, free of charge. This data is collected by these networks’ centralized systems and is either managed, studied or used for different reasons. This personal data may be exposed to cyberattacks, system glitches or poor human management. Source
The Web3 analytics platform Dune Analytics has announced it has closed a $69.4 million Series B fundraise led by Coatue. The firm’s latest fundraise follows the company’s Series A last August when Dune Analytics raised $8 million. With the Series A and B combined, the firm has been propelled to unicorn status with a post-money valuation of $1 billion. Dune Analytics Secures $69.4 Million in Series B Financing Round, Plans to Offer Financial Compensation to Contributors On Wednesday, the decentralized finance (defi), non-fungible token (NFT), and Web3 analytics platform Dune…
ICO statement in response to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) laying the International data transfer agreement (IDTA), the International data transfer addendum to the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses (Addendum) and a document setting out transitional provisions as to the use of the current standard data protection clauses for international transfers before Parliament on 2 February 2022. This final step follows the consultation the ICO ran in 2021. The documents are issued under Section 119A of the Data Protection Act 2018. An ICO spokesperson said: “We welcome…
Bitcoin (BTC) received a welcome boost at the Wall Street open on Jan. 31 as fresh research painted a gloomy picture for near-term price action. BTC/USD 1-month candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Trader “not interested” in longs below $38,500 Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD climbing toward $38,000 on Monday, reversing a correction that had set in immediately after Jan. 30’s weekly close. With stocks giving some relief to bulls, many analysts remained hands-off on Bitcoin while higher levels nearer $40,000 remained unchallenged. “Bitcoin chopping around and fighting…
ICO statement in response to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) laying the International data transfer agreement (IDTA), the International data transfer addendum to the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses (Addendum) and a document setting out transitional provisions as to the use of the current standard data protection clauses for international transfers before Parliament on 28 January 2022. This final step follows the consultation the ICO ran in 2021. The documents are issued under Section 119A of the Data Protection Act 2018. An ICO spokesperson said: “We welcome…
Bitcoin (BTC) bulls are probably quite disappointed with how the start of 2022 has shaped up, especially since the cryptocurrency plunged over 20% in the first 25 days of the year. Even more shocking is the fact that the supposed $32,930 bottom on Jan. 21 was the lowest level BTC price had seen in 6 months, while equity markets as measured by the S&P500 reached an all-time high on Jan. 4. The sell-off in risk markets accelerated after the U.S. Federal Reserve announced its plan to raise interest rates in…
Bakkt (last updated Oct. 28, 2020) “We also collect information about you from third parties, such as money laundering and fraud prevention information providers, marketing agencies, identity and creditworthiness verification services, and analytics and information providers. We may combine information we collect about you with information from third parties.” Binance (last updated Jan. 12, 2022) “We may receive information about you from other sources such as credit history information from credit bureaus.” Bitfinex (last updated May 27, 2021) Not specified BitMEX (last updated Aug. 28, 2020) “We receive personal data…
Analysts love to issue price predictions and it seems that 9 out of 10 times they are wrong. For example, how many times did analysts say “we will never see Bitcoin back at X price again,” only to see it plunge well below that level a few months later? It doesn’t matter how experienced a person is or how connected in the industry. Bitcoin’s (BTC) 55% volatility must be taken seriously and the impact this has on altcoins is usually stronger during capitulation-like movements. I was undeniably wrong about how…
Project Galaxy, a way to rethink how digital credentials are handled in the next generation of the internet, has closed a $10 million funding round co-led by Multicoin Capital and Dragonfly Capital. The way the existing internet has evolved, our data is segregated across many different applications and services, such as behavioral data collected by Google and Facebook, or our credit histories on scoring websites and government agencies. An aggregate data layer connected and incentivized in such a way that applications can query it is lacking, said Project Galaxy co-founder…
However, even though these privacy options have been around since 2018, the volume data suggests the penetration of CoinJoins has not increased much since the early days. Although more bitcoin has been CoinJoined each year, the highest volume month was just over 65,000 BTC in January 2021 (worth about $2.3 billion, on average), a scant 0.35% of the total bitcoin transacted in that month. Source