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Coin information website
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varana95
on 05/10/2018, 06:52:30 UTC
Coin information website

https://coinmarketcal.com/
https://coinmarketcap.com/
https://kryptocal.com/
https://cryptocalendar.pro/
https://coinscalendar.com/

How to reduce the risk of phishing sites
1. Most exchanges are listed in the coinmarketcap, so Search your preferred exchange in the coinmarketcap.
2. Search will display a website link. Simply access the link and sign up.
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[2018-10-03] Bitcoin Price Manipulated by Cryptocurrency Trading Bots: WSJ
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varana95
on 03/10/2018, 12:42:48 UTC
Bots that manipulate bitcoin price are not new, and they aren’t going away, according to The Wall Street Journal. The problem continues to draw regulatory scrutiny, as it was cited by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) when it rejected several bitcoin ETF applications in August.

Andy Bromberg, president and co-founder of CoinList, which issues tokens, told the WSJ that the bots are rampant marketwide, at least at the present time.

Stefan Qin, the managing partner at cryptocurrency hedge fund Virgil Capital, uses its own bots to battle “enemy” bots on dozens of cryptocurrency exchanges worldwide. His company has built error handing functions to identify activities that are potentially illegal, referencing the crypto sector as the “Wild West of Crypto.”

How One Bot Manipulates The Market

Virgil, which specializes in arbitrage, suffered a “harassing bot” earlier this year that targeted certain ether trades, Qin told the publication, causing losses.

Virgil was checking prices every minute looking for arbitrage opportunities with cryptocurrency prices. The hostile bot would post and order to sell ether at a price lower than what other sellers were offering, prompting Virgil to try to make a buy. Right before Virgil completed the purchase, the bot would cancel its sell order. As a result, Virgil posted buy orders that never got executed, which increased the price on other exchanges, according to Qin.

This practice of faking orders and then canceling them is known as “spoofing,” the purpose of which is to create the impression that supply or demand for an asset is higher than it actually is. U.S. futures and stock markets outlawed the practice in 2010, but there have long been allegations that it is taking place in the cryptocurrency markets....

Source - https://www.ccn.com/bitcoin-price-manipulated-by-cryptocurrency-trading-bots-wsj/
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Re: What is the the safest wallet for windows?
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varana95
on 01/10/2018, 11:52:26 UTC
Along with above hardware wallet, I think using vmware or virtualbox is a good way.
In a virtual window with a wallet installed, If you do nothing but drive your wallet, I don't think you can be hacked.
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[2018-10-01] Nobel Laureates Flocking to Crypto Startups
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varana95
on 01/10/2018, 11:28:55 UTC
The crypto industry may finally be starting to catch on among some of the brightest people in economics. Nobel laureates are flocking to the fledgling industry, as more blockchain start-ups see the value of being associated with economists of the highest standing.

Three startups; game theory-focused Covee Network, governance design firm Prysm Group, and blockchain research company Cryptic Labs, were all mentioned by Bloomberg as examples of new companies that have successfully lured over highly regarded economists as their advisors.

Alvin Roth, recipient of the Nobel Prize in economics in 2012, joined Covee Network after thinking long and hard about whether he wanted a crypto start-up to simply use his name for decoration, or if he would actually be able to contribute. However, the team’s dedication to applications of game theory was what persuaded him to actively contribute. “They are embracing game theory as a way of incentivizing participation,” Roth was quoted as saying by Bloomberg.

Marcel Dietsch, CEO of Covee Network, said that the interest shown by some of these great thinkers “shows that the blockchain sector is growing up.”

Prysm Group, on its end, has a number of Ph.D.-level economists associated with it, including 2016 Nobel Prize laureate Oliver Hart of Harvard University. Among other things, the “tokenomics” and governance-focused firm has set up the MIT Cryptoeconomics Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, considered the first blockchain-related research initiative bridging economics, computer science, and business.

Read more: https://cryptonews.com/news/nobel-laureates-flocking-to-crypto-startups-2691.htm