[News] Coinbase opens the gate to institutional investors, will it be the impetus for Bitcoin growth?,Ethereum in the spotlight,Malware attacks on MacOS and Windows,Korea: Crypto exchanges are under control

Coinbase has launched Custody to facilitate institutional investment in the cryptocurrency market for investors in the US and Europe. Coinbase Custody is a set of tools to facilitate investment for institutional investors. Emphasis is put on safety because the new cold system has undergone in-depth design review and thorough penetration testing. Custody is currently supported by Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH).

In addition, the stock exchange opened an index fund that accepts investments ranging from $ 250,000 to $ 20 million, which clearly reflects the intentions of Coinbase. Read more here: http://bitcoinist.com/

Ethereum in the spotlight

Ethereum has recently become a starting polygon for new projects that will break the cord and start living a whole new life after a successful start. However, few realize that one of the key factors that Ethereum maintains at a high level are partnerships created through the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance. Alliance members are, for example, Microsoft, Intel, BNY Mellon and JP Morgan and this list is still growing. Confirmation of strong backgroun Etherea is the entry of EBay and Foxconn into this alliance. Read more here: https://cryptorecorder.com/

Bitflyer: Choices are delayed

In trading with virtual currency, deposits and withdrawals are considered as the main phase of money laundering. Based on the fact that the top Japanese regulator [FSA] issued orders for business improvement to six crypto companies, Crypto Bitfyer began to thoroughly verify the identity of its clients. For this reason, the company is now reviewing its customer list and all deposits and withdrawals are currently being scanned. These measures cause deposits and withdrawals to be slowed down. Read more here: https://news.bitcoin.com/

Malware attacks on MacOS and Windows

Last week McAfee Labs said that in the first quarter of 2018, the incidence of malware attacks increased by 629 percent.

Yesterday, a new hijack attack on Bitcoin users (BTC) took place. 2.3 million targets were challenged. The intent of the attack was to get through the Windows mailboxes to the user's BTC addresses and then exchange them for wallet's attacker's addresses.

MacOS attacks that target users of Slack and Discord have also been reported. According to Verhoef, attacks mislead the identity of administrators, or "key people," in crypt-related communication. They then share "small snippets" that download and run malicious binary code. Read more here: https://cointelegraph.com/

Korea: Crypto exchanges are under control

Two South Korean agencies - the Korean Communications Commission (KCC) and the Korean Internet and Security Agency (KISA) - announced that joint checks of the Crypto Bourse will take place on Monday 2 July. KCC and KISA will investigate violations of data protection rights by cryptobusers and cooperating third parties. The probe allegedly checks the state of the technical and administrative measures relating to users' personal data. Control will include access to personal data, anti-counterfeiting, personal data encryption, and malware protection. Read more here: https://cointelegraph.com/

GMO introduced 7nm ASIC

Japanese Internet giant GMO Internet Group announced on Monday its launch of its new Bitcoin ASIC model built on the 7nm processor GMO72b. The new ASIC GMO B3, like its predecessor GMO B2, supports the SHA256 protocol and can benefit Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash. While B2 has a hash rate of 24 TH / s, the B3 has a maximum hash rate of 33 TH / s. Read more here: https://news.bitcoin.com/

Crime - Five states joined in the fight against cripto crime

The United States, UK, Canada, the Netherlands and Australia signed a cooperation agreement on the fight against crypto crime. This is not the first attempt at international coordination in the fight against crypto crime. Already in April at the G20 meeting, some countries have asked for a framework for such cooperation. Read more here: https://news.bitcoin.com

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