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Dogecoin (DOGE) is now being used by crypto hackers after TikTok boom

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Time Stamp: August 1, 2020 5:00 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Dogecoin’s usecases have seemingly evolved over time. The meme coin was initially created as a joke in 2014, turned into one of the hottest cryptocurrencies in 2015, became Elon Musk’s favorite in 2018, and was part of a TikTok challenge in 2020.But things have taken a darker turn for the currency; hackers are now utilizing the token to control crypto mining botnets, security firm Intezer Labs said in a report this week.Such DOGE, much hackIntezer Labs, a New York-based malware analysis and detection firm, found out hackers using the infamous

Bitcoin SV’s Social Platform Twetch Streamlines P2P Payments

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Time Stamp: April 7, 2020 11:46 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Bitcoin SV powered social media platform Twetch has launched a feature to streamline peer-to-peer (P2P) payments.Twetch is a Twitter-like social media platform where users must make micropayments in order to post and engage with content on the platform. Content creators are directly paid for their activity through a revenue sharing system based on likes and shares. The platform is currently in private beta.Command-line style payments featureTweet has rolled out the ability for users to send BSV to each other by entering the command-line ‘/pay’, a user’s tag, and the dollar

Rune Christensen: ‘Our Job Is to Support Whatever the Maker Community Decides’

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Time Stamp: April 6, 2020 3:41 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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As the dust begins to settle over MakerDAO’s Black Thursday incident, the team is now returning to a normal working pace. We took the opportunity to catch up with Rune Christensen, one of the original founders of the protocol, for a full recap of the situation and what it means for Maker (MKR). Christensen had been oddly quiet as the events were unfolding, never joining any forum discussion or issuing comments to the media — until now.MakerDAO provides users with stable DAI cryptocurrency in exchange for their volatile crypto holdings, and