Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link.
BitMEX investigating “extent of impact” after mass email leakThink you’ve had a challenging week? Spare a thought for BitMEX. First, the crypto derivatives exchange accidentally leaked its users’ email addresses by forgetting to BCC them on a mass message. Crypto lawyer Jake Chervinsky described the company as “outrageously incompetent” amid fears that account holders could now become vulnerable to hackers. Days later, BitMEX’s Twitter account was hacked — with tweets that would undoubtedly send a chill down the spines of users already worried about security. One said, “Take your BTC and run. Last day for withdrawals,” and another added: “Hacked.” An anonymous Twitter account has also emerged, which is leaking user IDs and emails, with one tweet reading: “So many obvious US customers on the BitMEX database hack.” For its part, the exchange says it takes user privacy seriously and that it is working to understand the extent of the leak — but this will amount to yet another dent in consumer confidence.
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are not really money, German parliament saysBitmain quietly files for Deutsche Bank-backed IPO in the U.S.: ReportMt. Gox claims deadline pushed back to spring 2020French high school students will learn about Bitcoin and cryptoIBM expects a central bank to issue digital currency within five yearsCEO of Zimbabwean crypto exchange loses password to Bitcoin cold walletJohannesburg authorities refuse to pay hackers’ Bitcoin ransomArgentina’s central bank bans Bitcoin purchases with credit cardsBitmain’s new IPO attempt in jeopardy as in-fighting goes publicThe future of cryptocurrencies in the U.K. hangs on the FCA’s decisionCanada pushes to regulate crypto adoption, forgoing volatile BTC pastContinue Reading on Coin Telegraph