{"id":55751,"date":"2023-09-01T11:14:39","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T15:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/markets\/crypto\/5-country-joint-advisory-report-warns-about-russian-malware-targeting-crypto-users-ibm-shares-5-points-for-success-of-digital-euro\/"},"modified":"2023-09-01T11:14:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T15:14:42","slug":"5-country-joint-advisory-report-warns-about-russian-malware-targeting-crypto-users-ibm-shares-5-points-for-success-of-digital-euro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/?p=55751","title":{"rendered":"5-Country Joint Advisory Report Warns About Russian Malware Targeting Crypto Users, IBM Shares 5 Points for Success of Digital Euro"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><i>Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news \u2013 investigating the stories flying under the radar of today\u2019s crypto news.<\/i><br \/>__________<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align:justify;\">Security news<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A joint advisory report by several agencies from the UK, USA, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia warned that the Russian Infamous Chisel malware is being used to target crypto wallet and exchange applications. It searches for specific application directories on a device, such as those connected to the <strong>Brave<\/strong> browser, <strong>Binance<\/strong> and <strong>Coinbase<\/strong> exchange apps, the <strong>Trust<\/strong> wallet, the <strong>Android Keystore<\/strong> system, as well as <strong>Discord<\/strong> and <strong>Telegram<\/strong>. Per the report, \u201cInfamous Chisel is a collection of components which enable persistent access to an infected Android device over the <strong>Tor<\/strong> network, and which periodically collates and exfiltrates victim information from compromised devices.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>CBDC news<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IBM<\/strong> shared five points for the makers of the <strong>European Central Bank<\/strong>&#8216;s (ECB) digital euro to increase its chances of being successful within \u201cthe highly competitive, multifaceted, and heterogeneous payments landscape in the Eurozone.\u201d These are: build on existing rails and provide enhancements for the digital euro; extend PSD2(3) with a standard digital euro API for incumbents, FinTechs, TPPs; allow strong privacy for low-value proximity payments, independent of technical connectivity; include a centrally governed distributed ledger as an enabler for digital processes, virtual worlds and tokenized economies; and build the digital euro system by starting with a minimum viable digital euro within a sandbox.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Blockchain news<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Web3 development platform <strong>Alchemy<\/strong> announced it added support for <strong>Base<\/strong>, an L2 incubated by <strong>Coinbase<\/strong>, built on <strong>Optimism<\/strong>\u2019s OP Stack. \u201cBase and Alchemy will give developers the necessary tools, products, and services to build the onchain future,\u201d according to the press release. Alchemy developers can now start building their applications on Base Mainnet and the Base-Goerli testnet. Alchemy\u2019s Gas Manager APIs, Bundler API services, and aa-sdk are all available on Base, the team added.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Mining news<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>US Bitcoin Corp<\/strong> (USBTC), an operator of large-scale data centers for new-age workloads such as digital asset mining, secured a deal with <strong>Celsius Network<\/strong> to host an initial 8,500 miners with an estimated sticker hashrate of 820 petahash (PH) at the USBTC Alpha Site. According to the press release, \u201cthis significant agreement represents a robust advancement in the Bitcoin mining industry and continues the strong collaboration\u201d between USBTC and Celsius, with support from the <strong>Fahrenheit<\/strong> coalition, which includes USBTC, <strong>Arrington Capital<\/strong>, <strong>Proof Group Capital Management<\/strong>, Steven Kokinos, and Ravi Kaza.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Exchange news<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>KuCoin<\/strong> released the 15th report in its &#8220;Understanding Crypto Users in Turkey\u201d series, finding a significant increase in crypto investors among Turkish adults, with more than half of the population participating in crypto investments, it said. The percentage of crypto investors aged 18 to 60 increased by 12% in the last 18 months, rising from 40% in November 2021 to 52% in May 2023, despite the market condition. \u201cThis indicates an increasing interest and acceptance of crypto as a hedge against inflation, especially with the Turkish lira losing over 50% of its value against the US dollar,\u201d the report said.<\/li>\n<li><strong>BingX<\/strong> announced the introduction of Copy Trading to the spot market. \u201cThis new feature empowers BingX users to replicate spot orders from seasoned traders, providing a convenient and efficient way to engage in spot trading,\u201d the press release stated. Users can view the traders&#8217; profiles, choose a trader that suits their preferences based on their profit and loss, ranking and trading portfolio, and then observe the trades being executed to potentially gain profits, it added.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bitget<\/strong> announced its strategic integration with <strong>CCData<\/strong>, a provider of institutional-grade digital asset data. In response to the growing demands of this sector, Bitget now gives institutional investors access to both real-time and historical market data, powered by an <strong>FCA<\/strong>-authorized benchmark administrator, the press release said. The partnership grants Bitget users seamless access to CCData&#8217;s data infrastructure, linked with financial data providers, including the <strong>LSEG Data<\/strong> (formerly <strong>Refinitiv<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Wallet news<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Non-custodial crypto wallet suite <strong>SafePal<\/strong> revealed a limited edition phygital wallet initiative with <strong>Klaytn Foundation<\/strong>, the non-profit entity dedicated to driving global adoption of Layer 1 blockchain <strong>Klaytn<\/strong>. A press release said that the limited edition wallets are priced identically to the standard S1 at $49.99, with free standard global shipping. These wallets will be available via official SafePal distribution channels until all 300 are sold. Each wallet comes with a unique code for the owner to redeem and mint the accompanying NFT via the SafePal App on the Klaytn network.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Web3 news<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>KryptoGO<\/strong> announced the launch of its new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered cloud solution for diverse Web3 enterprise scenarios &#8211; <strong>KryptoGO Studio<\/strong> (<strong>KG Studio<\/strong>). The solution offers a one-stop, secure, and compliant peer-to-peer marketplace application, said the press release. It addresses the three key challenges faced by global Web2 businesses entering the Web3 domain: identity interoperability, technical security, and user experience, it added.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptonews.com\/news\/today-in-crypto-5-country-joint-advisory-report-warns-about-russian-malware-targeting-crypto-users-ibm-shares-5-points-for-success-of-digital-euro.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news \u2013 investigating the stories flying under the radar of today\u2019s crypto news.__________ Security news A joint advisory report by several agencies from the UK, USA, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia warned that the Russian Infamous Chisel malware is being used to target crypto wallet and 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