Tag: Cryptocurrencies
FTX Scandal: Cryptocurrencies Face Their Biggest Challenge
Billions gone and hopes dashed: the FTX case has reignited passions around cryptocurrencies. In the face of attacks against the sector – Ponzi, scam… – the ardent defenders of crypto…
Cryptocurrencies: these eight characters at the heart of the system
Vitalik Buterin, the architect – Creator of the Ethereum blockchain The 28-year-old Russian-Canadian computer scientist is a “techos”, a real one. The pale, thin face of a man addicted to…
Crashes, scams, quick fortunes… Do cryptocurrencies have a future?
In the beginning, there was nothing. And then there was the first bitcoin. In 2008, an anonymous person working under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto published eight pages. Eight little pages…
Cryptocurrencies: does the 2023 Budget law establish a new tax?
(Finance) – The phenomenon of cryptocurrencies has been regulated, limited to tax aspects, in the 2023 budget law, which expressly provides for the taxation of “crypto-assets”, introducing a new category…
PODCAST. How Cryptocurrencies Became Criminals’ “False Friends”
In this episode of La Loupe, Xavier Yvon explains the hunt for “crypto-criminals” with Anne Cagan, head of the Tech section at L’Express. Listen to this episode and subscribe to…
FTX scandal: cryptocurrencies, revolution or illusion?
Cryptocurrencies appeared during the financial crisis of 2008. They have since been presented as a decentralized and disintermediated alternative to traditional currencies. Their popularity exploded during the Covid-19 crisis. Driven…
Sam Bankman-Fried said he was ‘deeply sorry’ for FTX’s bankruptcy
Sam Bankman-Fried does his my culpa. The former boss of cryptocurrency exchange FTX gave his first public interview since his company filed for bankruptcy less than a month ago. He…
Cryptocurrencies, Visco: back on rules, global response needed
(Finance) – On the regulation of crypto assets “we are behind, yes. However, we are proceeding on a path marked out for a long time. I imagine there will be…
a sign of a systemic crisis for cryptocurrencies?
The debacle of FTX, one of the main cryptocurrency exchanges, could lead to losses of tens of billions of dollars for customers of this “exchange”. The company is bankrupt, its…
BitDefender security experts have spotted a hacking campaign that installs malware to mine cryptocurrencies on their victims’ PCs. Their front door: OneDrive, Microsoft’s storage service!
Malware on OneDrive: beware of cryptocurrency miners! BitDefender security experts have spotted a hacking campaign that installs malware to mine cryptocurrencies on their victims’ PCs. Their front door: OneDrive, Microsoft’s…