Cryptocurrency & Blockchain breaking news

The Blockchain-based voting system announced in Russia has a vulnerability allowing for decrypting votes before the official end of voting. This feature questions the anonymity of voting, thus making it possible to manipulate people’s votes by forcing them.

Cryptocurrency has been attracting illegal dealers since its very inception. Due to its anonymity and security, Bitcoin was widely used as a payment method on the darknet shadow markets. However, lately criminals started paying more attention to Monero as this cryptocurrency allows for an enhanced secrecy and disguise.

For the past week, Ripple bulls have continued to sustain the upward move. The bears sank the XRP to the low of $0.17 since then the bulls have been attempting to break the $0.18 resistance but were repelled.

Ethereum bulls have made a positive move after recovering from the $216 low. For the past week, the biggest altcoin has suffered two breakdowns which resulted in the current depreciation.

Dubbed Crypto Nation for its friendly stance for innovations including blockchain and cryptocurrency, Switzerland confirmed the name once more. A new legal package passed by the Swiss Federal Council is going to remove all existing legal barriers for startups.

Since the inception of bitcoin, cryptocurrency exchanges have been a major target of attack compared to other traditional financial institutions such as banks. As cryptocurrency platforms tighten cybersecurity, hackers find new cracks in the wall.