Crypto News of the Day (29.7) | Ledger warns against phishing, leaks of personal data of clients • and other news
3 min readWe have prepared for you an overview of the most important things that happened during the last day in the cryptoworld. Welcome to crypto news of the day.
Markets
Bitcoin is now hovering around $ 11,000, while most altcoins have risen sharply in the last 24 hours. Gold continues to grow, and Wall Street maps losses. The mood on the crypto markets according to the Fear & Greed index has turned sharply and is now in the Greed area at 71 points, while a month ago it was around 40 points in the Fear area. Most of the top 20 altcoins are in the green numbers, EOS and XRP are the best.
You can monitor the current prices of cryptocurrencies here.
Kiyosaki leaves the gold and goes all-in to Bitcoin
Author of bestseller “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” Robert Kiyosaki says he stopped buying gold after acclaimed investor Dennis Gartman withdrew his precious metal investments. According to Robert, Dennis says that the price of gold has reached a peak and there will be no profit from it. Instead, it now invests in silver and Bitcoin as alternative investments.
Public and institutions are again becoming more interested in Bitcoin
Mike Alfred, CEO of Digital Assets Data, described the increased enthusiasm of institutional investors and the public for the rise in Bitcoin prices. “We are seeing further signs of increased institutional interest,” Alfred said just a day after Bitcoin rose more than $ 1,000 in 24 hours.
The large investment bank now recommends investing in BTC instead of gold
The major investment bank Oppenheimer now recommends investing in Bitcoin instead of gold. Ari Wald, head of technical analysis at the bank, told CNBC: “We recommend gold as a way to hedge against Fed expansion. However, Wald added: “We recommend keeping the gold, but I think it would be appropriate to pick up bitcoins that are not so widespread instead.”
Cryptocurrency exchanges, Banks, Companies
Ledger warns against phishing, clients’ personal data has been leaked
Leading hardware wallet provider Ledger has alerted customers to the massive data leak they are facing. In an email dated July 29, the company stated that it had been informed of the July 14 leak. The hacker used an API key to access the marketing and e-commerce database that the company uses to send promotional emails.
According to Ledger, the e-mail addresses of almost a million people have leaked. The company added that data such as first and last name, mailing address and telephone number were also stolen from a subset of 9,500 customers. The company claims that the API key used to access the database has been deactivated and client resources are not at risk. More on the Ledger blog.
Crypto investment fund Grayscale added $ 1 billion in 11 days
Grayscale Investments was able to increase its assets under management by another $ 1 billion in less than two weeks. According to an update posted on Grayscale’s Twitter July 28, the investment company currently has $ 5.1 billion in asset management (AUM).
Blockchain, Technology
Huawei has filled for a new blockchain-based storage patent
Huawei, a Shenzhen-based telecommunications equipment provider and consumer electronics retailer, has applied for new patents to use the blockchain for data storage purposes. Huawei is also part of the Technical Committee for National Standardization of Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology.
