05/08/2018 - Critical vulnerability in Bitcoin’s ABC software potentially impact Bitcoin Cash miners, Goldman Sachs-backed Circle Invest has added Monero support

A  critical vulnerability discovered in Bitcoin’s ABC software may  potentially impact Bitcoin Cash miners; users of ABC mining software are  now being urged to update their builds immediately; Bitcoin ABC 0.17.1  is said to completely remedy the issue - Link                

A  Goldman Sachs-backed financial technology startup Circle Invest has  added Monero support; Circle Invest is a Boston-based firm which offers a  zero-commission cryptocurrency investment application; this comes a  week after Circle Invest added Zcash support - Link                

More  malware campaigns targeting Drupal sites following two new Drupal  vulnerabilities; the vulnerabilities affected more than one million  websites; moreover, more than 350 Drupal sites were found to run an  in-browser miner - Link                

A  multitude of different fake ”wallet to Monero” websites have recently  surfaced; this comes as Monero has been trying to improve its standing  in the cryptocurrency industry; the news was first made public on  Reddit, where users discovered that they had been given the same wallet -  Link                

BMW  to use a blockchain-based platform to track mileage; this will allow a  more transparent record of the distance traveled by rented cars and will  enable BMW to ”analyze the impact of improvements on several factors”;  this project is undertaken together with blockchain startup DOVU - Link                

Akari  Global, a foundation intended to promote Bitcoin Cash, has now released  a BCH compatible version of AKARI-PAY; this allows developers to easily  add a donate or pay button for Bitcoin Cash to their websites; all  website owners can now directly link to a payment page - Link                

Azure  Blockchain Workbench promises to simplify blockchain application  development; the public preview release of Azure Blockchain Workbench  was announced at the annual Microsoft Build conference; the software  allows businesses to ”skip the scaffolding” and more efficiently  construct end-to-end blockchain applications - Link                

A  Delhi court will hear two challenges to the Indian cryptocurrency ban  the next month; these challenges come from Kali Digital and Flintstone  Technologies, who call the ban ”unfair” and ”unconstitutional”; the  central bank of India imposed cryptocurrency trading restrictions in  April, and the court will hear the complaints on May 24th - Link                

A  US cryptocurrency wallet management startup flees to Canada to avoid US  regulation; the startup, CBblocks, has previously been based in Miami  but is now looking to relocate; CBblocks sells a ”mystery box” of  cryptocurrencies delivered in a USB wallet; the company is planning its  Canada move in order to not be considered a US money services company - Link                

Wall  Street warms to trading Bitcoin and virtual currency; this is evident  by the fact that the New York Stock Exchange’s parent company has been  developing an online Bitcoin trading platform; this news comes from The  New York Times, and comes after Goldman Sachs has announced a Bitcoin  trading desk - Link