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The new exclusive report of the analytical company Chainalysis says that only two groups of highly skilled cybercriminals cause theft of more than $ 1 billion in cryptocurrency (60% of all known hacks). The Wall Street Journal writes about this. It is expected that Chainalysis will publicly announce the results of the study later, as there is still a possibility that the analysis is incorrect, and the company is “not 100% sure” in the identification data of these two groups. In its report, the company mentions them as Alpha and Beta. Experts say that Alpha is “a giant, strictly controlled organization, at least partially driven by non-monetary goals,” while Beta is “a small and less organized group that is completely focused on money. ... Read more about " WSJ: Two groups of hackers can stand behind 60% of all known thefts in cryptoindustry " on coinatory.com

More and more of bitcoin is accumulating in the hands of active individual users, not companies or long-term investors. This is evidenced by the data of the company Chainalysis. Experts found that 4.8 million bitcoin or about 32% of the current issue of digital currency (excluding lost coins) as of August 31, 2013, were on personal wallets showing some activity. This is a significant increase compared to the end of last year when there were 3.8 million bitcoins or 26% of emissions on such wallets. Despite these changes, most bitcoin ... Read more about " Chainalysis: record quantities of bitcoin in active wallets " on coinatory.com

Contrary to the statements of Bitcoin Cash supporters who promised to create a better version of bitcoin, which will be popular as a payment tool, the cryptocurrency is barely used in commercial transactions. This is written by Bloomberg referring to the analysis of the Chainalysis company. A study of 17 major processing services, such as BitPay, Coinify, and GoCoin, showed that the volume of payments using Bitcoin Cash fell to $ 3.7 million in May after reaching a peak at $ 10.5 million in March. With the help of bitcoin in May, payments ... Read more about " Bitcoin Cash is rarely used " on coinatory.com