CSS, or Crypto Surveillance State

Crypto community has recently received quite a disturbing signal, which is, nonetheless, is not of much surprise: while introducing much stricter regulations for Russian users, it also became known about possible Binance crypto exchange ties with the FSB (Russian federal security service) and tight cooperation with authorities regarding uncovering users’ activity linked to political opposition movement in Russia and sharing customers’ data, according to the Reuters article.

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Bitcoin cloud mining scam: lose money without even giving them away

There is a certain scheme of crypto scam I have come across which is not a usual ‘bitcoin investment’ enticing you to put your money into some ‘binary trading’ establishment in a hope for sky high profits. This is a cloud mining offer which eventually does not seem like a straightforward scam for some, however it is still dangerous if you are not aware of some important details and general principles of securing your crypto wallet.

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