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The developers of the Trezor wallet have recalled its advantages against hacking attempts planned by the US authorities, as IRS want to create a tool to bypass protection and gain access to crypto assets.

On April 29, Vice announced that the digital Forensics division of the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has placed a tender to create a universal solution for hacking hardware wallets that they want to investigate.

1/8 Efforts to oppress citizens and erode individuals' rights to privacy, as we see here, are a great validator of Trezor's open-source philosophy. Since the beginning, we have designed Trezor (both in hardware and software) to be as open as possible. https://t.co/Ith6lAbMIY

— Trezor (@Trezor) April 29, 2021

Currently, experts are not able to effectively “investigate the movement of currencies”, as well as “confiscate millions and billions of dollars, ” IRS reports in the document.

Security expert Andrew Tierney, in a comment to the publication, questioned the possibility of implementing of the IRS plans.

“Hardware wallets are now becoming quite secure. It may be possible to find vulnerabilities in some of them, but it will be very difficult to find ready-made exploits. Another problem is the owner can move the coins if he finds out that access to the wallet could be compromised, ” he explained.

Nicholas Weaver, a senior fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, called the initiative “an overreach.” According to him, it is enough to put the owner of the wallet in a prison than to hack funds.

The creator of hardware wallets Trezor said that it follows the philosophy of open source software development. According to Trezor, this excludes the possibility of cooperation with the authorities to add a secret hardware or software backdoor.

“Thousands of experts monitor our every move, checking every change in the code. This acts as a perfect fail-safe mechanism. No one will use the compromised version, ” he explained.

3/8There are thousands of security experts watching our every move, auditing every change in the code. This acts as a perfect failsafe mechanism and no one would use the compromised version.

— Trezor (@Trezor) April 29, 2021

Trezor stated that there are no 100% guarantees against hacking. They provided the BIP39 standard, with which the user can restore the wallet.

5/8 That's why we came up with the so-called BIP39 passphrase, which is a final layer of encryption that is not stored on the device at all. Only a user with a device and knowledge of the right passphrase can access the funds.

— Trezor (@Trezor) April 29, 2021

Experts stressed that there can be many mnemonic phrases that prevent access to coins. Trezor signed the “canary’s certificate”. In it, they reported that they did not cooperate with anyone regarding the software and did not implement backdoors.

7/8 BIP39 passphrases also grant plausible deniability: there is no such thing as an incorrect passphrase, and each passphrase will lead to a different, valid wallet. With that in mind, you can create an infinite number of decoy wallets by providing different passphrases.

— Trezor (@Trezor) April 29, 2021

Earlier, the IRS sent out letters to cryptocurrency holders demanding to pay large debts to the state.

Recall that in March 2021, the IRS launched operation “Hidden Treasure” to search for residents who hide their income earned from crypto.

The VeChain Foundation has announced a $1 million grant program for the eNFT ecosystem.

This grant aims to use NFT in a large-scale, helping businesses fight issues such as tracking and counterfeiting.

The VeChain Foundation presented a large-scale grant program for its further implementation and impact on the real world.

Vechain Medium Writes:

Standing at the forefront of the blockchain mass adoption, we are building the next game-changer in blockchain mass adoption: the Enterprise NFT (eNFT) ecosystem.

eNFT, a revolution in the mass adoption of blockchains

On April 28, the VeChain Foundation announced the allocation of $1 million to developers and projects that can benefit the Enterprise NFT (eNFT) ecosystem and its derivatives.

VeChain believes that in the context of the rapid growth of the DeFi and NFT sectors, this grant will contribute to the further adoption of its VET token and the recent introduction of the VeThor token (VTHO).

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To build such an ecosystem, we need as many applications and projects as possible, including NFT marketplaces, token bridges, DeFi applications, open source tools, and more. The combined effect of more tools will exponentially increase the progress in the development of the eNFT ecosystem.

In addition, the grant program does not restrict NFT developers, but allows them to expand to other aspects, such as DeFi applications, token bridges, and cross-chain tools.

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SBI Holdings CEO Yoshitaka Kitao spoke At the financial results briefing of SBI Holdings (SBI) for the first quarter of 2021. He mentioned the IPO (initial public offering) of Ripple Labs and R3 Limited.

Kitao said Ripple will go public after the ongoing SEC case in the US is over.

During the meeting, SBI Holdings Board Member Kitao spoke about the “innovative” companies that the SBI has invested in so far.

SBI claim that Ripple and R3 plan to go public.

Kitao said,

Ripple will go public after the ongoing lawsuit. Chris wants to do this.

Kitao said R3, whose largest shareholder is SBI, will follow a similar path and go public. R3 is known for its blockchain project called Corda. During the meeting, the advantages offered by blockchain technology were also mentioned.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse spoke to WSJ about Initial Public Offerings at the World Economic Forum  in Davos in January 2020 said:

“There will be some public offerings in the cryptocurrency / blockchain industry over the next 12 months. We  will neither be the first nor the last, but I believe we will be among the pioneers. This would be a natural evolution for our company. ”

Garlinghouse announced this week that he is “pleased” with how their legal fight against the SEC since December 2020 is going so far.

Read Details: Ripple CEO on Fox Business: “Very Satisfied The Way We’ve Covered The Case

Ripple has not announced a clear roadmap for going public.

Ethereum, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency, reached a market capitalization of $320 billion on Thursday after ETH hit a record high of nearly $2,750.

Ethereum is now more valuable than the payment giant PayPal.

According to the latest data by Coinmarketcap, Ethereum is up more than 12% in the last 7 days. The cryptocurrency has jumped about 3.1% in the last 24 hours. The latest surge in ETH prices came after a increase in retail and institutional demand for the Ethereum.

The total market capitalization of PayPal Holdings is currently around $318 billion, meaning that Ethereum has surpassed PayPal’s total market capitalization.

Binance Coin (BNB) and ETH rose significantly during the latest $200 billion crypto market recovery.

Cryptoanalytic company Santiment said on Twitter.

“The dormant ETHEREUM tokens are rapidly moving to justify another historical high, exceeding $2,750 today. With many new ETH addresses being created and inactive tokens cycling rapidly, this is the youngest average investment we’ve seen since July 2018″

?? #Ethereum's dormant tokens are moving rapidly to justify yet another #AllTimeHigh above $2,740 today. With many new $ETH addresses being made and dormant tokens cycling rapidly, this is the youngest average investment we've seen since July, 2018. https://t.co/GLM00EmhXW pic.twitter.com/tKAByivsmp

— Santiment (@santimentfeed) April 28, 2021

Last week, the Ethereum 2.0 deposit contract reached $9.1 billion in ETH. According to the latest data released by Etherscan, the ETH network upgrade deposit contract currently has more than 4.2 million ETH worth about $11.2 billion.

CoinShares, one of the leading digital asset managers, recently released its weekly digital asset fund inflows report and highlighted the significant growth in institutional inflows associated with ETH.

Last week, Ethereum investment products raised $34.5 million, as total inflows into ETH investment products reached $793 million since the beginning of this year.

The world’s second-most valuable digital currency is becoming popular with institutional investors, and several organizations around the world have started adding Ethereum to their balance sheets.

Elon Musk made a new tweet about Dogecoin (DOGE) on Wednesday morning. DOGE, which has become one of the top 10 cryptocurrencies, experienced a growth of up to 30% after Elon Tweet.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk will host NBC’s popular show Saturday Night Live on May 8. Musk gave a new DOGE message before the program.

The Dogefather
SNL May 8

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 28, 2021

Elon Musk tweeted “The Dogefather. SNL on May 8th. ” made Dogecoin price to rise rapidly after this tweet, which received more than 180,000 likes, and 420,000 Retweets.

According to CoinGecko data, Dogecoin market capitalization, which was $33.6 billion at 06:20 AM UTC time Today, rose to over $42 billion by 10:00 AM UTC time after the tweet. The DOGE price increased to $0.34, increasing almost 30%.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said that he is satisfied with their legal fight against the SEC since December 2020. Garlinghouse said they would continue to defend themselves.

Brad Garlinghouse was a guest on Liz Claman’s show on Fox Business. Commenting on some of the statements made by the SEC, Garlinghouse emphasized the damages caused by this case.

Ripple’s CEO said that unlike the SEC, some government agencies in the US do not recognize XRP as a security. While XRP is seen as a “currency” by the Treasury Department, the view that it is not a security prevails in countries such as Japan and the United Kingdom.

Judge Sarah Netburn stated that XRP could have “value as a currency” in the case held in the Southern District of New York in March.

Commenting on developments such as these, Brad Garlinghouse said,

I am very pleased with the way we have covered the case so far. said. We will defend ourselves

Ripple requested access to the SEC’s internal communications in the past to see how it judged whether Bitcoin and Ethereum are securities or not.

SEC lawyers sent a letter to Judge Netburn on April 21, claiming that this would change the course of the case, and that Ripple was trying to “harass” the SEC.

A small company like Ripple finds it difficult to describe its fight against the SEC as “harassment “, Brad Garlinghouse said in interview.

Saying that on the day the SEC filed a lawsuit against Ripple, $15 billion withdrew from the XRP ecosystem, which harmed XRP owners, “Jay Clayton filed this lawsuit. We will continue to defend ourselves.”

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