Bitcoin in Brief Tuesday: Crypto Bets, Viruses, Messages, All Because of Football

The world loves football (or soccer) and crypto companies won’t let the craze expire without tapping into it. Fans can now make predictions and place bets on a blockchain-based platform with a prize fund in cryptocurrency. Unfortunately, not only legitimate businesses, but also scammers have been trying to take advantage of the emotions surrounding the biggest sporting event on the planet. Check the details in today’s Bitcoin in Brief and read to the end if you want to know why football is good for Telegram, too.

     Predictions and Bets on the Blockchain-Based Cryptocup

The FIFA World Cup is going on in Russia and the crypto business is trying to create a hero behind the championship, which holds the lives of billions of people. Cryptocup is a blockchain-based game that allows football fans to predict and even bet on matches. The team behind the project has even announced a prize fund of 28 ether

Cryptocoop is a platform based on atherium blockcan and it refers to among the first dap or decent applications, users create their own ERC 721 token that represent football teams, which, according to them, will be at the top of the 2018 World Cup Final Ranking

Russian crypto outlet bit Novosti said, to predict the ranking of 64 games by Forbes quotes, Gamers could enter the Cryptocoop system with Metamaskes to create their own tokens. Players should set a standard for each of their tokens that they can trade in each other. The game also features an Express mode which they can bet on only the top four football teams.

"The World Cup is the single largest sporting event." Crypto CEO and founder Federico Goldberg said, "I have brought myself together." He said, "We wanted to combine this popularity with blockwork technology to create something different than an IOC or storage."

      Someone’s Mining While You Are Watching the Match

Valid crypto businesses are not only trying to use football fever. It turns out that Internet fraud has already created many "thymejiquity viruses". According to a research by ESET, the antivirus software developer, the web is full of malicious content related to huge sports events.

While most users are looking for online platforms for broadcasting football matches, Magcity reports analysts think that the offers of these websites are generally full of annoying advertisements and almost all links lead to dangerous content. Scammers even install the Trojan on your computer in which the video player has included their code.

Online security experts also have software that has been discovered by cryptokwarbics mine using hardware of the device and, of course, tower digital money goes straight to hackers wallet. Showing games to smartphones are not safe. Some detect harmful programs have been specifically designed to exploit mobile devices, ESET warns.

    Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

In Russia, and partly on the subject of football, telegram has introduced another legend. On April 13, the Moscow City Court banned ban on messaging services by the Tagansky District Court, reports local media reports. The appeal filed by legal representatives of the Telegraph Messenger legal liability has been rejected, which means the District Court decision effectively came into effect.

The crypto enthusiasts started the legal drama around the popular messaging app, allowing Telegraph's encryption keys to transfer Russian special services. The Federal Security Service (FSB) says, "The terrorists claim to have been used by the terrorists," they need to protect the society and the state. The arguments were repeated during the hearing of the last court by FSB lawyers. However, according to some reports, the efforts of Telaylagram blockade, which have not been successful yet, are related to the plans to publish its own cryptoconues.

       Easing the Pressure, Thanks to Football

Despite negative developments, the authorities can only leave Messengers, at least when all eyes are in Russia, which are currently hosting the Football World Cup. Two reasons are mentioned: First, Moscow does not want to do any bad publicity during the biggest international sports event, and secondly, officials make sure that many football fans are using telegram.

Another indication that the authorities are willing to fatigue came from President Putin himself. The easiest way to ban sanctions, he mentioned his annual Q & A with Russian citizens, when he thought he needed to find "civilized ways" to solve the problem. His words were interpreted by both media and local telegraph communities as a signal for regulatory and special services to reduce Messenar's pressure.

Perhaps reading messages from above, unblocked 7 million IP addresses from foreign telecommunications operators, Roskomnadzor, foreign hosting providers like Amazon Web Service, which was limited as part of efforts to stop telegraph in Russia. Changes were detected by Usher2.club, blocking a platform tracking Russian website and address. Just before the start of the football festival, the number of blocked IP addresses was 3.7 million in total under 11 million.