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SEC Probes Binance — BNB Could Be Unregistered Security: Report
8.6.2022
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reportedly investigating Binance’s BNB token, which could be an unregistered security. If the cryptocurrency is found to be a security, it could put Binance in a similar position to Ripple Labs which has been in an ongoing lawsuit with...
Chainalysis exec touts blockchain analysis to Senate homeland security committee
7.6.2022
Three experts from the private sector appeared before the Senate committee Tuesday to talk about ransomware attacks and how to combat them
Aurora pays $6M bug bounty to ethical security hacker through Immunefi
7.6.2022
Over $200 million worth of users' funds could have been at risk if the whitehat chose to exploit the vulnerability for personal gain instead of reporting it to developers
Report: Bored Ape Yacht Club Discord Attacker May Have Been Involved in Previous NFT Phishing Scams
7.6.2022
On June 4, 2022, the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) Discord server was compromised and a phishing scam targeted non-fungible token (NFT) collectors holding BAYC, Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC), and Otherside NFTs. According to an analysis by the Web3 and blockchain auditing and security firm Certik,...
CertiK shares security tips following third BAYC security compromise in six months
6.6.2022
According to CertiK, investors should be highly skeptical of free NFT giveaways, as well as small peculiarities in sites they interact with
The Blame Game Begins as Bored Apes Co-Founder Criticized for Blaming Discord Following Another NFT Exploit
6.6.2022
A co-founder of the popular Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFT collection faced a backlash for blaming the Discord messaging platform after ETH 200 (USD 378,000) worth of digital assets were snatched in an exploit.
On Saturday, Gordon Goner wrote on Twitter that Discord “isn’t working for Web3...
Hacker Used ‘Social Media Data Leak’ to Steal USD 660K in Crypto from 90 Victims - Police
4.6.2022
Police in Seoul, South Korea, have arrested and charged a 30-year-old man after officers reportedly found evidence that he may have stolen some USD 660,000 worth of crypto using data he harvested from a popular social media network....
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IoTeX Ecosystem Teams Up with HackenProof for Better Security
3.6.2022
The real-world security provider IoTeX announced a strategic partnership with HackenProof to improve blockchain security. The network and the projects being built on can access cybersecurity features from HackenProof. IoTeX has also launched a bug bounty program with its new partner to identify...
Bitcoin Block Data Shows Top 5 Pools Retained Over 71% of the Global Hashrate Last Month
2.6.2022
During the last 30 days, the price of bitcoin has lost more than 22% against the U.S. dollar but during that time, Bitcoin’s hashrate has remained above 200 exahash per second (EH/s). While 16 known mining pools mined the leading crypto asset during the last month, the top five mining pools...
ANOTHER Guy Has Leaked Classified Military Documents On The SAME TANK GAME'S forums
2.6.2022
Can you keep a secret? Of course you can, you’re an adult. Could you keep military secrets? If threatened with prison (or worse) for revealing them, I bet you could. So why, in God’s name, do people playing the tank video game War Thunder (of all things!) and keep leaking classified military...
Terra’s Mirror Protocol Survival in Question as Exploit Continues and Devs are 'Completely MIA'
31.5.2022
Decentralized finance (DeFi) project Mirror Protocol has been reportedly suffering an ongoing exploit over the past couple of days that allowed bad actors to drain four synthetic asset pools from the protocol, with the potential to drain funds from all other pools in the coming days.
At...
Struggling On-Chain Governance Experiment Tests Itself With New Experiments
29.5.2022
Crypto governance is currently going through a rough patch right now. Sure, the market as a whole is experiencing a tough time, but with a consistent stream of million-dollar governance attacks having already taken place this year, it seems that the concept of on-chain voting is having it harder...
Crypto Should Move Away from Relying on ‘Endless Growth’, Vitalik Buterin Argues
27.5.2022
In order to ensure safety, crypto projects should move away from an attitude of relying on “endless growth,” despite the arguments that the fiat world works in the exact same way, Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin has stated....
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WEF 2022: Metaverse should be developed from children’s perspective, says LEGO VP
26.5.2022
Lego Group VP believes metaverse will be a disruptive force that would change the way people learn things, especially children
A New Terra Network Is Coming With Support From Major Exchanges, LUNA and UST Holders Eligible for Airdropped Tokens
26.5.2022
According to a recent announcement from the Terra blockchain team, the community voted and passed a proposal that plans to launch a new genesis version of the Terra blockchain without an algorithmic stablecoin. The governance proposal called “Terra Ecosystem Revival Plan 2” has been...
The Compromises and Benefits of Ethereum Switching to a Proof-of-Stake Network
22.5.2022
Max Shannon, Digital Asset Analyst at major European digital asset investment firm CoinShares.
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Ethereum has an Evolving but Structured Roadmap of Protocol Changes....
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Growth in Digital Assets Trade Puts the Spotlight on Blockchain Bridge Security Risks
20.5.2022
Adi Ben-Ari is the Founder and CEO of data security specialist Applied Blockchain. _______The exponential growth in the trade of digital assets across different blockchain platforms in recent years has been accompanied by the emergence of blockchain bridges, or token bridges, that create...
Terra Honeypot Scam, Blocked Bored Ape NFT Sale, FTX Offers Stocks + More News
19.5.2022
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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DeFi-ing exploits: New Chainalysis tool tracks stolen crypto across multiple chains
19.5.2022
Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis introduced a new tool to help monitor transactions and tokens across DeFi protocols and multiple blockchains
Coinbase Bets On 'Enterprise-Grade' Liquid Staking Business
19.5.2022
Major US-based crypto exchange Coinbase is backing the development of the "first-ever" enterprise-grade liquid staking protocol, bringing know-your-customer (KYC) checks to the world of decentralized finance (DeFi).
According to an announcement from Coinbase on Tuesday, the new liquid staking...