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North Korea’s Lazarus Group Moves $1.2M Bitcoin From Coin Mixer to Holding Wallet
8.1.2024
Source: AdobeStock North Korea-sponsored hacking syndicate Lazarus Group has transferred $1.2 million worth of cryptocurrency from a mixer, marking their largest transaction in over a month. In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on January 8, blockchain analysis firm Arkham reported that the Lazarus...
Cryptocurrency Institutional Funds Record $151 Million Inflows in First Week of 2024
8.1.2024
Source: Adobe / Luisa Digital assets investment funds recorded $151 million in inflows in the first week of 2024 as institutional investors drive adoption following anticipation of a spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETF approval by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). A new CoinShares Digital Asset Fund...
Zengo Sets a Hacker Trap: Breach Our Wallet for a $420K Bitcoin Reward
8.1.2024
Source: zengo / Twitter The keyless crypto wallet maker Zengo will put 10 BTC and a pricy NFT into a Zengo wallet, challenging the hackers to take it – if they can. According to the blog post, the “#ZengoWalletChallenge” will launch on January 9 and last for 15 days. It stated...
CoinsPaid Faces Second Security Breach in Six Months, Unauthorized Transactions Totaling $7.5 Million Detected
8.1.2024
Source: AdobeStock / Sergey Nivens The Estonian payment processor for digital assets, CoinsPaid, has suffered its second security breach in the last six months, with unauthorized transactions totaling almost $7.5 million, web3 security firm Cyvers reported. Cyvers’ artificial intelligence...
Japanese E-commerce Heavyweight Mercari to Accept Bitcoin Payments
8.1.2024
Source: vladim_ka/Adobe Mercari, one of Japan’s biggest e-commerce platforms, says it will start accepting Bitcoin (BTC) from June this year. Per a report from Nikkei, the firm will process Bitcoin payments via its Tokyo-based crypto subsidiary Melcoin. Melcoin will convert all BTC payments into...
VanEck Commits to Donating 5% of BTC ETF Profits to Bitcoin Developers at Brink
6.1.2024
  Asset manager VanEck, a potential provider of a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), has revealed plans to donate a portion of the profits from the investment vehicle to Bitcoin core developers upon approval. In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on January 5, VanEck announced a 5% pledge...
Bank of Spain Collaborates with Cecabank, Abanca, and Adhara Blockchain for CBDC Tests
6.1.2024
Source: iStock/Zerbor Spain’s central bank, Banco de España, has revealed its selected collaborators for the testing phase of the central bank digital currency (CBDC) initiative, a year after issuing a call for collaboration. Out of 24 applications received over the past year, Bank of Spain...
Hashdex Launches New Commercial for Spot Bitcoin ETF
5.1.2024
Source: AdobeStock Hashdex, an asset management firm, has released a new commercial ahead of the upcoming US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) decision on the listing of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the country. On January 5, Hashdex posted an advertisement on X (formerly...
North Korea Stole Over $600 Million in Crypto in 2023: Report
5.1.2024
North Korea was responsible for greater than $600 million worth of crypto being stolen in 2023, blockchain intelligence company TRM labs announced Friday. State-sponsored attacks supporting weapons of mass destruction According to TRM Labs’ latest report, the analytics data firm suggests that...
Crypto Firms Across the UK Begin to Roll Out Risk Assesments Ahead of Monday Deadline
5.1.2024
A number of cryptocurrency firms operating in the U.K. are rolling risk assessments ahead of new rules set out by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) expected to begin on Monday, January 8th. Key players take action So far, key crypto players such as Coinbase, Gemini, and OKX have all implemented...
Australia’s Security Regulator Faces Scrutiny Over Failure to Warn Citizens of the HyperVerse Crypto Scheme
5.1.2024
Source: AdobeStock / FiledIMAGE Australia’s Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones has expressed the intention to look into reasons why the country’s securities regulator failed to warn citizens of the potential danger posed by the HyperVerse crypto scheme. A recent Guardian report says Jones would...
BitMEX Sends Bitcoin to the Actual Moon on Board of Peregrine + More News
5.1.2024
Source: BitMEX Get your daily, bite-sized digest of crypto and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s news. In this edition: BitMEX Sends Bitcoin to the Moon on Board of Peregrine-1 Core Scientific to Settle $34M Claims from 70K Non-Existent Miners...
Official X Account of Blockchain Security Firm CertiK Compromised – What’s Going On?
5.1.2024
Source: Pixabay/Werner Moser The X account (formerly Twitter) of blockchain security company CertiK has been compromised with bad actors posting a phishing link to a wallet drainer. On Jan 5, it was revealed that CertiK’s X account was a victim of a phishing attack with several calls from the wider...
Polychain Warns Users Against Engaging with CEO’s X Account Following Hack
5.1.2024
Source: AdobeStock / Tomasz Bidermann Digital assets fund management company, Polychain Capital has urged users not to interact with the X (formerly Twitter) account of its CEO following a hack. In a Jan 4 X post, the platform acknowledged the breach on the account of its CEO Carlson Wee asking...
VechainThor uses Web3 to meet US sustainable development goals
5.1.2024
VeChain has highlighted that it is leveraging the capabilities of its Layer 1 blockchain, VeChainThor, to meet the sustainable development goals set by the UN. The power of Web3 is being implemented in a sector that has an estimated worth of multi-trillion dollars in the days to come. Two reasons...
Radiant Capital Resumes Arbitrum Markets Operations After Security Breach
5.1.2024
Source: DALL·E Radiant Capital has announced the reopening of its lending and borrowing markets on Arbitrum after an extensive security review. According to Radiant Capital’s recent post, this resumption came after a detailed review and resolution of the security breach that resulted in...
South Korean Agencies Investigate $82M Orbit Bridge Hack After Reports of Lazarus Group’s Involvement
5.1.2024
Source: DALL·E Orbit Bridge, which serves as the main bridge for the Claytont ecosystem, was exploited for nearly $82 million hours before the new year’s eve. Multiple South Korean agencies are currently investigating the multi million hack. Allegations have emerged identifying North Korea’s...
South Korean Police Arrest Suspected OTC Crypto Thief
5.1.2024
Source: spaxiax/Adobe South Korean police have arrested a man they suspect of stealing cash as part of a bogus over-the-counter (OTC) crypto exchange. Per the broadcaster KBS, police officers in the town of Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, said they had arrested a man “in his 20s” on theft-related...
Japanese Firms Collect Crypto Donations for Earthquake Victims
5.1.2024
Source: momius/Adobe Some of Japan’s biggest crypto firms are building donation platforms to help victims of the Noto Peninsula earthquake. Per the Japanese news outlet CoinPost, crypto donors have already given “tens of millions of yen” worth of tokens to charities aiding earthquake victims. These...
Gamma Strategies Identifies Root Cause of Exploit Attack, Attempts Negotiation for Fund Return
4.1.2024
Source: iStock / JuSun The protocol managing liquidity on the Ethereum blockchain, Gamma Strategies, has initiated a bounty negotiation with the attacker responsible for stealing $3.4 million worth of digital assets. The attack was discovered by blockchain defense company PeckShield on January...