Upbit Deflected 879 Hacking Attempts per Day in First Half of the Year
[Oct 9, 2023 5:42 AM] The exchange is immensely popular in the country and is known for attracting speculative rallies.
248 / 425 Relevant items tagged with #News
Posts: 12,744
Posts
Ether Slides as Ethereum Foundation Swaps $2.7M ETH on Uniswap
[Oct 9, 2023 5:02 AM] The Foundation periodically sells tokens to cover costs, creating a temporary sell-off event in markets.
Protocol Village: VitaDAO, a ‘DeSci DAO,’ Launches Matrix Biosciences
[Oct 9, 2023 5:00 AM] The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the week of Oct. 9-15, with live updates throughout.
Bitcoin Is Better Than Digital Gold: Matrixport
[Oct 9, 2023 3:49 AM] SEC approval of a U.S.-listed spot bitcoin ETF could result in inflows of as much as $30 billion, a report by the crypto service provider said.
Nomura-Backed Komainu Joins UK Crypto Register
[Oct 9, 2023 3:05 AM] The firm registered with the Financial Conduct Authority just before new ad rules took effect on Sunday.
Latam Insights: Argentina Announces National Digital Currency While Peso Sinks, Volcano Energy Launches Lava Pool
[Oct 9, 2023 2:30 AM] Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: The Argentine government announces a national digital currency project, Volcano Energy launches Lava Pool…
Deribit to List XRP, SOL, and MATIC Options; Seeks License in EU
[Oct 9, 2023 2:29 AM] Deribit controls over 85% of the global crypto options market.
Crypto Market Stable, Oil Prices Surge as Hamas Attack on Israel Jolts Markets
[Oct 9, 2023 1:32 AM] The U.S. pre-market futures slid Monday morning, while stock indexes in Asia slumped.
DOJ Wants to Block Sam Bankman-Fried From Bringing Up Anthropic AI Raise in Court
[Oct 8, 2023 9:30 PM] The U.S Department of Justice wants the judge overseeing its case against Sam Bankman-Fried to block the defense team from introducing any evidence that his stake in artificial intelligence company Anthropic will benefit FTX creditors after the…
Joe Rogan Says Bitcoin Is the Most Likely Contender for a ‘Universal Viable Currency’
Social On-Chain App Stars Arena Suffers $2.9 Million Hack; Team Secures Funds to ‘Close the Gap’
[Oct 8, 2023 2:30 PM] Stars Arena, an on-chain social app built on the Avalanche blockchain, suffered a $2.9 million hack Saturday, when hackers took advantage of a vulnerability in its smart contract, draining funds. Stars Arena’s team has already announced that…
The Rise and Retreat: Bitcoin’s Ordinal Inscription Wave Ebbs
[Oct 8, 2023 8:30 AM] Since September 25, 2023, the trend of Bitcoin-based Ordinal inscriptions has notably waned, hitting its most subdued levels since mid-April. On October 3 and 4, fewer than 17,000 inscriptions made their mark on Bitcoin’s distributed ledger…
October Resurgence: Decade-Old Bitcoin Wallets Awaken, Moving Over $50 Million in Vintage BTC
Avalanche Social App Stars Arena Drained of $3M in AVAX After Hack
[Oct 7, 2023 4:37 AM] The newest viral application launched nearly a week ago and quickly gained a cult following.
Bank of Korea and BIS Prepare Wholesale CBDC Pilot
[Oct 7, 2023 4:30 AM] The Bank of Korea and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) have announced a new pilot that will test the functionality of a Korean wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC), which will serve as a tool for banks to settle interbank…
Chainalysis Lays Off More Staff in New Round of Crypto Job Cuts
[Oct 7, 2023 2:30 AM] Blockchain forensics firm Chainalysis is shedding a chunk of its workforce, the second time it’s doing so within this year. The news comes in a difficult period for the whole industry which saw a number of such moves in 2023, against the backdrop…
Bankman-Fried’s House of Cards? FTX Co-Founder Gary Wang Spills the Beans on Alleged Misuse of Client Funds
[Oct 6, 2023 5:30 PM] On Friday, FTX’s co-founder, Gary Wang, delivered a riveting testimony to federal prosecutors, alleging that CEO Sam Bankman-Fried covertly diverted billions from customer accounts to fuel trades for his hedge fund, Alameda Research. Wang…
American Economist Jeffrey Sachs Heralds End of Dollar Hegemony: ‘Central Bank Digital Currencies Will Become the Basis of Payments’
[Oct 6, 2023 4:30 PM] Jeffrey Sachs, an American economist and best-selling author, has stated that the end of the dollar’s hegemony is near and that central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) will become the basis of cross-border settlements. For Sachs, the abuse of…
Activist Crypto Investors Score $2.5M Bounty After Campaign on FloorDAO
[Oct 6, 2023 3:36 PM] The so-called decentralized autonomous organization initially formed to focus on building products, but activist investors who showed up were more interested in the project's treasury.
Bitcoin Grapples with $28K Resistance, but ‘Uncorrelated Asset’ Allure Could Mean Higher Prices, Says Analyst
[Oct 6, 2023 1:49 PM] Bitcoin is on track for gains on Friday despite bearish U.S. jobs numbers which initially sent the crypto down nearly 2%.
Betting on Justice? Polymarket Odds Reveal Speculators’ Take on Bankman-Fried’s Trial
[Oct 6, 2023 12:30 PM] As the trial for Sam Bankman-Fried begins this week, the cryptocurrency community is eagerly awaiting the verdict. Will Bankman-Fried be found guilty or not guilty? As the trial progresses, speculators are using the cryptocurrency prediction…
Thorswap Halts Operations Amidst FTX Hacker’s Fund Movement; RUNE Drops 8.6%
[Oct 6, 2023 10:30 AM] The decentralized exchange (dex) Thorswap has paused operations after a series of funds stemming from the FTX hacker was sent to the dex protocol. Thorswap took to social media and said that the team “stands firmly against any and all…
Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison to Testify Tuesday in Sam Bankman-Fried Trial
[Oct 6, 2023 9:26 AM] Gary Wang, a former top lieutenant in Bankman-Fried’s empire, testified that Alameda had “special privileges” at FTX that allowed the hedge fund to spend $8 billion of exchange customers’ money.
OFAC’s Sanction Bucket Grows: BTC, TRX, and ETH Addresses Flagged Over Fentanyl Ties
[Oct 6, 2023 8:00 AM] The Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) under the Treasury has released an updated version of the specially designated nationals (SDN) list, featuring multiple alleged fentanyl traffickers from China along with their associated cryptocurrency…
Tokenized U.S. Treasuries Arrive on Coinbase’s Base with Backed’s RWA Token Issuance
[Oct 6, 2023 7:30 AM] The market for tokenized U.S. Treasuries has grown sixfold this year to $666 million, according to a real-world asset data provider.
U.S. Added 336K Jobs in September, Nearly Doubling Expectations; Bitcoin Slips 1%
[Oct 6, 2023 6:37 AM] The unemployment rate TKTK
First Mover Americas: Ether ETFs Struggle to Gain Traction in First Week
[Oct 6, 2023 6:12 AM] The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Oct. 6, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
Nexo to Phase Out Cashback for UK Exchange and Card Transactions as FCA Rules Approach
[Oct 6, 2023 4:49 AM] Nexo is joining Bybit and Paypal in withdrawing some services from the U.K. in response to incoming promotion rules.
Sam Bankman-Fried's Lawyers Test the Judge's Patience
[Oct 6, 2023 4:00 AM] It could take six weeks for prosecutors to make their case against Sam Bankman-Fried. But only three days were needed for the judge overseeing his trial to lose patience with the former crypto chief’s defense team.
Ethereum Has Become More Centralized Since the Merge and Shanghai Upgrades: JPMorgan
[Oct 6, 2023 1:17 AM] The increase in staking has reduced the appeal of ether from a yield perspective, the report said.