BlackRock received $100K seed fund for Bitcoin ETF: SEC filing
The world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, received $100,000 seed funding from an unknown investor for its spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded...
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Safe Wallet scammer steals $2M through ‘address poisoning’ in one week
A crypto hacker specializing in “address poisoning attacks" has managed to steal over $2 million from Safe Wallet users alone...
KyberSwap hacker wants control, law firm says Aussie DeFi tax rules ‘non-binding’: Finance Redefined
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SEC faces sanctions threat as Judge questions DEBT Box case accuracy
United States District Judge Robert Shelby has cautioned the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawyers, hinting at possible sanctions due...
United Nations agency to upskill thousands of staff in blockchain tech
A United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty is set to upskill its 22,000 staff in blockchain technology,...
Can Sony and Microsoft bring blockchain to gaming consoles?
Sony and Microsoft, two of the biggest names in gaming, have been making significant moves towards blockchain technology in recent...
Canaan secures new financing as revenue falls 55% in Q3
Bitcoin (BTC) miner Canaan is seeking new capital amid a slump in its revenue and bottom line.According to its Q3...
Inflows into Bitcoin investment products reach $1.5B year-to-date
Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded products (ETPs) registered $312 million in inflows for the week of Nov. 24, bringing year-to-date inflows to...
Blast’s marketing approach “cheapens the work of a serious team” — Paradigm
Crypto venture capital firm Paradigm criticized Blast’s protocol marketing strategy, claiming the startup “crossed lines in both messaging and execution."...
Decentralized file sharing, explained
The importance of decentralization in file sharing Decentralized file sharing revolutionizes data access by eliminating dependence on centralized servers and...
Blockchain devs expect complications from EU smart contract kill switch
The Data Act — a contentious piece of European Union legislation that includes a clause requiring the ability to terminate...
HTX to restore services ‘within 24 hours’ after $30M hack
Crypto exchange HTX, formerly known as Huobi Global, has said it will resume deposits and withdrawals within 24 hours after...
HTX exchange loses $13.6M in hot wallet hack: Report
HTX, formerly Huobi Global, suffered an estimated loss of $13.6 million as part of a $86.6 million exploit against the HECO...
Bankrupt crypto lender Genesis sues Gemini to recover $689M of ‘preferential transfers’
Bankrupt crypto lender Genesis Global Capital has filed a lawsuit against cryptocurrency exchange Gemini to recover $689 million in preferential...
Security firm dWallet Labs flags validator vulnerability that could affect $1B in crypto
Blockchain security firm dWallet Labs recently disclosed a vulnerability that they claim could affect up to $1 billion worth of...
Kronos Research halts trading amid $25M API key hack investigation
A hacker walked away with $25 million from quantitative trading firm Kronos Research after accessing its compromised API keys.On Nov....
Former Bithumb chair faces 8-year imprisonment
Lee Jeong-hoon, the former chair of Bithumb, one of South Korea’s major cryptocurrency exchanges, is at the center of a...
Sushi to test Bitcoin swaps and Opyn DeFi protocol founders cave to CFTC pressure: Finance Redefined
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Sushi taps into ZetaChain to begin testing native Bitcoin DeFi swaps
DeFi platform Sushi has partnered with interoperability platform ZetaChain to explore the possibility of native Bitcoin swaps for its users...
Philippines to sell $179M in tokenized treasury bonds for the first time
The Philippines Bureau of the Treasury announced it would offer 10 billion pesos ($179 million) of one-year tokenized treasury bonds...
Cybersecurity team claims up to $2.1B in crypto stored in old wallets are at risk
While the crypto community is still weathering the effects of the recent $100-million Poloniex hack, another cybersecurity threat that could...
New figures show hardly anyone is using ERC-4337 smart accounts
Ethereum account abstraction advocate John Rising has shared some “sobering” numbers showing overall ERC-4437 adoption has been far from ideal. In...
