Trust Wallet to reimburse users after $170,000 security incident
A vulnerability impacted wallet addresses created through the browser extension between Nov. 14 and 23, resulting in nearly $170,0...
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SafeMoon hacker agrees to return 80% of stolen funds: Finance Redefined
The SafeMoon hacker said the exploit wasn't intentional and that they plan to return majority of the funds.
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Lack of regulatory clarity on payment solutions could undermine US sanctions, says expert
Anja Manuel said U.S. sanctions generally work with “responsible” blockchain firms but not when there are fintech solutions availa...
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Dollar Dominance Fading Amid Growing China Trade, Russia Sanctions Risks, Ray Dalio Says
Fewer nations are willing to hold the U.S. dollar as America’s share in the global economy becomes smaller while China’s role in i...
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Ether’s Security Status Remains Unclear as SEC Chair Gensler Fails to Answer Lawmaker’s Question
The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, would not answer a direct question in a congressi...
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Mysterious Hack Drains $10 Million from Crypto Whales and Early Crypto Investors – What's Going On?
A mysterious hack has drained more than $10 million worth of ETH and other tokens from a large number of crypto whales. The theft...
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Ethereum Price Prediction as SEC Chair Gary Gensler Refuses to Say if ETH is a Security – Bullish for Ethereum?
A combination of rising US bond yields, concerns about what hotter-than-expected UK inflation might mean for the US inflation outl...
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Coinbase’s Base network gets OpenZeppelin security integration
Contract upgrades, admin changes and protocol tweaks can now be made using standard APIs that were previously unavailable on Base.
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MetaMask denies claims of wallet exploit in ‘massive’ $10M hack
MetaMask stated its security team is working with others in the Web3 wallet space to uncover the source of the exploit.
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A Hacker Has Stolen $10 Million in Ethereum and No One Knows How
A hacker has been targeting OG crypto users since December, draining their wallets and leaving experts baffled.
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SafeMoon hacker agrees to return 80% of stolen funds, says development team
The attacker will be allowed to keep the remaining 20% of exploited crypto, according to SafeMoon developers.
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Gary Gensler refuses to answer if ETH is a security: SEC hearing
SEC Chair Gary Gensler has said the SEC considers Bitcoin a commodity but refused to pin down Ether at an oversight hearing.
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Exploit targets crypto veterans, drains over $10M across 11 blockchains
MetaMask developer Taylor Monahan brought the issue to light and said no one knows how the exploit works yet.
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Russia Negotiating Free Trade Deal With India to Facilitate Imports in the Face of Sanctions
Russia is in the process of negotiating a free trade deal with India in order to substitute part of the products and investments t...
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Video of SEC chair praising Algorand resurfaces after recently deeming it a security
Members of the crypto community have called out the SEC Chairman for “shilling” Algorand.
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KyberSwap announces potential vulnerability, tells LPs to withdraw ASAP
Only Kyberswap Elastic funds are said to be at risk, with the developer stating that so far, no funds have been lost.
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Hundred Finance Suffers $7 Million Loss in Optimism Hack – Here's What Happened
Multi-chain lending protocol Hundred Finance has fallen victim to a hacking attack which enabled the theft of about $7 million wor...
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US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Acknowledges Sanctions Weaponization Could Hurt Dollar Hegemony
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen talked about the dangers that sanctions based on the U.S. dollar might pose for the hegemony...
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