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BNB Smart Chain to hard-fork following $100M exploit

The upgrade is intended to fix the exploit that drained the platform of $100 million.

Treasury Fines Crypto Exchange Bittrex $53 Million for Sanctions Violations

Bittrex violated multiple sanctions programs and failed to adequately guard against money laundering, according to the Treasury De...

Bittrex Fined $53M for Sanctions Violations

Bittrex has been fined a total of $53 million for sanctions violations. While the Treasury cited the relative smallness of the tra...

'Quantum-Resistant' Blockchain QANplatform Suffers Bridge Hack for Over $1 Million

In the early hours of the morning, QANPlatform's Ethereum bridge smart contract was exploited for over $1 million.

ParaSwap “Investigating” Possible Private Key Hack

ParaSwap confirmed it was investigating the incident. ParaSwap Investigating Address Issue ParaSwap may have suffered a hack, bloc...

Fake Solana wallet security update is trying to steal your crypto: Reports

Password-stealing malware is being spread by hackers through NFT airdrops purporting to be Solana Phantom security updates.

Main hacker in Transit Swap exploit agrees to return remaining funds

Under the agreement, more than $2 million would be returned to Transit Swap users.

Dapper Labs Suspends NFT Operations for Russian Users Amid New EU Sanctions

Canadian company Dapper Labs has blocked operations with non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for Russian accounts. The move follows a new r...

Dapper Labs suspends Russian accounts after new EU sanctions

The firm outlined that as its “payment processing and stored value service partner is subject to EU regulations,” Dapper has been...

Dapper Labs Hits Russian Accounts With Restrictions, Citing EU Sanctions

Affected users will be unable to purchase, sell, or gift digital collectables across several platforms.

FTX partners with Visa, BNB Chain suffers exploit and Elon Musk returns to $44B Twitter deal: Hodler’s Digest, Oct. 2-8

Latest EU Sanctions Expected to Stimulate Russia’s Own Crypto Market, Exchanges Maintain Services

The new crypto sanctions imposed by the European Union are likely to spur the development of the country’s digital asset market, a...

US DOC agency NIST explores security, safety, trust of stablecoins

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) found that the top five coins that retained their peg represented 87 % o...

Transit Swap ‘hacker’ returns lion’s share of $23M in stolen funds: Finance Redefined

Majority of the DeFi tokens in Top-100 traded in red barring a few, thanks to the weekend rout in the market correction towards th...

BNB Chain’s $566M Hack: Binance Network’s Major Bridge Attack Unpacked

The BNB Chain team temporarily halted the network in response to the attack, which speaks volumes about the networks centralizatio...

EU Bans Crypto Services for Russians in New Sanctions Over Ukraine Escalation

An array of crypto-related services have been targeted in the latest round of sanctions on Russia approved by the EU. The measures...

BNB Chain Resumes Activity After 2 Million Token Exploit

Though the exploit resulted in 2 million BNB tokens nabbed, the network’s pause meant that attacker only made off with roughly $11...

BNB Chain back online after suspension due to a cross-chain exploit

After a brief network suspension as the result of a cross-chain hack, the activity on the BNB Chain is back online.