Acala Stablecoin aUSD Collapses After Parachain Exploit
Acala quickly put the network in maintenance mode, pausing on-chain swaps, Polkadot cross-chain communications, and oracle price f...
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Network and token freeze after Acala exploit raises questions
The Acala hack saw over one billion aUSD stablecoins minted from thin air, but now community members are scratching their heads wo...
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This Week on Crypto Twitter: Tornado Cash Sanctions Slammed, Vitalik Criticizes MakerDAO Proposal
The prices of leading cryptocurrencies began to rebound, but the state of the industry still gave Crypto Twitter plenty to critici...
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Brazilian Crypto Investment Platform Bluebenx Stops Withdrawals Under Hack Allegations
Bluebenx, a Brazil-based cryptocurrency investment platform, suspended withdrawals last week due to an alleged hack that made the...
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Velodrome recovers $350K stolen funds from team member Gabagool
While many community members came in support of the prominent coder, Gabagool owned up to the allegations made against him followi...
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BlueBenx fires employees, halts funds withdrawal citing $32M hack
BlueBenx’s lawyer, Assuramaya Kuthumi, revealed that the attack resulted in the loss of $32 million, which many investors found ha...
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Tornado Cash Ethereum Token TORN Down 50% After Sanctions
The coin mixer’s governance token price has steadily declined since regulators took action on Monday.
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Crypto Community Responds to Tornado Cash Sanctions, Privacy Advocates Say ‘There Are Many Legitimate Reasons to Seek Financial Anonymity’
The U.S. government banning the ethereum mixing service Tornado Cash and the enforcement that has followed has the crypto communit...
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OpenSea Changes Stolen NFT Policy Following User Outcry
The top marketplace will require a police report for NFTs that are said to be stolen, and is considering further tweaks.
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Binance Recovers $450,000 Stolen in Curve Phishing Attack
The assets Binance recovered represent about 83% of the entire sum stolen in the exploit. Binance Recovers Curve Hack Proceeds Bin...
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Crypto Exchange Binance Freezes $450,000 From Curve Finance Hack
Binance CEO today reported that the crypto exchange managed to recover roughly 83% of the funds stolen from Curve Finance on Monda...
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Binance recovers the majority of funds stolen from Curve Finance
Binance recovered and froze around $450,000 worth of the stolen assets, which is around 80 percent of the stolen funds.
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Will Ethereum Breach $2,000 Before The Merge?
Ethereum has recorded a large upwards movement in the last month following the announcement made about the Merge. A more definite...
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Curve ‘Strongly Suggests’ Domain Migration to Ethereum Name Service After $570K Frontend Hack
A post-mortem from Curve Finance reported that “no one is safe” from frontend attacks like the one the DeFi exchange suffered on T...
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Slope Says “No Conclusive Evidence” of Ties to $5M Solana Wallet Hack
Slope said it would work to hunt down the hacker, recover the stolen assets, and make users whole. Slope Owns Critical Wallet Vuln...
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AVAX Holds Steady And Sets Sights On $50 Barrier Breach
Avalanche (AVAX) price may be a point of interest for many analysts especially since the gaming token is exhibiting formidable str...
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Swan Bitcoin Discloses Data Leak Due to Phishing Attack on Newsletter Provider
Crypto trading app Swan Bitcoin is among dozens of crypto businesses affected by a data breach suffered by email marketing firm Kl...
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OpenSea introduces new stolen item policy to combat NFT theft
A Twitter user claimed that they purchased a stolen NFT and OpenSea support advised them to sell it on another marketplace.
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