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STEPN impersonators stealing users' seed phrases, warn security experts
When these cybercriminals obtain the seed phrase, they gain complete control over the STEPN user's dashboard.
Bitcoin Struggles To Breach $40,000 Level, Down 4% In Last 24 Hours
Bitcoin isn’t the king of cryptocurrency for nothing. Most major cryptocurrencies have dipped incredibly low on Saturday, and that...
US Treasury Links More Ethereum Wallets to $622M Ronin Network Hack
Three additional wallets have been tied to North Korea’s Lazarus hacking group following March’s Axie Infinity sidechain attack.
US Treasury Dept sanctions 3 Ethereum addresses allegedly linked to North Korea
The government department hinted that the addresses were added to the list in an effort to stop North Korea from evading sanctions...
Finance Redefined: Hacker bungles DeFi exploit, dYdx's decentralization goals, and more
DeFi space saw the resurgence of Andre Cronje nearly a month after his departure announcement while dYdX has pledged to go fully d...
Binance recovers $5.8M in funds connected to Ronin bridge exploit
Unfortunately, a vast majority of the stolen funds still remain in the hands of the hacker.
Highlights from Coinbase’s First Smart Contract Hack Days
By Michael Li, Vice President, Data at CoinbaseHackathons have been a long-standing and important part of Coinbase culture, as the...
SoftBank leads $60M CertiK raise as demand for Web3 security grows
Web3 is generating a lot of opportunities for blockchain-native businesses, but it’s also creating serious security vulnerabilitie...
Binance Limits Services to Russian Users to Comply With EU Sanctions
Following the latest round of EU restrictions against Russia, digital asset exchange Binance is limiting services to Russian clien...
Hacker bungles DeFi exploit: Leaves stolen $1M in contract set to self destruct
A hacker apparently so thrilled by a successful theft left behind over $1 million in a smart contract that was set to destruct, pe...
Bitcoin Holds Steady As US Extends Sanctions Against Russia To Cryptocurrency Mining
Sanctions are being imposed on cryptocurrency mining companies for the first time in history. The US Treasury Department announced...
NBA Botches Ethereum NFT Drop as 'The Association' Suffers Exploit
Poor coding has resulted in some NBA fans losing out on the NFTs that they were promised. But the league says it will make it up t...
US Government Sanctions Major Crypto Miner BitRiver
The US Treasury Department announced that it imposed sanctions on BitRiver, a cryptocurrency mining company, which is one of the l...
US Sanctions Bitriver, Targets Russia’s Crypto Mining Potential
In an attempt to deny Russia opportunities to evade sanctions through cryptocurrencies, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has sa...
Binance To Curb Services To Russia, Following EU Sanctions
Binance has been making headlines for a while now, due to the exchange’s important moves in the crypto space. Now, the crypto exch...