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The aftermath of Axie Infinity’s $650M Ronin Bridge hack

Since the hack of Axie Infinity’s Ronin bridge, developers behind the game have raised $150 million to reimburse the affected user...

EU Bans High-Value Crypto Services to Russia in New Round of Sanctions

European institutions are closing crypto loopholes for Russia with the latest package of penalties imposed by the EU over Moscow’s...

Sky Mavis Raises $150 Million in Financing Round Led by Binance to Refund Users Affected by the Ronin Bridge Exploit

Sky Mavis, the company behind the play-to-earn (P2E) game Axie Infinity, announced it has raised $150 million in a funding round t...

Web3 Security Firm Certik Raises $88 Million in Series B3 Financing Round Led by Tiger Global and Others

Certik, a Web3 and blockchain auditing and security firm, has raised $88 million in its recent B3 funding round. The round, which...

EU Issues Fresh Russia Crypto Sanctions

EU Bans High Value Crypto Services to Russia Aimed at Closing Sanctions Loopholes

The European Union has expanded its existing sanctions against Russia to include “high-value crypto-asset services.”

Bank of Russia Rejects Idea of Using Cryptocurrency to Circumvent Sanctions

The Central Bank of Russia has turned down a proposal to allow the use of digital currencies for the purpose of sanctions evasion....

Yellen says crypto hasn't been used for significant Russian sanctions evasion so far

The U.S. Treasury secretary emphasized the department’s crypto monitoring efforts at a House Financial Services Committee hearing...

Yellen: 'We Haven't Seen Significant Evasion' of Sanctions Using Crypto

The Treasury secretary said the department thinks using crypto to evade sanctions on a large scale "is something that is not easy...

Axie Infinity creator raises $150M led by Binance to reimburse stolen funds

The developers are currently working on a security upgrade and plan to increase the number of validator groups to 21 before making...

Interpol Apprehends CEO of Generation Zoe, an Alleged Cryptocurrency Scam in Argentina

Interpol has managed to apprehend Leonardo Cositorto, the former CEO of Generation Zoe, one of the biggest alleged financial and c...

US sanctions Russia's largest darknet market and crypto exchange Garantex

The sanctions were part of an international effort aimed at “[disrupting the] proliferation of malicious cybercrime services, dang...

Hardware Crypto Wallet Trezor Warning: Phishing Attack Following Email System Hack!

Another massive hack is shaking the crypto space these days. This time, it involves the hardware crypto wallet Trezor. Check out w...

Mailchimp Insider Targets Trezor Crypto Wallets in Phishing Scam

An insider exploit of MailChimp's newsletter database has resulted in Trezor users being targeted in a malicious phishing scam.

Shopify facing another lawsuit from crypto holders over Ledger data breach

The e-commerce giant is in the hot seat again for its alleged role in making the hacked Ledger user data available to malicious ac...

Nearly $7M of Hacked Ronin Funds Sent to Privacy Mixer Tornado Cash

Following the recent $622 million attack on Axie Infinity side chain Ronin, some of the funds are now on the move.

This Week on Crypto Twitter: Axie Infinity Hacked for $622M, Dogecoin Influencer Matt Wallace's 'Accept Crypto' Coin Tanks

Bitcoin-friendly Bruce Fenton tweeted he's running for Senate, and Christine Brown announced her resignation from Robinhood.

Trezor investigates potential data breach as users cite phishing attacks

Numerous users on Twitter alarmed Trezor of an ongoing email phishing campaign specifically targeting Trezor users via their regis...