BIS advises central banks to plan in advance for CBDC security
From legal issues to hackers, launching a CBDC is fraught with risks, and BIS has a big list of them to consider.
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From legal issues to hackers, launching a CBDC is fraught with risks, and BIS has a big list of them to consider.
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The proposal narrowly passed, with 41.1% of votes for and 38.5% of votes against.
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By exploiting a bug, the attacker caused liquidity to be “double-counted,” allowing them to get an unfair price for a swap.
”Huobi HTX has now properly handled this attack,” the crypto exchange stated.
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