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08.03 / 05:09

Ethereum wallet Altcoin Liquidity Airdrop Shiba Inu Vitalik dumps $700K worth of shitcoins that he never asked for

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has gone on a shitcoin selling spree, exchanging nearly $700,000 worth of tokens previously airdropped to him for Ether (ETH).

07.03 / 10:13

Blockchain defi Hackers hacks wallet Cybersecurity Cybercrime Warning Algodex reveals wallet infiltrated by 'malicious' actor as MyAlgo renews warning: Withdraw now

Algorand-based wallet provider MyAlgo has again urged users to withdraw their funds after a February security breach which doesn’t appear to have been resolved.

04.03 / 00:19

business Blockchain Technology wallet Web3 Apple Uniswap Uniswap wants to launch mobile wallet but Apple won’t green-light it’s launch

Uniswap Labs has announced plans to release a new self-custodial mobile wallet that will offer users the ability to swap on L1 or L2 networks without having to switch networks.

02.03 / 21:11

business Blockchain hacks wallet Exploit BitKeep remains on track to fully compensate victims of $8M APK exploit

According to an official Telegram statement on March 1, Singaporean cross-chain crypto wallet developer BitKeep says it has reimbursed 50% of user assets lost during a security breach stemming from Dec. 26, 2022. On the date of the incident, an estimated $8 million was stolen by hackers after BitKeep's APK 7.2.9 (Android Package Kit) installation package was hijacked and swapped. Users who downloaded the malware subsequently saw their private keys compromised, leading to the theft of assets.

02.03 / 08:03

defi Hackers hacks wallet Scams phishing Scammer Notorious Monkey Drainer crypto scammer says they’re ‘shutting down’

The cryptocurrency phishing scammer behind some of the most high-profile and high-value Web3 thefts is claiming to have packed up shop and is “moving on to something better.”

02.03 / 05:15

Blockchain Adoption NFT wallet Web3 Gaming Features HyperPlay game aggregator alpha launched, features in-built Web3 wallet

HyperPlay, a Web3-native game launcher with a built-in crypto wallet, has announced its early access launch.

02.03 / 00:13

Blockchain Ethereum Adoption wallet Hardware Wallet Ethereum ERC-4337 'smart accounts' launch at WalletCon: Account abstraction is here

Smart accounts, enabled by the launch of the new ERC-4337 standard, are now available on Ethereum and are expected to help mainstream adoption by finally making crypto user friendly.

28.02 / 08:05

Blockchain Hackers hacks wallet Algorand MyAlgo users urged to withdraw as cause of $9.2M hack remains unknown

A wallet provider for the Algorand (ALGO) network, MyAlgo, has warned its users to withdraw funds from any wallets created with a seed phrase amid an ongoing exploit that has seen an estimated $9.2 million worth of funds stolen.

24.02 / 13:25

Adoption NFT wallet Entertainment Non-fungible tokens Spotify Future Spotify's Latest Experiment: Playlists Unlocked by NFT Holders – The Future of Music Streaming?

Online music streaming giant Spotify is testing a new playlist function made specifically for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) holders.

22.02 / 13:21

Blockchain NFT wallet Cardano Smart Contracts Marketplace How to Crypto How to create NFTs on the Cardano blockchain

Cardano is a proof-of-stake (PoS) platform launched in September 2017 by Ethereum co-founder Charles Hoskinson. In September 2021, Cardano added support for smart contracts, which paved the way for developing decentralized finance (DeFi) and nonfungible token (NFT) applications. NFTs landed on Cardano’s blockchain in 2022, with Cardano’s native cryptocurrency ADA (ADA) utilized to buy and sell them.

21.02 / 23:43

business Adoption wallet Web3 MasterCard Metaverse Mastercard to allow crypto payments in Web3 via USDC settlements

A partnership between Web3 payment protocol Immersve and payments giant Mastercard will allow users to make crypto payments on digital, physical and the Metaverse worlds. USD Coin (USDC) tokens — a US dollar-backed stablecoin issued by Circle — will be used to settle transactions on Mastercard’s network.

16.02 / 01:27

regulation wallet Insurance CEX FDIC warns CEX.IO and its reviewers to remove potentially false claims about insurance

The United States Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has sent a letter to executives of cryptocurrency exchange CEX.IO warning them that they are potentially in violation of federal law due to false and misleading statements about the exchange’s insurance status. The agency has given the exchange 15 days to make corrections.

14.02 / 05:25

Adoption NFT Mining wallet fees transactions Bitcoin Bitcoin hits record 44M non-zero addresses, thanks to Ordinals: Glassnode

The launch of Bitcoin nonfungible tokens (NFTs) — known as Ordinals — has tipped the number of non-zero Bitcoin addresses to a new all-time high of 44 million, according to crypto analytics platform Glassnode.

13.02 / 14:07

Hack wallet security community This Popular Hardware Wallet was Hacked by a Cybersecurity Firm – Should You Be Concerned?

Crypto hardware wallet provider OneKey was hacked by cybersecurity startup Unciphered - in one second. The wallet manufacturer claims the vulnerability in its firmware that allowed the breach has been fixed.

13.02 / 11:57

Blockchain defi wallet Huobi Huobi Cloud Wallet no more: Exchange pulls plug on DeFi multi-token wallet

Cryptocurrency exchange Huobi has announced that it will discontinue its Huobi Cloud Wallet platform in May 2023 citing ‘strategic and product adjustments’.

11.02 / 10:57

business wallet ENS e-commerce API Shopify Shopify launches suite of blockchain commerce tools for merchants

Crypto-friendly e-commerce giant Shopify has launched a suite of blockchain commerce tools to enhance the user experience of their web3-focused stores hosted by the platform.

10.02 / 11:13

NFT defi wallet Web3 security Private Keys Future What does the future of Web3 look like to SafePal CEO Veronica Wong?

As the world moves toward a more digital future, the concept of Web3 and its potential to revolutionize the internet has become a hot topic in the tech industry. In this interview, SafePal CEO Veronica Wong, shares her insights on the future of Web3 and the current state of the crypto market.

09.02 / 04:29

business Adoption Robinhood wallet Report fees transactions Fried Sam stake Robinhood board gives nod to buy Sam Bankman-Fried's $578M stake

Robinhood’s board of directors has approved a plan to buy back the $578 million stake in their company which was bought by former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX co-founder Gary Wang last year.

31.01 / 09:21

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United States-based crypto exchange Coinbase has become the latest crypto wallet provider to roll out transaction previews and blocklists amid a rise in crypto thefts.

26.01 / 14:33

Blockchain Mining wallet proof-of-work Electricity Smartphone Bitcoin How to mine Bitcoin at home

Bitcoin mining (BTC) is the process of adding transactions to the Bitcoin blockchain, a decentralized public ledger of all Bitcoin transactions. Miners use powerful computers to solve complex mathematical puzzles, known as proof-of-work (PoW), to validate transactions and add them to the blockchain. In return, miners receive newly minted BTC as a reward for their work.

25.01 / 14:35

Binance wallet Investing Exchange Customer Binance Crypto Exchange Admits to Mixing Customer Funds with Collateral for Binance-Issued Tokens

Major crypto exchange Binance kept collateral for some of the cryptoassets it issues in the same wallet as the customer funds by mistake, Bloomberg reported, citing a Binance spokesperson.

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