The brother of a former Coinbase Global Inc product manager pleaded guilty on Monday to a wire fraud conspiracy charge, in what US prosecutors have called the first insider trading case involving …
‘This is the jungle’: Law enforcement slowly waking up to the threat of DeFi exploits
At the end of August, the FBI issued a public service announcement on the susceptibility for cybercrime in DeFi (decentralized finance), the growing crypto segment of financial applications backed by …
Ethereum Merge makes network more vulnerable to attack — Security expert
Despite the Ethereum Merge being touted as a major upgrade to the blockchain network, its transition to proof-of-stake theoretically makes it more vulnerable to exploit. Speaking to Cointelegraph, the …
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YouTuber with 13 million subscribers hacked by crypto scammers; Here’s how much they stole
Popular YouTuber Scuba Jake has confirmed the hacking of his channel with over 13 million subscribers and 1.75 billion views since the channel’s creation in 2011. The September 9 incident saw crypto …
Investigators Seize $30m in Stolen Crypto from North Korea
Chainalysis has reported that US authorities seized roughly 10% of the cryptocurrency stolen by North Korean state hackers during the Ronin Network heist that occurred last month. Chainalysis also …
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Rethinking Responsible Disclosure for Cryptocurrency Security
The Biden administration has pointed, with alarm, to the national security implications of both cybersecurity and cryptocurrency. It’s just a matter of time before the government begins worrying about …
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Why quantum computing isn’t a threat to crypto… yet
Quantum computing has raised concerns about the future of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology in recent years. For example, it is commonly assumed that very sophisticated quantum computers will …
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NFT watchdog Rug Pull Finder gets its own NFT giveaway exploited
In an ironic twist, Rug Pull Finder (RPF), a nonfungible token (NFT) watchdog focused on identifying Web3-based fraud, has fallen victim to a smart contract exploit of its own. According to the NFT …
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South Korea Is Gearing Up to Institutionalize Security Tokens
Financial regulators in South Korea want to bring security tokens, which are blockchain-based digital forms of traditional securities, into the scope of the country's capital markets rules in an …
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Global Crypto and Digital Currency Initiatives: Vietnam
Featured Image Source: Blockchain News We continue with our survey of crypto and digital currency initiatives from around the globe, all of which are officially sanctioned to enhance national …
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