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OKX API Failure Causes Account Balance Confusion, Thousands of Users Affected
27.3.2024
The OKX API has hit a snag, causing account balance chaos for users in Singapore, Japan, and the US. The Rest API crash has led to errors, incorrect data, and failed trades. OKX assures users of asset safety, but the glitch has impacted the OKB token value. Read on for more details and recent...
Hacker Steals $25 Million from Kronos Research Through Compromised API Keys
20.11.2023
Trading firm Kronos Research fell victim to a hack, resulting in a theft of $25 million by an unauthorized entity that accessed its compromised API keys. On November 19, Kronos Research disclosed via a post on X (formerly Twitter) about a security incident that involved unauthorized access to...
Binance rolls out self-trade prevention for spot and margin trading
11.10.2023
Introduced in January 2023, Binance’s STP functionality is designed to block the execution of an order if it would result in a self-trade
3Commas on ‘heightened alert’ after several user accounts hacked
10.10.2023
The firm has implemented additional security measures following an investigation that found “only a few” 3Commas user accounts were compromised
Reddit Might Pay You For Your Best Posts, But Not Much
26.9.2023
Social site Reddit, which hosts some of the internet’s largest gaming communities, is now handing out a little bit of cash for good posting. As announced in a September 25 blog, Reddit has a new Contributor Program, and it’s made changes to “gold” upvotes, which it temporarily removed earlier this...
Custodia Bank Goes Live: Bridging Digital Assets With US Dollar Payments
12.8.2023
Custodia Bank, the financial institution that aims to bridge digital assets with the U.S. dollar payment system, is now live. Last month, Custodia started serving external business customers in select U.S. states, offering U.S. dollar deposits and government money market fund services, with bitcoin...
Cyberpunk 2077 Players Protest Reddit By Posting Nudes
6.7.2023
Open-world sci-fi RPG Cyberpunk 2077’s biggest subreddit recently switched to NSFW (not safe for work,) with the explanation that the game it is focused on is a mature game filled with nudity and gore. However, Reddit allegedly demanded that mods of the subreddit quickly revert the change. The mods...
What is Twitter’s rate limit, and can you bypass it?
6.7.2023
Twitter’s rate limit helps maintain system stability and prevent abuse. Bypassing the rate limit is not possible and can result in temporary restrictions
Bitcoin’s Sats Names Ecosystem Flourishes: 370,000 SNS Names Inscribed
1.7.2023
On June 26, 2023, the number of Bitcoin-based Ordinal inscriptions surpassed 14 million, just six days after exceeding 13 million. Inscription activity has continued to rise since then. In addition to text, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and fungible BRC20 tokens, Ordinal inscription technology...
Official Minecraft Subreddit Shuts Down, Says 'We No Longer Feel Reddit Is An Appropriate Place'
29.6.2023
As protests continue over on Reddit, the world’s largest community forum that is now inexplicably being turned into an engine for shareholder-driven greed, one of its biggest gaming subreddits has announced that it will be leaving the platform for good.Read more
Web3 Infrastructure Firm Crossmint Launches Wallet-as-a-Service to Expand NFT Use Cases
27.6.2023
The new API will allow users to create smart contracts and send NFTs via email, with the infrastructure to generate backend wallets for NFT collectors
Web3 Payment Firm Crossmint Launches Wallet-as-a-Service to Expand NFT Use Cases
27.6.2023
The new API will allow users to create smart contracts and send NFTs via email, with the infrastructure to generate backend wallets for NFT collectors
‘Britcoin’ launch inches closer after Project Rosalind CBDC tests
19.6.2023
A major study between the BIS and the U.K. central bank found a retail CBDC could make peer-to-peer payments cheaper and easier
Central Banks Successfully Test Over 30 CBDC Use Cases, Including Offline Payments
16.6.2023
An API layer could facilitate a wide range of central bank digital currency payment scenarios, a Bank for International Settlements and Bank of England experiment has shown
Reddit crypto community goes offline: Here’s why
12.6.2023
Reddit communities unanimously decided to go private or in read-only modes between June 12 – June 14, protesting against the upcoming change that would prevent users from freely accessing APIs and tools
Cumberland Labs unveils SaaS API for public blockchains and DeFi protocols
8.6.2023
When Cumberland Labs looked for a gateway between blockchains and DeFi protocols, it came up with its own universal API service
Report: Hackers Breach AT&T Email Accounts, Steal Victims’ Crypto Funds
28.4.2023
Cybercriminals have reportedly breached AT&T email accounts and are using the access gained to steal crypto assets from their victims. While a spokesperson for AT&T has denied claims that hackers have gained access to the company’s internal systems, a report suggests that as much...
Elon Musk threatens Microsoft with suit, claims AI trained on Twitter data
20.4.2023
The Twitter chief alleged Microsoft scraped information from the platform to train its AI and sell the data to others
GPT-4 apps BabyAGI and AutoGPT could have disruptive implications for crypto
11.4.2023
Crypto users are getting excited over the prospect of automating their trades with future-facing technologies built with the GPT-4 API
ChatGPT can now access the internet with new OpenAI plugins
24.3.2023
OpenAI said it is initially rolling out the plugins to a small set of users to "study their real-world use and impact," before expanding to larger-scale access