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Antpool Offers Refund for $3 Million BTC Transaction Fee, Sets Verification Deadline for Claimant
30.11.2023
Following a claim from an individual asserting they had lost 139 bitcoin in a hack, where 83.65 BTC was utilized as a heightened fee to expedite its mining, Antpool has disclosed its readiness to reimburse the mistakenly paid fee. Antpool specified on November 30 that the individual has a deadline...
Today in Crypto: $343,038,810 was Lost to Hacks and Fraud in November, a 15x Increase from October
30.11.2023
Source: Immunefi Get your daily, bite-sized digest of crypto and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s news. __________ Security news Major bug bounty and security services platform Immunefi found that $1,753,707,812 was lost to hacks and rug pulls...
Crypto Miner Manufacturer Caanan Reports 48% Drop in Sales – What’s Going On?
28.11.2023
Source: Adobe / Photocreo Bednarek Canaan – a China-based Bitcoin (BTC) ASIC manufacturer and operator – lost nearly half its revenue from mining machine sales last quarter, according to its Q3 earnings. Released on Tuesday, the firm’s financial results showed just $33 million in revenue for...
Hong Kong Police Receive 145 Complaints of Hounax Crypto Scam Totaling $18.9M
28.11.2023
Hong Kong authorities confirm 145 victims and nearly $19 million lost in crypto scam involving unlicensed exchange Hounax. Image by Alexey Novikov, Adobe Stock. Authorities in Hong Kong have confirmed that 145 individuals filed complaints regarding losses from an unlicensed cryptocurrency exchange...
TORN Token Price Tanks 60% Following Binance Delisting News – Here’s What Happened
28.11.2023
Source: Adobe / maurice norbert TORN, the governance token of the Ethereum-based coin mixing protocol Tornado Cash, lost more than half of its value within just an hour on Monday after Binance said it would delist the token. From trading at a price right around $4 at 6 am UTC time on Monday, TORN...
Hong Kong authorities say 145 victims and $18.9M lost in Hounax scam
28.11.2023
Authorities in Hong Kong confirmed there were 145 affected users scammed on the unlicensed crypto exchange Hounax, resulting in $18.9 million in lost funds
KyberSwap Retrieves $4.7 Million After Security Attack
27.11.2023
Source: Pixabay The decentralized exchange protocol recovered the funds following a security attack last week. After the initial attack last week, KyberSwap said that it had lost a total of $47 million from its concentrating liquidity pools. Yesterday, a portion of the funds recovery...
Bitcoin User Claims Hack Triggered Record $3M Bitcoin Fee, 139 BTC Lost
27.11.2023
Bitcoin hack drained user’s wallet and forced record $3 million transaction fee payment. Image by Myst, Adobe Stock. A Bitcoin user has come forward claiming they were the victim of a hack that led to the record-breaking $3 million Bitcoin transaction fee paid last week. The anonymous user...
Filmmaker Makes Millions After Risky Dogecoin Bet Pays Off — Faces Netflix Lawsuit
25.11.2023
A U.S. filmmaker reportedly made a profit of more than $20 million from a bet on the cryptocurrency dogecoin. Netflix accuses the filmmaker of using funds meant for the production of a TV series to place risky bets on a biotech company, the S&P 500, and dogecoin. Rinsch Lost $5.9 Million in...
ECB Chief Christine Lagarde Reveals Her Son Invests in Crypto Despite Her Warnings — ‘He Ignored Me Royally’
24.11.2023
The president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, has reportedly revealed that her son invested in crypto despite her warnings. “He ignored me royally,” Lagarde shared, noting that after he lost 60% of the money he invested, she had another talk with him about crypto investing....
ECB President Christine Lagarde Says Her Son Lost “Almost All” Money He Invested in Crypto
24.11.2023
Christine Lagarde. Source: europeancentralbank / Instagram European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde has revealed that her son endured substantial losses in his investments in cryptocurrencies. During a town hall event with students in Frankfurt, Lagarde said that despite her strong...
Bitcoin critic, ECB chief Lagarde says her son 'ignored' her, lost money on crypto: Report
24.11.2023
European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde reportedly said her son ignored warnings against crypto investments and lost “about 60%” of his money
The Last Of Us Part II Remastered Takes Things To A Far Darker Place
23.11.2023
While we’re all waiting on tenterhooks to learn when Naughty Dog will be announcing a re-remaster for the just revealed remaster of The Last Of Us Part II, in the meantime we shall make do with more news from this first reworking of 2020's horror sequel: Three “lost levels” are to be added to...
HECO Chain bridge compromised, over $86.6M sent to suspicious addresses
22.11.2023
Blockchain security firm PeckShield reported that assets like stablecoins, ETH, SHIB, LINK and more were transferred from the bridge. Withdrawals and deposits have been suspended, and Justin Sun has said HTX will fully compensate users for any losses
Terra Luna Classic Price Prediction as Online AI Prediction Tool Says LUNC Will Fall to $0 – What’s Going On?
21.11.2023
The Terra Luna Classic price has dropped by 3% today, with its fall to $0.00007531 coming as the wider market suffers a 1% dip in the past 24 hours. LUNC has also lost 4% in a week, although the altcoin holds onto a 14% gain in a fortnight and a 30% increase in the last […]
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Kronos Research Loses $26 Million in Unauthorized API Access Incident
20.11.2023
According to Kronos Research, the crypto trading firm lost assets worth $26 million on Nov. 18 after an unknown party illegally accessed its application programming interface (API). Kronos Research claimed the losses associated with the unauthorized API access do not constitute “a...
46% of crypto lost from exploits is due to traditional Web2 flaws - Immunefi
15.11.2023
The security platform released a report categorizing Web3 exploits in 2022, concluding that nearly half came from “infrastructure” or centralized elements
Joe Bankman’s Legal Troubles: Fallout from Son’s FTX Conviction
14.11.2023
Source: Pexels Though disgraced FTX boss Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) has already lost in court, the crypto mogul’s law professor parents – Joe Bankman and Barbara Fried – may also face charges for abetting their son’s megalithic fraud. The former played a pivotal role in advising his son during...
JPMorgan: US Crypto Regulations Unlikely to Ease Despite SEC Legal Defeats
13.11.2023
Global investment bank JPMorgan has warned investors that U.S. crypto regulations are unlikely to ease, even though the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has lost several recent court cases against crypto firms. “It is far from clear that the regulatory tightening of the crypto...
Raft Suffers $3.3M Exploit That Drove Down Stablecoin 50%, but Hacker Likely Lost Money on Attack
10.11.2023
Raft's R stablecoin lost its dollar peg, dropping as much as 50% in the immediate aftermath of the exploit