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Business Advisory Firm Expects Criminal Cryptocurrency Transactions to Fall by 30% by 2024
17.1.2022
Gartner, an advisory firm, has predicted that criminal cryptocurrency transactions or transfers will fall by 30% by 2024. The firm says factors such as the transparency of the blockchain, as well as the democratization of fraud prevention tools, will contribute to this decline in such transactions....
Most Defi Hacks in 2021 Had to Do With Centralization Issues, According to Certik
17.1.2022
Certik, a blockchain security and auditing firm, has reported that the most common attack vector for hacks in decentralized finance (defi) protocols had to do with centralization in 2021. This data is present in Certik’s latest report, where the company also examines the growth of defi...
The TradFi-DeFi Tug of War: Is a DeFi-Only Utopia Possible?
14.1.2022
Will Hamilton is Head of Trading & Research at TCM Capital, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Token Capital Management & Technologies Pte Ltd.
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Decentralized finance or DeFi is already level pegging with global multinational financial companies in terms of market capitalization and daily...
Proof-of-work Hearing, Robinhood on Crypto Investments, 55 'Rug-Potentials' + More News
14.1.2022
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Volcanos, Bitcoin and remittances: A Tongan lord plans for financial security
14.1.2022
A former lawmaker from the island nation wants to use Bitcoin to secure his country’s financial security
‘Being a Currency and a Security Are Not Contradictory,’ Crypto Can Be Both: Monetary Historian
13.1.2022
Franklin Noll, an academic and monetary historian, has asserted that crypto can be both a security and a currency. Pointing to the history of U.S. money, Noll argues that being both a currency and a security is, in fact, not contradictory. The ‘Infamous’ Continental Dollar Coins...
Soldex, Solana-built Decentralized Exchange Partners with Larix Protocol
12.1.2022
The growth of the cryptocurrency industry has raised many concerns. They range from security and scalability, on-boarding newbies, trust-less custody and order matching on exchanges to overall user experience, and to achieve mass adoption of cryptocurrency, there’s a need for third...
Centralization Caused Most Decentralized Finance Hacks in 2021
12.1.2022
Centralization issues have emerged as the main attack vector in decentralized finance (DeFi), facilitating the largest share of the hacks -- with USD 1.3bn worth of user funds stolen in 44 DeFi attacks last year, according to a recent report by security-focused ranking platform CertiK.
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EverRise Director Jenn Duong on Developing Secure dApps and the Issues Facing the DeFi Space
12.1.2022
EverRise is a blockchain technology company that offers bridging and security solutions across blockchains through an ecosystem of decentralized applications. Through their innovative security focused ecosystem, EverRise provides investors and developers the tools to access the widest possible...
Arkania Protocol Launch Multi-Chain Launchpad Making IDOs Accessible to All
12.1.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Arkania Protocol has announced its IDO Launchpad for the public, with anti-whale mechanism, KYC and robust security. 12th January, St. Vincent & the Grenadines — The Arkania platform connects promising new projects with the global crypto community, offering developers...
SEC Chair Gensler Discusses How Securities Laws Apply to Crypto Tokens — Won’t Say if Ethereum Is a Security
12.1.2022
The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, has explained how securities laws apply to cryptocurrency tokens as he outlined the commission’s priorities in regulating the crypto space. “Our role at the SEC is to ensure that the public still gets...
Crypto Tops Investor Threats for US Securities Regulators
11.1.2022
U.S. state securities regulators have revealed that cryptocurrency investments are their top investor threat this year. “Before you jump into the crypto craze, be mindful that cryptocurrencies and related financial products may be nothing more than public facing fronts for Ponzi schemes...
‘Centralization issues’ are the biggest culprits of DeFi attacks: CertiK
11.1.2022
DeFi is one of crypto's biggest growth stories, but it's also riddled with the most controversy. The sector lost $1.3 billion due to exploits in 2021
Animoca Brands-Owned Lympo Hacked, LMT Token Goes on Wild Ride
10.1.2022
Lympo, a developer of a sports non-fungible tokens (NFTs) ecosystem, confirmed that hackers stole LMT 165.2m (worth around USD 1.3m before the hack) from its operational hot wallet today. The token crashed around 78% in a few minutes before recovering part of its losses.
At 17:34 UTC, LMT (Lympo...
Aave's Permissioned DeFi Arc, Polymarket Stays, P2E Drones in Metaverse + More News
5.1.2022
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Jetpack Features We Love and Use at CSS-Tricks
4.1.2022
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We use and love Jetpack around here. It’s a WordPress plugin that brings a whole suite of functionality to your site ranging from security to marketing with lots of ridiculously useful stuff in between! …
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CSS-Based Fingerprinting
3.1.2022
Fingerprinting is bad. It’s a term that refers to building up enough metadata about a user that you can essentially figure out who they are. JavaScript has access to all sorts of fingerprinting possibilities, which then combined with the IP …
CSS-Based Fingerprinting originally...
0.2 Zettahash: Bitcoin’s Hashrate Taps New Lifetime High, Mining Difficulty Nears ATH
2.1.2022
Bitcoin’s hashrate tapped a lifetime high on the first day of 2022 reaching 209.39 exahash per second (EH/s). During the last 12 months, Bitcoin’s hashrate has increased by 47.92% from the 141.55 EH/s recorded on January 3, 2021. Bitcoin’s Hashpower Reaches a New Milestone...
Video Game Retail Giant Gamestop Reveals More Clues About Upcoming NFT Marketplace
29.12.2021
At the end of May, crypto advocates discovered a website created by the video game retailer Gamestop. The web portal disclosed that Gamestop was entering the world of blockchain tech and non-fungible token (NFT) assets. Gamestop’s NFT web portal has recently been updated and is requesting...
North Korea Views its USD 1.7B Crypto Hack Hauls as a ‘Long-term Investment’
27.12.2021
North Korea “has hacked USD 1.7 billion worth of crypto from exchanges,” reports have claimed -and experts say that Pyongyang is going long on its haul of tokens, rather than immediately swapping them for cash....
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