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Most Attacks on Cybersecurity Firm’s Decoy Servers Aimed at Mining Crypto: Report
14.9.2020
An analysis of 16,371 cyberattacks on Aqua Security "honeypot" cloud servers found the majority of hackers involved mining crypto
DeFi Lender bZx Reclaims $8M Stolen in Sunday’s Attack
14.9.2020
Decentralized finance (DeFi) lending project bZx has been able to recover about $8 million in cryptocurrency from an attacker who stole the funds after exploiting a code bug over the weekend. See also: Hacker Drains $500K From DeFi Liquidity Provider Balancer
Bitcoin’s Jump to $10.7K Ends 10-Day Sideways Trend
14.9.2020
Bitcoin advanced on Monday, ending a 10-day-long price consolidation, as the U.S. dollar weakened against gold and fiat currencies
The Crypto Firms Collaborating on a Swiss Franc Stablecoin
14.9.2020
“Coopetition” is an ungainly term at the best of times. But it appears that’s what’s happening among Swiss stablecoin issuers
Enterprises Need Third Parties for Oracles to Work
14.9.2020
Decentralized, oracle-based systems, like Chainlink's, are unworkable for financial services without third-party verification
Chainlink to Start Supplying Data for Crypto.com’s DeFi Wallet
14.9.2020
The new integration will provide users of Crypto.com's DeFi wallet with access to accurate and untampered price data, ChainLink said
First Mover: As Central Banks Print $1.4B an Hour, Bitcoiners Bet on Federal Reserve ‘Capture’
14.9.2020
Though no fresh stimulus is expected this week from the Fed, bitcoiners betting on money printing could just wait for the next sell-off in U.S stocks
User Profiling Can Help Regulators Identify Illegal Crypto Activity, Says FATF
14.9.2020
The international watchdog has recommended comparing users' age and wealth with their crypto transactions to identify possible criminal activity
Against the Odds, Some Bitcoin Traders Are Betting on a $36K Price by Year’s End
14.9.2020
The Deribit exchange has seen a spike in investors buying the $36,000 December call option despite the market placing low odds on a new record high this year
DeFi Lender bZx Loses $8M in Third Attack This Year
14.9.2020
An attacker found a way to mint unbacked iTokens that they could then redeem against other cryptos held in lending pools for DeFi lender bZx
Iran May Fund Car Imports with Cryptocurrency Mining
14.9.2020
An Iranian free trade zone is proposing locally mined cryptocurrency might be a way to fund car imports
US Man Charged Over Diamond Ponzi Scheme That Touted a Crypto Token
14.9.2020
A man from Washington, D.C., has been charged with running a diamond investment scam with its own cryptocurrency, Argyle Coin
Uniswap Takes Lead Over SushiSwap Less Than 24 Hours After SUSHI Rewards Drop
13.9.2020
Shortly after SushiSwap's block rewards fell from 1,000 SUSHI tokens to 100, total value locked has fallen behind rival Uniswap
Crypto Long & Short: How Bitcoin Correlations Drive the Narrative
13.9.2020
Noelle Acheson dives into the role of correlation in bitcoin’s narrative and what investor activism coming to crypto could mean for the industry
Is Being the ‘Saudi Arabia of Money’ Good for America?
13.9.2020
A reading of “How to Diagnose Your Own Dutch Disease,” a look at the problems of America’s dollar trade
What to Watch for as SushiSwap Cuts Block Rewards From 1,000 to 100 SUSHI
13.9.2020
SushiSwap will distribute 90% less $SUSHI to its liquidity providers as it did before – and it's anyone's guess whether the piles of crypto locked in will stay
The Raw, Savage Capitalism of Open-Source Protocols
12.9.2020
Recapping the biggest stories of the week, including Joe Biden’s China plan, a market holding pattern and, of course, the strange competitive saga of SUSHI
A Day in the Life of an Ethereum 2.0 Validator
12.9.2020
With Ethereum 2.0's much anticipated move to Proof-of-Stake getting closer, CoinDesk Research Analyst Christine Kim spoke with Ben Edgington and Vijay Michalik on what would-be validators need to know
SEC Charges Rapper TI With Securities Violations for Promoting 2017 ICO
11.9.2020
The SEC alleged film producer Ryan Felton misappropriated funds from two separate initial coin offerings, and charged rapper TI with boosting one of them
SushiSwap’s Users Voted for Changes, but the Protocol Can’t Deliver Without an Overhaul
11.9.2020
Another SushiSwap smart contract migration may be on the menu if newly voted-for policy proposals are going to be implemented