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FBI Issues Alert Concerning Malicious State-Sponsored North Korean Hackers Targeting Crypto Firms
19.4.2022
On April 18, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S. Treasury Department, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published a Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) report concerning malicious North Korean state-sponsored cryptocurrency activity. According to the U.S....
Lazarus Gets Banned by Tornado Cash for Hacking $600 Million From Axie Infinity’s Ronin Bridge
19.4.2022
Tornado Cash is a decentralized protocol that allows users to have a private Ethereum transaction on the network. Tornado Cash breaks the on-chain link between the source address and the destination address to keep transactions private. A smart contract is deployed to execute the private...
Square Enix President Still Insists Future Of Gaming Features Blockchain Tech
18.4.2022
Remember back in January when Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda published that terrible letter hyping up a future where video games would feature NFTs and blockchain tech? Well, even though a lot of players and devs criticized the letter, Matsuda ain’t backing down. And in a new interview,...
Pac-Man Frog (PAC): A Potential 100% Competitor for Terra (LUNA) and Axie Infinity (AXS)!
18.4.2022
Do you know that Pac-Man Frog (PAC) is a new crypto player in the DeFi and GameFi industry? Pac-Man Frog (PAC) is not waiting for anyone to reach skyrocketing value in the upcoming days weeks, months, and years. This crypto has the potential to become one of the top Metaverse tokens because of...
Finance Redefined: MetaMask institutional offering, Polygon to go carbon neutral, and more
18.4.2022
In this week's DeFi newsletter we look at the growing market of Metamask, Polygon's pledge to go carbon neutral and more
Crypto Gaming 'Landlords' Upset They Can't Keep Exploiting All The Players Quitting
16.4.2022
Axie Infinity is the crypto-backed Pokémon clone in which cute little creatures that double as NFTs battle for fun and profit. It’s also a pyramid scheme that relies on cheap labor from countries like the Philippines to fuel its growth. Now, fictional inflation, combined with a historic crypto...
OFAC Update Claims Ronin Hack Is Tethered to North Korea’s Hacker Syndicate Lazarus Group
15.4.2022
According to the U.S. Treasury and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the recent Ronin bridge hack may have been tied to the North Korean hacker syndicate called Lazarus Group. Federal law enforcement officials have tied the flagged ethereum address connected with the Ronin bridge exploit...
North Korea’s Lazarus Group Behind Axie Infinity's Ronin Hack, Say US Treasury, FBI
15.4.2022
The United States Treasury Department has sanctioned an ethereum (ETH) address that it says received coins stolen in the Ronin Bridge hack – and the FBI has claimed that the North Korean Lazarus group of hackers was behind the security breach....
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Axie Infinity Developer Sky Mavis Offers up to USD 1M in Bounty for 'Fatal Bugs'
13.4.2022
Sky Mavis, the firm behind the popular blockchain-based online game Axie Infinity (AXS), has launched a bug bounty program to incentivize white-hat hackers to find bugs associated with its services.
In an announcement, the team detailed that the program covers issues related to the...
The aftermath of Axie Infinity’s $650M Ronin Bridge hack
12.4.2022
Since the hack of Axie Infinity’s Ronin bridge, developers behind the game have raised $150 million to reimburse the affected users
Axie Infinity sees 'no signs of buyers' as AXS price tumbles 30% in two weeks
11.4.2022
AXS price nonetheless tests a key inflection area that has historically acted as strong support
Sega Says 'Future Of Gaming' Includes NFTs And Cloud Streaming
10.4.2022
It seems, like some other big video game publishers, Sega is also interested in adding NFTs into future games as revealed in an interview with various executives and producers. During that same interview, Sega talked more about its “Super Game” projects, confirming that it will be more than...
Sky Mavis Raises $150 Million in Financing Round Led by Binance to Refund Users Affected by the Ronin Bridge Exploit
9.4.2022
Sky Mavis, the company behind the play-to-earn (P2E) game Axie Infinity, announced it has raised $150 million in a funding round to replenish the funds the company lost in the Ronin Network exploit. The funding round — which was led by Binance and had the participation of companies like...
Finance Redefined: Axie Infinity creator raises $150M, DApp daily users surge to 2.4M and more
8.4.2022
Axie Infinity's Ronin Bridge hackers have started moving their funds despite early hopes of a dialogue between the creators and the hackers
Axie Infinity Builder Takes ‘Full Responsibility’ for $625M Ronin Hack, Exec Says
8.4.2022
“These are the players who trusted us, and we failed to live up to that trust,” Sky Mavis co-founder Alexsander Larsen said on CoinDesk TV Friday
Axie Infinity Builder Takes ‘Full Responsibility’ for $625M Ronin Hack, Exec Says
8.4.2022
“These are the players who trusted us, and we failed to live up to that trust,” Sky Mavis co-founder Alexsander Larsen said on CoinDesk TV Friday
Sky Mavis Releases Early Access of Its Much-Anticipated Axie Infinity: Origin
7.4.2022
Sky Mavis, the firm behind the popular blockchain-based online video game Axie Infinity (AXS), has announced the Early Access release of its much-anticipated update Axie Infinity: Origin.
Also known as "Battles v3," Axie Infinity: Origin is a new battle system that its creators say offers...
Axie Infinity creator raises $150M led by Binance to reimburse stolen funds
6.4.2022
The developers are currently working on a security upgrade and plan to increase the number of validator groups to 21 before making Ronin Bridge live again
The Ultimate Gaming Experience: Play-to-Earn with Firepin (FRPN), Axie Infinity (AXS) and Decentraland
6.4.2022
The real world can sometimes be overwhelming and challenging, so most people turn to the game to escape reality. But gaming can be so much more than that: it can make you money! Get into the Metaverse and earn an extra income. Live A Double-Life The Metaverse is a parallel digital universe that...
Metaverse Land Prices Fall, But Still Outperform Ethereum
6.4.2022
Prices of land plots in the metaverse fell by 18% last month from an all-time high seen the month before, according to an index covering 30 of the top virtual worlds. However, virtual land still outperformed the price of Ethereum’s native token ETH when seen over the past year as...