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Ransom refusals hit attackers where it hurts: 40% revenue drop in 2022 — Chainalysis
20.1.2023
A number of industry pundits believe the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control’s threat to impose sanctions has victims thinking twice about paying up
Would a Clear Out of Crypto Moguls and Their Centralized Companies Be Good for the Digital Asset Class?
18.1.2023
As more and more crypto companies face scrutiny – and some throw in the towel after a rough bear market - questions are being raised whether that could be a good thing for crypto after all....
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Bankman-Fried’s Lavish Lifestyle Allegedly Revealed, Cuban Warns of Wash Trade Implosion, Experts Expect Soaring Gold Prices in 2023 — Week in Review
15.1.2023
More information has come to light allegedly revealing the lavish lifestyle of FTX co-founder and “altruist” Sam Bankman-Fried, as the failed former crypto exchange CEO also fights for Robinhood shares he says he needs more than customers. In other news, Shark Tank star Mark Cuban...
Decentralized Exchange Trading Volumes Remain Lackluster in the New Year, Uniswap Leads the Way with Daily Swaps
14.1.2023
According to statistics, decentralized exchange (dex) monthly trading volumes have dropped significantly since Jan. 2022. After a brief spike in volume in Nov. 2022, dex trade volumes have been lackluster for the past 44 days. As of Jan. 14, 2023, Uniswap version three (V3) has the highest trade...
Introducing Civilization Network, the Gate to DEFI – Presale Live Token Listing January 23
11.1.2023
PRESS RELEASE. In the crypto world, 2022 was one of the most challenging years. In the wake of the FTX bankruptcy, users lost trust in centralized exchanges and began to question the security of client funds stored on centralized exchanges. Most of the top exchanges, including Binance, had been...
Billionaire Mark Cuban Warns of Next Crypto Implosion Coming From Wash Trades
8.1.2023
Mark Cuban, a Shark Tank star and the owner of the NBA team Dallas Mavericks, has warned that the next crypto implosion could come from “the discovery and removal of wash trades” on centralized exchanges. The billionaire’s comments followed the collapse of crypto exchange...
Integrating Decentralized Cross-Chain Communication Makes Bridges ‘Substantially Safer’ — Flare Networks CEO
2.1.2023
Although they grabbed less media attention than the collapse of centralized organizations, the so-called bridge exploit incidents in 2022 again proved that the decentralized finance (defi) ecosystem still lacks sufficiently secure solutions, Hugo Philion, the co-founder and CEO of Flare Networks...
More Than $19 Billion in BTC, ETH, Stablecoins Left Exchanges Since the Onset of FTX’s Collapse
27.12.2022
For more than 50 days or since Nov. 5, 2022, bitcoin, ethereum, and stablecoin owners removed roughly $19.19 billion in crypto assets from centralized exchanges. Between Nov. 5 to Dec. 26, roughly 356,848 bitcoin and 4.48 million ether were withdrawn from a myriad of crypto trading platforms...
Coinbase CEO: Regulate centralized actors but leave DeFi alone
20.12.2022
Armstrong said that because centralized exchanges and custodians have the most risk of causing consumer harm, regulators must focus there first and foremost
Relying on Centralized Databases Makes Dapps Vulnerable to Data Tampering Says Nate Holiday
15.12.2022
Decentralized applications (dapps) are prone to data tampering because they “are largely built on top of centralized databases and services,” the CEO of Space and Time Nate Holiday has said. The CEO also shared a list of data tampering risks which he said are specific to data...
Research Shows Centralized Exchanges Saw the Most Visits This Year From Americans, Koreans, Russians
12.12.2022
Residents of the United States, South Korea and the Russian Federation have been the most frequent users of centralized exchanges this year, according to a new study. The finding comes after the spectacular crash of FTX, one of the largest such platforms, amid tightening regulations and fewer...
FTX-Hosted NFTs Point to Broken Metadata, Issue Illuminates Flaws With NFTs Tied to Centralized Clouds
8.12.2022
On Wednesday, non-fungible token (NFT) supporters discovered that NFT metadata hosted on the platform FTX US points to broken metadata, and the links now point to FTX’s restructuring website. Specific collections that were minted on the Solana blockchain via the FTX US NFT platform do...
Centralized Crypto Exchange Bybit Integrates Decentralized Exchange ApeX Pro Onto Platform
8.12.2022
The move had been “well under way” prior to the collapse of FTX and heightened scrutiny of centralized exchanges
Report: Genesis Owes Gemini Customers $900 Million, Exchange Is Attempting to Recoup Assets
3.12.2022
According to a recent report from the Financial Times (FT), Genesis Global Capital allegedly owes $900 million to Gemini customers. The exchange operated by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss is attempting to recover the funds from Genesis, according to FT’s sources. Report Claims Genesis Owes...
Proof-of-Reserves Are at ‘Best Incomplete, at Worst Misleading and Deceptive’ Says Crypto Analyst Martin Hiesboeck
2.12.2022
While many crypto exchanges have seemingly embraced the use of proof-of-reserves (PoR) to showcase their transparency and reassure nervous users, crypto analyst Martin Hiesboeck insists such so-called proofs are susceptible to manipulation or misrepresentation. He added that PoRs alone are not...
Binance Exec Says Firm's 'Centralized Exchange' May Not Be Around in 10 Years
1.12.2022
DEX token GMX rallies 35% after beating Uniswap on trading fees for the first time
1.12.2022
GMX's technical indicator hints at a strong correction in December, which may push its price toward $40
Meta fined €265M for allowing scrapers to steal Facebook's centralized user data
28.11.2022
Blockchain and Web3 companies are attempting to prevent leaks like these in the future by creating alternative login processes and distributing necessary data collection in a highly decentralized way
Centralized Crypto Exchanges Will Remain Dominant Despite FTX Collapse: JPMorgan
28.11.2022
DeFi protocols rely heavily on centralized exchanges to be able to function and it would likely take a long time until price discovery shifts from centralized to decentralized exchanges, JPMorgan said
Here's how centralized exchanges aim to win back users after the FTX collapse
25.11.2022
“We need to stop telling people to trust us and give them an actual reason to,” said Eric Demuth, the CEO of Bitpanda