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Trader’s Lesson: Why You Shouldn’t Keep Large Amounts of Crypto in MetaMask
22.2.2021
Source: a screenshot, Instagram/metamask.io
While most of the crypto world was enjoying new all-time highs this past weekend, popular crypto trader under the Twitter pseudonym notsofast went through a personal crypto nightmare as his Metamask hot wallet was compromised in a security breach. Even...
Defi Protocol Founder Tricked, Hacked for $8 Million in Personal Funds
16.12.2020
Nexus Mutual founder and chief executive officer Hugh Karp’s personal wallet address has been hacked for more than $8 million. The attacker, a member of the Nexus defi protocol, tricked Karp into signing a transaction that transferred funds to the hacker’s own address. The attacker...
MetaMask wants institutions to wade into DeFi with new enterprise version
11.12.2020
Metamask is seeking to grow the $14 billion DeFi ecosystem by attracting institutional investors with a new wallet that could “run a professional DeFi trading desk.”
JPMorgan's Coin In Action, ECB Money Printer Heats Up, Metamask in DeFi + More News
10.12.2020
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US-based major investment bank JPMorgan said it completed a live, blockchain-based intraday repo transaction between JPMorgan’s broker...
Curv Partners With MetaMask to Help Institutions Custody DeFi Assets
10.12.2020
Curv is teaming up with MetaMask to allow institutions to invest in DeFi protocols while having institutional-grade custody options
Fraudulent Crypto Browser Extension Redirects to a Fake Metamask Domain
6.12.2020
A crypto intelligence firm has raised red flags about an increasing flow of comments in the crypto community about an ongoing phishing campaign, which is stealing funds from people who install a malicious browser extension. Chrome Browser Extension Is Redirecting Crypto Users to a Fake Metamask...
Warning: This Phishing Scam is *Very* Easy to Fall For
3.12.2020
Can you tell the difference between the real site and the fake one?
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CipherTrace warns of surge in funds lost to MetaMask phishers
3.12.2020
Phishers are coming after MetaMask users in increasingly clever ways
The ‘Undo Button’ Wallet Tool Gives Users the Ability to Reverse Ethereum Transactions
12.11.2020
On Thursday, November 12, 2020, the blockchain firm Kirobo launched a tool that allows users to reverse ethereum transactions. Similarly to the replace-by-fee (RBF) protocol leveraged by bitcoin users, ethereum transactions can be reversed as well with Kirobo’s “Undo Button”...
The Carbon Project Presale Opens to the Public
12.11.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Carbon is a social crypto hub, slated to launch in January. It will bring your day-to-day crypto experience into one awesome place, while rewarding you at the same time. Fully encrypted data that’s as decentralised as you want it to be. Carbon includes features such as...
Ethereum Service Providers Experiencing Issues After Reported Blockchain Split
11.11.2020
The Ethereum blockchain network looks to be suffering issues Friday morning, with knock-on effects at related service providers
Ethereum User Spends $9,500 in Fees Sending Just $120 in an Error to Forget
8.11.2020
An Ethereum user mistakenly paid $9,500 in transaction fees to send just $120. The user, identified by their Reddit moniker ‘Proudbitcoiner’, says the transaction “destroyed my life” and is now desperately asking miners to return the money. According to a Nov. 4 post...
Yearnify Finance (YFY) Next Generation Decentralized Finance Project, Token Pre-sale is Now Live
23.10.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Yearnify Finance is a community-centered DeFi-project, modeled to take the successful features of Yearn Finance (YFI), and improve upon them, we aim to bring the true value of yield farming finance accessible to all users, we offer the most secure and simple way to earn reliable...
NFT Craftiness: Mint a Non-Fungible Token Art Collectible in Less Than 15 Minutes
11.10.2020
In the last few months the non-fungible token (NFT) art space has exploded and data shows that there’s been over 4.9 million sales worth well over $128 million to-date. This week I decided to create an Ethereum-based NFT leveraging the application rarible.com, in order to show our readers...
Blockchain Bites: Square’s $50M BTC Investment, MetaMask’s 1M Users, BitMEX’s New CEO
8.10.2020
Square became the latest publicly traded firm to pile cash reserves into bitcoin while members of BitMEX's founding team resign
Blockchain Bites: Crypto’s Top Universities, Bitcoin’s New Addresses, MetaMask’s Token Swaps
7.10.2020
MetaMask unveiled token swaps, a rise in new bitcoin addresses invites speculation and Ripple threatened to leave the U.S. for a friendlier regulatory environment
Bitcoin Trump-Dumps to $10,500; MetaMask Hits 1 Million Users
6.10.2020
Bitcoin’s price dipped Tuesday after Pres. Trump rejected the latest stimulus proposal, while a popular Ethereum wallet continues to grow
MetaMask Gets Into the Decentralized Exchange Aggregation Business With Token Swaps
6.10.2020
MetaMask announced a new feature Tuesday: token swaps directly within the popular Ethereum browser extension and mobile application
Metamask Amasses 1M Active Monthly Users & Enters Altcoin Swaping Market
6.10.2020
Source: a screenshot, Instagram/metamask.io
Major Ethereum (ETH) wallet and Web 3.0 browser MetaMask has announced a new token swap feature as the wallet just surpassed the 1 million monthly active users milestone.
The ConsenSys-owned wallet/browser has revealed their MetaMask Swaps, a feature...
MetaMask hits 1M monthly users thanks to DeFi boom
6.10.2020
The booming DeFi sector is driving up MetaMask’s user base, with the popular Ethereum wallet report now reporting more than one million active monthly users