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Sheet Of Uncut 1998 Pokémon Cards Found, Up For Auction
14.2.2022
While there have been many expensive, individual Pokémon cards going up for sale lately, and even some boxes of cards, an upcoming auction is going to be listing something far more interesting: a whole sheet of Pokémon cards that never made it to a packet in the first place.Read more
Cydia Dev Discloses Ethereum L2 Bug — Optimism Attacker Could Have ‘Printed an Arbitrary Quantity of Tokens’
13.2.2022
On February 10, the well-known developer of Cydia and iOS Jailbreak, Jay Freeman, otherwise known as Saurik, published a Twitter thread about a bug he found in the Layer-2 (L2) scaling protocol known as Optimism. According to Freeman, the vulnerability, which has been patched, could have allowed...
Here’s What Agents Say They Photographed in ‘Bitfinex Hack’ Couple’s Apartment
11.2.2022
The mysterious case of the duo charged with attempting to launder a vast bitcoin (BTC) haul allegedly looted from the Bitfinex crypto exchange in a hack in 2016 just got a lot more bizarre – with the Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia issuing a 34-page legal document detailing...
Wordle's 'Best' Starting Word Has Been Found, And Ruined, By Math
8.2.2022
One of the cutest things about Wordle, and also one of the most important if you value having any kind of success with the game, is the selection of your starting word. For most players this has probably been their own favourite combination of vowels and consonants, but if you really want to...
$3.6 Billion in Bitcoin From the 2016 Bitfinex Hack Consolidates Into a Single Address
1.2.2022
$3.6 billion or 94,643.29 bitcoin stemming from the 2016 Bitfinex hack was moved and consolidated into a single wallet following 23 transfers. At the time of writing, the $3.6 billion in bitcoin remains idle and the trading platform Bitfinex says it “continues to work globally with...
Ministries Queried About Missing 200,000 Bitcoins as Bulgaria Explores Crypto Payments
28.1.2022
The recently elected government of Bulgaria has found itself in the position of answering questions about the fate of billions of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency reportedly confiscated by the country’s law enforcement five years ago. Meanwhile, the new finance minister has revealed...
The CSS from-font Value Explained in 4 Demos
21.1.2022
I was doing my Advent of UI Components, and I stumbled upon the from-font value for the text-decoration-thickness CSS property. I was curious about it, so I did a little research and I think what I found (and learned) …
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What Were the Hottest Front-End Tools in 2021?
17.1.2022
Another year has passed and once again I’ve had the privilege of going through the Web Tools Weekly newsletter archives from the past 12 months to hunt down the front-end tools that readers found to be the most interesting during …
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Visa: One in Four Businesses Surveyed Plan to Accept Cryptocurrency Payments This Year
15.1.2022
Payments giant Visa has conducted a survey of small businesses and found that almost a quarter of those who responded plan to accept cryptocurrency payments this year. “I think more people are feeling more confident with crypto,” said a Visa executive. Small Businesses in 9 Countries...
Bitcoin.com Games Releases its Very First Crash Game Space XY
13.1.2022
Play a brand new crash game on Bitcoin.com’s crypto casino brought to you by BGaming! First-Ever Space Crash Game on Bitcoin.com Games Crash gambling is a type of casino gaming genre that includes a pretty simple and fun-to-play mechanic. It is relatively new and is oftentimes found...
Malaysia Seizes 1,720 Bitcoin Mining Machines in Electricity Theft Crackdown
1.1.2022
Police in Malaysia have shut down a bitcoin mining operation and seized 1,720 bitcoin mining machines in a major electricity theft crackdown following public complaints. “Police inspected 75 premises around the district and 30 of them were found to be carrying out illegal bitcoin mining...
Spider-Man: No Way Home Torrents May Contain Crypto Malware, Cybersecurity Firm Warns
27.12.2021
Cryptocurrency malware has been found in a torrent download of the new Marvel movie Spider-Man: No Way Home, a cybersecurity firm has warned. “This [crypto] miner adds exclusions to Windows Defender, creates persistence, and spawns a watchdog process to maintain its activity,”...
Turkish President Erdogan Says Cryptocurrency Law Is Ready as Crypto Regulator Fines Binance 8 Million Lira
26.12.2021
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reportedly announced that the country’s cryptocurrency law “is ready” and will be submitted to parliament “without delay.” Meanwhile, Turkey’s Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK), which oversees...
Report: Illegal Trades Account for Less Than 3% of Total Bitcoin Transactions
23.12.2021
According to a new report, illegal transactions, scams and gambling together make up less than 3% of the volume on the Bitcoin blockchain while exchanges and trading desks account for around 80% of volume. Exchanges Dominate Bitcoin Volumes A new study called “Blockchain Analysis of...
New Cloning Glitch Found In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl
14.12.2021
Earlier this month, the Ver. 1.1.2 update was released for Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl. It might have fixed the known cloning glitches, but another one has been found. Read more
Power Utility Sues Russians Mining Cryptocurrency at Their Homes, Raises Electricity Rates
12.12.2021
A Russian power utility has found a way to increase electricity prices for consumers mining cryptocurrency using household electricity. The regional distribution company has taken dozens of amateur miners to court and has already won some of the cases. Power Utility Goes After Crypto Miners Using...
Bug in Solana Token Lending Contract Fixed, More Than $2 Billion Made Exploitable
6.12.2021
A bug in the token lending contract of the Solana Program Library (SPL) was recently found and fixed by Neodyme, a security auditing firm. The bug, that was discovered a couple of months back, could have affected several decentralized finance protocols holding more than $2 billion in total value...
Study: 8.3% of Polled South Africans Own NFTs, a Further 9.4% Plan to Buy
29.11.2021
About 8.3% of polled South African internet users own NFTs while a further 9.4% said they plan to acquire such tokens in the future, a study has found. Twelfth-Highest NFT Adoption Rate According to the findings of the latest Finder online survey, about 8.3% of the 1,205 South African internet...
EY Survey Finds 1 in 4 Hedge Funds to Increase Crypto Exposure Next Year
25.11.2021
EY, one of the big four consulting and auditing firms in the world, found that one in four hedge funds are expecting to increase their crypto exposure for the next year. The 2021 EY Global Alternative Fund Survey describes that alternative fund managers are slowly taking a stable place in...
GTA Trilogy Fans Say They've Found A Clue About GTA 6
19.11.2021
While Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy -The Definitive Edition is a dumpster fire that Rockstar Games is finally addressing, those playing the San Andreas remaster have found a detail that some think may be a clue to the setting of GTA 6. The “clue”? Among images depicting recognizable locations from...