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Hackers Target Solana Wallets amid Bearish Wave
3.8.2022
Solana reported a hacking attack that compromised over 8,000 wallets while writing this post. The hacking attack is believed to have stolen around $7 million in funds in SPL, SOL, and other tokens. Most of the wallets targeted by the hackers were inactive for at least six months. The news adds...
SOL Drops as Thousands of Wallets Attacked on Solana
3.8.2022
SOL, the native token of the Solana network, dropped following reports that thousands of wallets have been drained in apparently still ongoing attack.
Per blockchain auditor OtterSec, over 5,000 Solana wallets have been drained in the past few hours....
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Ongoing Solana-based wallet hack has already seen millions drained
3.8.2022
NFT marketplace Magic Eden noted that it “seems to be a widespread SOL exploit at play" and called on users to revoke permissions for any suspicious links in their Phantom wallets
Solana Wallets Targeted in Latest Multimillion Dollar Hack
3.8.2022
Non-custodial Solana wallet Phantom appears to be the latest victim of an exploit, with users reporting that their funds have been drained unknowingly
Report: Crypto Hardware Wallet Maker Ledger Seeks $100 Million Capital Raise
2.8.2022
The French cryptocurrency hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger is seeking to raise fresh new capital after raising $380 million in June 2021, according to sources familiar with the matter. The hardware wallet company Ledger is reportedly looking to raise at least $100 million from strategic...
Bitwage Partners With Edge Wallet and Casa to Streamline Bitcoin Payroll Services to Mainstream Audiences
1.8.2022
The cryptocurrency payroll service Bitwage announced on Monday that the company has partnered with the digital currency wallets Casa and Edge Wallet in order to “bring bitcoin payroll to mainstream audiences.” Now Edge Wallet and Casa users can connect to the Bitwage platform’s...
NEAR Provides Access to More Wallets
1.8.2022
Fostering an ecosystem that can establish and sustain the essential elements of a robust and dynamic Web3 environment seems to have been a crucial element of NEAR’s objective. The provision of wallets is another one of those crucial roles, and the Basis has so far created and sustained...
Zipmex resumes withdrawals for trade wallets
22.7.2022
The crypto exchange said it had $48 million in exposure with Babel Finance and $5 million with Celsius — both firms faced liquidity and insolvency issues, respectively
Nigerian Lenders Frustrating CBDC’s Adoption — Central Bank Governor
21.7.2022
Apathetic Nigerian lenders are frustrating the e-naira’s adoption because they are worried this could deprive them of a key revenue source, Godwin Emefiele, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, has said. Emefiele said the central bank is working on a channel that would enable...
Give Us Our Money Back: The Issue With Custodial Wallets and the Implications of Halting Withdrawals on Crypto's Reputation
16.7.2022
Julian Liniger is the co-founder and CEO of Relai, a bitcoin-only exchange founded in Switzerland in 2020.
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Having been involved in the crypto and bitcoin (BTC) space for more than five years, I’ve seen how the ups and downs of the market have become the norm.
But recently, things have...
Demand for Hardware Crypto Wallets Increases Amid Currency Restrictions in Russia
7.7.2022
Hardware wallets designed to securely store cryptocurrency have seen a several-fold increase this spring in Russia, on the backdrop of currency restrictions introduced amid foreign sanctions. Ledger and Tangem have been the most popular products on the market, a media report revealed. Russians...
Bitcoin ‘tourists’ have been purged, only hodlers remain: Glassnode
5.7.2022
Active addresses, entities, and transactions on the Bitcoin network are all moving sideways while the number of wallets holding at least some of the assets continues to reach new highs
Argentinian Tax Agency Ramps Up Digital Wallet Seizures
1.7.2022
The Argentinian Tax Agency, the AFIP, has ramped up the seizures of digital wallets of taxpayers in the country. The institution managed to seize more than 1,200 digital wallets of taxpayers that had debts and didn’t have a bank account, or other properties available to be collected by...
EU Institutions Reach Provision Agreement On Controversial 'Unhosted Wallets' Regulation
30.6.2022
The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union have reached a provisional agreement on the Transfer of Funds Regulation (TFR) that is to ensure crypto transfers can be traced and that transactions considered suspicious are blocked, potentially paving the way for tougher enforcement...
Mercado Pago Extends Its Cryptocurrency Services in Brazil
29.6.2022
Mercado Pago, the digital payments company related to Mercadolibre, has recently announced the extension of the crypto services that it provides to users in Brazil. The company revealed it will now allow customers to deposit their own cryptocurrencies through third-party services and wallets into...
Netherlands-Based Coinbase Customers Required to Submit KYC Data When Transferring Crypto off the Platform
26.6.2022
Coinbase has announced that the company plans to introduce a number of changes for customers in the Netherlands in order to comply with the 1977 Sanctions Act, a law that recently applied know-your-customer (KYC) guidelines to non-custodial wallets. If the person living in the Netherlands wants...
BlockFi Withdrawals Drop, Bitcoin Mining Difficulty, New NFT Wallets, 3 Crypto Films + More News
22.6.2022
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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HM Treasury changes course on collecting data around unhosted crypto wallets
20.6.2022
“There is not good evidence that unhosted wallets present a disproportionate risk of being used in illicit finance,” said the Treasury update
The 2 Most Common Airdrop Phishing Attacks and How Web3 Wallet Owners Can Stay Protected
18.6.2022
In the world of cryptocurrencies, decentralized finance (defi), and Web3, airdrops have become commonplace in the industry. However, while airdrops sound like free money, there’s been a growing trend of airdrop phishing scams that steal people’s money when they attempt to get...
Report: Celsius Hires Citigroup to Help the Startup Find ‘Potential Financing’
16.6.2022
According to “two people familiar with the matter,” the cryptocurrency lending company Celsius is working with the financial giant Citigroup in order to get advice on how to handle the firm’s financial hardship. The sources note that Citigroup was hired by Celsius to help...