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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
UK Government Backtracks on Unhosted Wallet Data Collection Proposal
20.6.2022
The government said it didn't make sense to require all senders of funds to private crypto wallets to collect recipients' identification details
Solana-Based 'DeFi' Lender Solend Goes for Whale Hunting and Backpedals Instantly
20.6.2022
A new proposal put forward by Solana (SOL)-based borrowing and lending service Solend to disapprove the takeover of the protocol's largest account following huge backlash from the community has passed with an overwhelming majority of votes.
The new proposal, dubbed SLND2, asked to invalidate...
Solend invalidates Solana whale wallet takeover plan with second governance vote
20.6.2022
If Solend is unable to take over the account, some believe that it could cause a meltdown, driving Solana’s price to zero
What decentralization? Solend approves whale wallet takeover to avoid DeFi implosion
19.6.2022
There’s more trouble in DeFi as Solend launches a spur-of-the-moment move to crack into a whale’s wallet
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...
Belgian Banking Group KBC Creates Blockchain-Based Coin
18.6.2022
KBC Group, a major European banking and insurance institution headquartered in Belgium, has launched a token based on a blockchain platform. Its customers will be able to acquire the new proprietary coins and use them through their KBC wallet and mobile app. KBC Issues Digital Coin for Clients...
Wallet That Helped Trigger UST Implosion Linked by Analysis Firm to Terra Developer
17.6.2022
The popular decentralized stablecoin lost its dollar peg and fell to pennies in May. A South Korean blockchain analysis firm suggests the death spiral was sparked by transactions from a wallet linked to the lead Terra developer – though any motivation or rationale remains a mystery
Three Arrows Keep Hurting Crypto Market, Circle's Euro Coin in US, Samsung's Wallet + More News
16.6.2022
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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Read More: Three Arrows Keep Hurting Crypto Market, Circle's Euro Coin in US, Samsung's Wallet + More News
TAG Heuer to Allow Users to Display NFTs on Their Smartwatches
16.6.2022
Swiss luxury watchmaker TAG Heuer has pushed deeper into Web3 with the introduction of a new feature that would allow users to display their non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the face of their smartwatch.
The new functionality will be added to the Tag Heuer Connected Calibre E4 smartwatch, with...
MetaMask, Phantom, Brave, and XDefi Wallets Patch 'Demonic Critical Vulnerability' Before an Attack
16.6.2022
A number of prominent browser extension wallets, including Ethereum (ETH) wallet MetaMask, Solana (SOL)'s Phantom, Brave, and cross-chain wallet extension XDefi, have patched a "critical vulnerability" that could have exposed sensitive login credentials if specific conditions were met.
The...
MetaMask warns of security vulnerability from older versions of popular crypto wallet
15.6.2022
"Ultimately, we've learned that our password encryption feature's security was partially undermined by browser behavior," said the team at MetaMask
FTX Overtook Coinbase & OKX in May, Speeding Up EU Crypto Regulation + More News
15.6.2022
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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Coinbase NFT marketplace: How to buy NFTs on Coinbase?
15.6.2022
Connect your crypto wallet to the Coinbase marketplace, and have ETH in your wallet to bid, buy and sell NFTs on Coinbase
Bitcoin miners' exchange flow reaches 7-month high as BTC price tanks below $21K
15.6.2022
Bitcoin mining profitability has dropped by over 75% from the market top and is currently at its lowest since October 2020
Hackers Are Cloning Web3 Wallets Like Metamask and Coinbase Wallet to Steal Crypto
15.6.2022
Confiant, an advertising security agency, has found a cluster of malicious activity involving distributed wallet apps, allowing hackers to steal private seeds and acquire the funds of users via backdoored imposter wallets. The apps are distributed via cloning of legitimate sites, giving...
Binance Reveals Incident That Forced It to Freeze BTC Withdrawals
14.6.2022
In a post-mortem issued shortly after it lifted the freeze on bitcoin withdrawals, Binance has identified the “repairing of several minor hardware failures on wallet consolidation” as the incident that ultimately forced it to pause withdrawals. To fix the problem and to stop this from...
What happens if you lose or break your hardware crypto wallet?
14.6.2022
The safety of the recovery phrase is way more important than keeping the hardware wallet safe, according to executives at Ledger and Trezor
Taxes of top concern behind Bitcoin salaries, Exodus CEO says
14.6.2022
Cryptocurrency wallet firm Exodus has been paying all its staff fully in Bitcoin since launching its software wallet in 2015, CEO JP Richardson said
Astar, Arbitrium, and Boba are Added to Crypto.com Wallet
14.6.2022
It has been announced that the Crypto.com wallet will now support three new blockchains: Arbitrum, Astar, and Boba. Now, storing and earning from the tokens from these networks have become seamless and secure. And what’s more, the integration also brings several other benefits and features...