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Today in Crypto: Decred Launches Social Media & Messaging Platform, Opera Announces a Suite of Security Features, T-Systems MMS Participates in Chainlink Staking
15.12.2022
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The Sandbox Onboards Security Firm OpenZeppelin to Protect Its Platform from Attacks
15.12.2022
The blockchain security firm behind the Forta network will monitor vulnerabilities, alert for potential threats, and audit smart contracts within the popular metaverse game
Russian Social Media Giant Vkontakte Launches NFT Service
15.12.2022
Russia’s largest social network, Vkontakte, has launched a feature allowing users to upload digital collectibles to the platform. Account holders will also be able to buy and sell them in the future as the company intends to establish a marketplace for non-fungible tokens. Vkontakte Users...
Crypto Lending Platform Maple Finance Unveils Major Overhaul, Stops Lending on Solana
14.12.2022
The improvements attempt to solve Maple’s design shortcomings highlighted during a recent debt crisis, but they may reduce incentives for holding the protocol’s native MPL token in its new form, an analyst said
Gaming Platform Forte Partners With Venture Studio SuperLayer to Expand Beyond Web3 Gaming
14.12.2022
The blockchain platform also invested $5 million in the venture studio, which will go towards backing incubated companies
The OSIS platform is using Tokenization to help minority entrepreneurs and businesses
14.12.2022
While it is important for any society to have many successful businesses, it must be stated that minorities and people of color have often faced many hardships when it comes to establishing and maintaining their businesses, which could be attributed to many reasons. The biggest one would most...
Coinbase’s Prime Broker Platform Receives Industry Attestation Reports
14.12.2022
The reports look at internal controls over financial reporting, as well as controls based on trust principles
Algorand to support bank and insurance guarantees platform in Italy
14.12.2022
This is the first time an EU Member State will use blockchain technology for bank and insurance guarantees, according to Algorand
Judge Approves Sale of Self-Custody Platform to Galaxy Digital in Celsius Bankruptcy
13.12.2022
Galaxy, the crypto-focused financial services firm, had won the auction for GK8 earlier in the month
German crypto asset trading platform Bitcoin Group SE buys bank with full license
13.12.2022
Bankhaus von der Heydt has its own stablecoin and digital asset custody and tokenization services, but it was on the market for a while and almost went to BitMex execs
Algorand Rises After Italy Selects Blockchain Protocol for Digital Guarantees Platform
13.12.2022
The new platform is expected to become operational in early 2023
Alibaba’s Alipay & Taobao Platform to Launch Digital Yuan Pay Functions
13.12.2022
An affiliate of the Chinese tech giant Alibaba has claimed that it will allow customers to pay with the digital yuan on its Taobao e-commerce platform, in addition to the market-leading Alipay e-payments platform.
Per Sina Technology, the announcement was made by Li Chen, Chief Compliance Officer...
Hacker Steals $6.9 Million From Arbitrum-Based Defi Protocol Lodestar Finance
11.12.2022
Arbitrum-based lending platform Lodestar Finance was exploited on Dec. 10, 2022, according to a tweet from the project’s Twitter account on Saturday. Community reports detail that Lodestar lost roughly $6.9 million from the vulnerability. Lodestar Finance Loses $6.9 Million in an Exploit,...
Talks of Issuing a New FTT Token Fuel Coin’s Price Despite FTT’s Broken Tokenomics Scheme
10.12.2022
Roughly 29 days ago FTX filed for bankruptcy, and the crypto ecosystem has been dealing with a rollercoaster ride of market fluctuations and community drama ever since then. Moreover, the now-bankrupt crypto trading platform’s exchange token FTT is still trading above $1 per unit, and it managed...
Russia’s Interior Ministry Employs Tool to Identify Crypto Wallet Owners, Track Transactions
10.12.2022
The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs is now using a digital tool allowing officers to link cryptocurrency wallets to their owners. The software also has a feature facilitating the monitoring of crypto asset transactions, the department told Russian media. Russian Police Brag About New Crypto...
SILK Is Now Available for Trading on LBank Exchange
9.12.2022
PRESS RELEASE. INTERNET CITY, DUBAI, Dec. 9, 2022 – LBank Exchange, a global digital asset trading platform, has listed SILK on December 9, 2022. For all users of LBank Exchange, the SILK/USDT trading pair is now officially available for trading. As the first web3 esports with earnings...
Revealed: Shark Tank Superstar Kevin O’Leary Was Paid This Much by FTX to Promote Platform
9.12.2022
Investor and Shark Tank Judge Kevin O'Leary has revealed that he has lost almost all the $15 million the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX paid him to be its official spokesperson....
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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...
Alameda-Funded Ren Tells Users to ‘Bridge Back to Native Chains’ as It Sunsets 1.0 Platform
8.12.2022
According to the team behind the open protocol Ren, developers are winding down the Ren 1.0 network following the FTX and Alameda Research collapse. Last year, under previous Ren leadership, Alameda acquired Ren and was funding development every quarter. On Dec. 7, 2022, Ren developers warned...
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