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Hong Kong Lawmaker Addresses Vitalik Buterin’s Concerns on City's Crypto-Friendliness
15.9.2023
Hong Kong legislator Johnny Ng has extended an invitation to Buterin to gain a firsthand understanding of the region's regulatory environment and crypto-related strategies after the Ethereum co-founder questioned the city's crypto-friendliness.
Ng asserted that Hong Kong boasts a stable policy...
The Protocol: The CFTC Is Cracking Down on Crypto
13.9.2023
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission placed a trio of decentralized crypto platforms into its crosshairs last week. An aggressive set of charges from the CFTC – which zeroed in on how the trading platforms handle certain kinds of third-party token swaps – contrasted with the regulator’s...
Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin Sees Growing Presence of Asia Developers in Blockchain Tech
13.9.2023
Vitalik Buterin Wants a Better Crypto Mixer
12.9.2023
Vitalik Buterin Confirms His X Account Was Hacked by SIM Swap
12.9.2023
Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin took to social media to share details about the hacking of his profile on X, formerly Twitter. The influential crypto figure confirmed suspicions that the account was targeted in a SIM swap attack allowing perpetrators to promote a crypto scam enticing victims with...
Vitalik Buterin Discloses Twitter SIM Swap Attack That Drained $691K From Users’ Wallets
12.9.2023
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin revealed that his recent Twitter (X) account hack, that wiped over $691,000 victims’ funds in a fake NFT promo, was a result of a “SIM swap” attack.
Blockchain analyst ZachXBT, which confirmed $691,000 had been drained from people's wallets, declined...
Vitalik Buterin reveals X account hack was caused by SIM-swap attack
12.9.2023
The Ethereum co-founder has regained control of his T-Mobile account, confirming that a SIM-swap attack resulted in the hack of his X account
Hack of Vitalik Buterin's X Account Leads to $691K Stolen
11.9.2023
Hackers who took control of Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin's X account have stolen more than $691,000 after posting a malicious phishing link that gained access to people's wallets
Binance CEO Urges Hardware 2FA Use for All Crypto Platforms After Vitalik Buterin’s X Account Hack
11.9.2023
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has urged everyone to use hardware 2FA for all crypto platforms after a social media account belonging to Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin was hacked and used to post a crypto scam link. “In the past, I have had my Twitter account locked a few times due...
Vitalik Buterin’s X Account Hacked to Promote Crypto Scam
10.9.2023
The X account of Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has apparently suffered a breach by scammers spreading phishing links. The attack, which manifested itself in the form of a post offering free digital collectibles, has allegedly resulted in the loss of over $690,000 for those who fell for...
Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin Falls Victim to Twitter Hack – Beware of Shared Links
10.9.2023
Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin has reportedly had his X (formerly Twitter) account compromised.
In a now-deleted tweet, the hacked account claimed that Consensys will launch a commemorative NFT to celebrate the arrival of the Proto-Danksharding feature to Ethereum.
The hacker used...
Ethereum Foundation Issues 18 Grants for Account Abstraction Initiatives
8.9.2023
The Ethereum Foundation has announced the completion of its grants program to finance projects related to implementing ERC-4337, the account abstraction standard. 18 projects were selected to be part of this batch of grants, which feature different functionalities, including creating educational...
Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Explores Privacy Protocol Amid Tornado Cash Concerns
7.9.2023
Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin has collaborated on a research paper that explores the development of a privacy protocol called Privacy Pools.
The paper aims to address concerns surrounding existing privacy platforms such as Tornado Cash while advocating for the coexistence of financial...
Financial privacy and regulation can co-exist with ZK-proofs — Vitalik Buterin
6.9.2023
A new paper co-authored by Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin highlights the use of zero-knowledge proofs as a tool for regulatory compliance and on-chain privacy
The Protocol: Ethereum Learns of Potential Defector as ‘Supreme Court’ Mooted
6.9.2023
What is a blockchain “sequencer?” Here’s why you need to know
Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin Argues for Blockchain 'Privacy Pools' to Weed Out Criminals
6.9.2023
The paper argues for “privacy pools,” a blockchain tech feature that would enhance the privacy of user’s transactions while also distinguishing criminal activity from innocent funds
Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum's Future Upgrades Could Bring Full Nodes to Mobile Devices
6.9.2023
Ethereum (ETH) full nodes could in the future become so light-weight that they can run on mobile devices, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has predicted.
In a speech at Korea Blockchain Week that was cited by Cointelegraph, Buterin admitted that centralization of nodes is one of the Ethereum...
Vitalik Buterin on fix for Ethereum centralization — make running nodes easier
5.9.2023
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says node centralization is one of Ethereum's main challenges but the perfect solution may not come for another 20 years
Vitalik Buterin Offloads MakerDAO Holdings After CEO's Solana Blockchain Praise – What's Going On?
3.9.2023
Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin has offloaded his entire remaining stake in MakerDAO tokens after the project's co-founder praised the Solana blockchain.
According to blockchain data, the Ethereum mastermind has sold 500 MKR tokens on CoW Protocol, receiving 353 ETH (worth approximately...
The Protocol: Friend.tech Fades as Crypto Craze, but Ethereum Is Scaling
30.8.2023
This week in blockchain tech: Polygon's new "chain development kit," Farcaster's move to Optimism, Shibarium's return and Interlay's new Bitcoin layer-2 network, and Pancake Swap expands to Consensys's Linea