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Kronos Research Enters Negotiations with Hacker After $25 Million Cryptocurrency Theft, Offers 10% Bounty
28.11.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Sergey Nivens Taipei-based cryptocurrency trading and investment firm Kronos Research has initiated negotiations with the hacker responsible for the recent theft of $25 million from the company’s treasury. In a public message addressed to the unknown attacker, Kronos...
Hacker Steals $25 Million from Kronos Research Through Compromised API Keys
20.11.2023
Trading firm Kronos Research fell victim to a hack, resulting in a theft of $25 million by an unauthorized entity that accessed its compromised API keys. On November 19, Kronos Research disclosed via a post on X (formerly Twitter) about a security incident that involved unauthorized access to...
Taiwanese Crypto Trading Firm Suspends Operations Following $26 Million Hack
20.11.2023
Source: Pixabay / Pete Linforth Taipei-based trading platform, Kronos Research has suffered a cybersecurity breach, leading to a staggering $26 million loss in crypto assets. The hack was first reported by crypto on-chain sleuth ZachXBT, mapping out the fund outflow and confirming its magnitude....
Web3 advocate and author Alex Tapscott on the future of blockchain mass adoption
15.11.2023
Alex Tapscott says Web3 offers “a set of tools” that can be used to “build new business models, to create new kinds of organizations [and] to transform existing industries.”
Bitcoin Drops 4% to $35K Despite Soaring Tradfi Markets, But Analysts Remain Optimistic
14.11.2023
An unexpected slowdown in inflation sent stock and bond markets sharply higher, but crypto was left out, possibly due to declining enthusiasm about the imminent approval of a spot bitcoin ETF
FTX Foundation staffer fights for $275K bonus promised by SBF
14.11.2023
FTX Foundation employee Ross Rheingans-Yoo said he was not part of Sam Bankman-Fried’s “inner circle” and knew nothing about FTX’s fraud
Turkish Lira becomes top crypto trading pair on Binance in Sept 2023
10.11.2023
Turkish Lira accounted for 75% of all fiat volume in early September, which can be tied to the recent influx of crypto investors in the Turkish market
Sam Bankman-Fried's Wildest, Craziest, Dumbest Trades
7.11.2023
How blockchain, AI can help research into extending human life
6.11.2023
Jasmine Smith, chief executive of Web3-based wellness app Rejuve.AI, told Cointelegraph that decentralized and AI-powered platforms for health research do not aim to replace doctors and clinicians but rather help them in their work
Moonstone Research Study Etches Doubts on Monero’s Privacy; Crypto Community Reacts
6.11.2023
On September 1, 2023, hackers made off with 2,675.73 monero (XMR), worth over $3 million at the time, from the Monero CCS donation wallet in nine separate transactions. Now, blockchain analysis firm Moonstone Research has traced forward through three of those transactions in a postmortem released...
Fate of Sam Bankman-Fried’s Co-Defendants Uncertain: Prison Sentences Loom?
4.11.2023
With Sam Bankman-Fried, the convicted founder of FTX, facing the prospect of spending decades in a federal prison, some are wondering what lies ahead for his former colleagues and co-defendants. Nishad Singh, FTX’s director of engineering, Gary Wang, the exchange’s chief technical...
Who Won and Lost Most in Sam Bankman-Fried's Criminal Scheme?
3.11.2023
UK to invest 300M pounds in 2 AI supercomputers, Harris presses for AI safety
2.11.2023
The U.K. says the investments will help its local scientific talent have tools they need to ensure that the most advanced AI models are up to safety standards
SEC’s Spot Bitcoin ETF Approval Looking Like ‘a Done Deal’ in January, Says Bernstein
31.10.2023
Global asset management firm Alliancebernstein’s research arm expects the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to approve its first spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) in early January 2024. Noting that the regulator “has been actively responding with edits/comments on...
Bankrupt Crypto Firms Alameda Research and FTX Move $10 Million in Crypto to Exchange Accounts, Raising Questions
26.10.2023
Wallets linked to bankrupt crypto firms Alameda Research and FTX moved over $10 million worth of cryptocurrency to a single wallet address, which then deposited the funds to exchange deposit accounts. ???? #FTX and #Alameda related addresses are depositing tokens to exchanges! Via address 0xde9...
FTX and Alameda linked wallets transfer $10M of crypto to exchanges in just 5 hours
25.10.2023
According to Spot On Chain data, the firms sent $10 million worth of crypto to a single wallet address, which then deposited the funds to Binance and Coinbase
New Research Suggests Hal Finney Was Not Satoshi Nakamoto
22.10.2023
In an extensive analysis, the American software engineer and columnist Jameson Lopp tackles the enduring mystery of Bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. While many have speculated that computer scientist Hal Finney was behind the pseudonym, Lopp presents several compelling instances that...
Spot Bitcoin ETF Approval Is Coming, but Analysts Differ on Possible Price Reaction
18.10.2023
A fake report about BlackRock's spot BTC ETF approval Monday spurred a short-lived bitcoin rally to $30,000
FTX Scandal: What the Latest Testimony Means for the Cryptocurrency Industry
18.10.2023
As the FTX trial is unfolding, recent testimony has revealed major internal issues at the cryptocurrency exchange, raising questions about the industry at large. The revelations come amid a week of heated courtroom debates and could reshape the way cryptocurrency exchanges operate in...
DeSci-focused DAO community funds cancer research
17.10.2023
VitaDAO community agreed to fund an early-stage cancer research through the launch of a biotech company named Matrix Biosciences