FTX confirms it was hacked. Over $600M of various Ethereum tokens, Solana and Binance Smart Chain tokens have been moved from FTX’s official wallets to decentralized exchanges. Both FTX and FTX US affected. Of course, the timing is a bit suspicious...
'FTX Has Been Hacked': Crypto Disaster Worsens as Exchange Sees Mysterious Outflows Exceeding $600M
FTX officials appeared to confirm rumors of a hack on Telegram, instructing users to delete FTX apps and avoid its website.
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US Digital Currency a ‘Unanimous Need’ to Compete With China: House Committee - Decrypt - Five speakers at a hearing for the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services voted in favor of the U.S. developing some kind of national stablecoin or CBDC...
US Digital Currency a ‘Unanimous Need’ to Compete With China: House Committee - Decrypt
All invited speakers agreed that the United States must launch a digital currency to remain globally competitive.
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EU Finalizes Legal Text for Landmark Crypto Regulations Under MiCA - A leaked draft of the text, reviewed by CoinDesk, shows the rules could apply to fractionalized NFTs.
EU Finalizes Legal Text for Landmark Crypto Regulations Under MiCA
A leaked draft of the text, reviewed by CoinDesk, shows the rules could apply to algorithmic stablecoins and fractionalized NFTs.
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Dirty cash and crypto: how the booming cryptocurrency market is open to exploitation - As the legitimate use of digital currencies grows, there has been a comparable rise in abuse, cybercrime experts say https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jan/15/dirty-cash-and-crypto-how-the-booming-cryptocurrency-market-is-open-to-exploitation
DeFi Project Known as Wormhole Hit With a Potential $320 Million Hack - Wormhole, a communication bridge between Solana and other decentralized-finance blockchain networks, said hackers stole about $320 million in cryptocurrency
DeFi Project Known as Wormhole Hit With a Potential $320 Million Hack
DeFi Project Known as Wormhole Hit With a Potential $315 Million Hack
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4 cybersecurity risks of web 3.0 - While the vision for web 3.0 offers multiple opportunities for growth and development, it presents security concerns https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/96998-4-cybersecurity-risks-of-web-30
The hype around Web3 and how it can transform the internet - The third iteration of the internet – Web3 – will be defined by open-source technology, utilizing blockchain technology to be trustless and permissionless. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/02/web3-transform-the-internet/
In Second Largest DeFi Hack Ever, Blockchain Bridge Loses $320M Ether - Blockworks - The network has over $1 billion in total value locked and supports six blockchains: Terra, Solana, Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, Avalanche and Polygon https://blockworks.co/in-second-largest-defi-hack-ever-blockchain-bridge-loses-320m-ether/
How NFTs went from a joke to a legitimate asset class - From cartoon cats and jpeg rocks, to a potential evolution in human communication and gaming— NFTs are here. https://cryptoslate.com/how-nfts-went-from-a-joke-to-a-legitimate-asset-class/
