While cryptocurrencies have gone from red hot to full on meltdown in recent months, with both retail and institutional investors losing substantial sums amidst the sell-off, threat actors don’t show …
The Gap Between The Crypto Industry And Regulators Has Never Been Wider
For the past five years, cryptocurrency entrepreneurs have been in fierce disagreement with U.S. regulators over an existential question: whether certain digital assets are securities, or investment …
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NFTs worth $100 million stolen in past year, Elliptic says
hieves stole over $100 million worth of non-fungible tokens in the year to July, blockchain research firm Elliptic said on Wednesday, as the fast-emerging digital asset became a new front in crypto's …
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An anatomy of crypto-enabled cyber crime
That is from the synopsis of an interesting new paper by Lin William Cong, Campbell Harvey, Daniel Rabetti and Zong-Yu Wu. It is a fairly comprehensive look at the criminal ecosystem built on top of …
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Tether Stablecoin Brushes Off U.S. Tornado Cash Sanctions
The company behind Tether, the world’s most popular and widely used stablecoin, wants to have its bitcoin-shaped cake and eat it too. More accurately, it has previously claimed it works with U.S. …
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NFT Exchange SudoRare Goes Dark After $820,000 Rug Pull
After numerous warnings that SudoRare could be a scam did the rounds on Crypto Twitter, the anonymous team behind the decentralized NFT exchange has pulled the rug. The theft has defrauded users of …
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The SEC Treats Crypto Like the Rest of the Capital Markets
What do car manufacturers have to do with crypto lending platforms? Consumers and investors deserve protection—that’s true of motor vehicles and investment vehicles alike. In September 1966, President …
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Cybersecurity Companies Are Making Millions From Hacks
The tragedy of some has been the blessing of others in the crypto space this year. The increase in cybercrime related to the cryptocurrency industry has fueled the work of firms dedicated to …
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In Crypto: Google’s $1.5bn cryptocurrency investment
Google is the world’s biggest backer of cryptocurrency and blockchain companies. The tech giant’s parent company Alphabet invested $1.5 billion into just four crypto startups since September 2021, …
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Crypto Exchange Coinbase Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Lapses in Security
Coinbase (COIN) failed to properly secure customers' accounts, leaving them vulnerable to theft and unauthorized transfers, a putative class action lawsuit filed against the crypto exchange last week …