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Crypto News
Dogechain Launched, DOGE Pumps on Memecoin Trading Excitement
A faux L2 solution called Dogechain launched, leading to a spike in the price of DOGE.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
7mo ago
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Altcoins
Binance Recovers More Than 80% of Funds Stolen in Curve Finance Attack
"The hacker kept on sending the funds to Binance in different ways, thinking we can't catch it," CZ tweets.
By Connor Sephton
7mo ago
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Crypto News
U.S. Sanctions Tornado Cash to 'Stop It Laundering Funds for Malicious Actors'
Treasury Department officials claim the Lazarus Group, which is sponsored by the North Korean state, has used this tool extensively after stealing digital assets.
By Connor Sephton
7mo ago
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Crypto News
Bankrupt Celsius Abandons Plan to Rehire Former Exec and Pay Him $92,000 a Month
Court filings have previously confirmed that 300,000 customers have a balance of more than $100, and Celsius is currently grappling with a $1.2 billion black hole in its finances.
By Connor Sephton
7mo ago
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Crypto News
Voyager Customers Can Withdraw Cash from Thursday, But Crypto Balances Remain Frozen
The company has admitted that customers may not receive all of their crypto back, and this will hinge upon how successful it is in recovering assets from 3AC.
By Connor Sephton
7mo ago
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Slope Linked to Thousands of Solana Wallets Being Drained, With Millions of Dollars Lost
In an official statement, Slope confirmed that a "cohort" of wallets were compromised in the breach — and while it has some early theories concerning what happened, nothing's firm yet.
By Connor Sephton
7mo ago
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Tinder Dumps Metaverse and Virtual Currency
"We'll continue to evaluate this space carefully, and we will consider moving forward at the appropriate time when we have more clarity on the overall opportunity," Tinder's parent firm says.
By Connor Sephton
7mo ago
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Crypto News
Podcast: 'One of the Most Chaotic Hacks Web3 Has Ever Seen'
Also today, Kim Kardashian's pushing to get an Ethereum Max lawsuit dismissed — we'll tell you what her lawyers are saying
By Connor Sephton
7mo ago
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Altcoins
Thousands of Solana Wallets Drained in Attack — SOL Worth Millions of Dollars Stolen
The exact cause of this exploit remains unknown, but analysts believe that a flaw in wallet software may be to blame, rather than issues with the Solana blockchain itself.
By Connor Sephton
7mo ago
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Altcoins
Gucci to Start Accepting ApeCoin — Crypto Payments Now Available at 70% of U.S. Stores
"We added ApeCoin and Euro Coin because customers of our luxury merchant partners asked for it. They asked, and we delivered," BitPay's CEO says.
By Connor Sephton
7mo ago
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Altcoins
Kim Kardashian Pushes to Get Ethereum Max Lawsuit Dismissed
Kim K's lawyers added that the plaintiffs cannot prove that she was actually compensated in EMAX tokens, or whether she had bought or sold this cryptocurrency at the time.
By Connor Sephton
7mo ago
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Altcoins
Anger as Harmony Proposes Minting Five BILLION New Tokens After Horizon Bridge Hack
"You can't print more tokens out of thin air and expect me to essentially pay back those affected by the hack," one disgruntled user says.
By Connor Sephton
7mo ago
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Crypto News
Crypto CEO Who Lied in White Papers and Misused ICO Funds Pleads Guilty to Fraud
Worse still, it was falsely claimed that Titanium Blockchain Infrastructure Services had business relationships with the Federal Reserve and dozens of prominent companies.
By Connor Sephton
7mo ago
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Crypto News
Voyager Rejects 'Low-Ball' Bid From FTX — But Sam Bankman-Fried Fires Back
The embattled crypto lender says SBF's deal is bad for its users, but the billionaire disagrees.
By Connor Sephton
8mo ago
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Crypto News
Three Arrows Capital Founders Admit Mistakes Were Made, and Reveal 'Final Nail in the Coffin'
Creditors of Three Arrows Capital now claim that they're owed more than $2.8 billion — and there are fears this figure could rise substantially in the weeks ahead.
By Connor Sephton
8mo ago
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Crypto News
Revealed: Nine Coins on Coinbase That SEC Believes Are Securities
There has been long-running debate as to whether some cryptocurrencies should actually be treated as securities.
By Connor Sephton
8mo ago
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Tech Deep Dives
What Is Polygon? The Ultimate Guide to the Polygon Ecosystem
CoinMarketCap Alexandria takes a deep dive into the Polygon ecosystem, one of the leading layer-2 ecosystems with over 19,000 DApps.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
8mo ago
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Crypto News
Podcast: Ex-Celsius Employee Thinks the Crypto Lender Won't Survive
Also today, Minecraft releases tough new rules banning non-fungible tokens — and Elon Musk isn't the only one selling off Bitcoin.
By Connor Sephton
8mo ago
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