SEC investigating Coinbase for dealing in unregistered securities
Earlier this week, Bloomberg reported that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) is probing Coinbase - a prominent...
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NFTs stolen in Phishing Attack on Uniswap v3
A group of hackers has pulled off a major phishing scam on a Uniswap v3 liquidity pool, making off with NFTs worth roughly US$3.56m in...
SEC Chair confirms BTC is a commodity but infers ETH is a security
In a recent interview with CNBC, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler confirmed his view that Bitcoin is a...
Cashing in on the 'ECASH' bill: US Bill signals move to digital dollar
Lawmakers in US Congress have tabled a new Bill - the Electronic Currency and Secure Hardware Act (ECASH) - that if passed, would direct...
Chainalysis release free Russian sanction scanning tools
With moral panic emerging from Washington DC and the media over the potential for Russia to use crypto to bypass sanctions, crypto...
Virginia, USA, allows banks to offer crypto custody
The Senate of the US state of Virginia has introduced, and approved an amendment to, a new Bill that allows traditional banks operating...
Critical bug in Coinbase reported and fixed
A security engineer under the user name 'Tree of Alpha' has been paid USD$250,000 as a 'bug bounty' for locating a frighteningly simple...
Show me the ̶m̶o̶n̶e̶y̶ crypto! Colorado announces it will accept Bitcoin for tax payments
In a recent interview with CNBC, Colorado Governor Jared Polis has signalled Colorado’s intention to accept crypto-assets for payment of...
How the stables have turned: US Bill seeks to mandate 100% cash reserves for stablecoins
A new bill recently tabled to U.S. Congress has sought to provide much needed legislative clarification on stablecoins. Briefly,...
Coinbase announces data breach of 6,000 accounts
United States listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase suffered a hacking attack that impacted (and stole digital currency from) at least...
Ransomware on the run? Russian digital currency exchange tracked and sanctioned for enabling crime
Over the Counter digital currency exchange, Suex, has the dubious honour of being the first of its kind to be sanctioned by the US...
Cash Remains Preferred Currency For Criminals
There has been endless speculation surrounding the safety and legitimacy of cryptocurrencies in recent years, with particular emphasis on...
Arrrrrg-us: Microsoft Proposes New Anti-Pirate System
The incentive-based system relies on blockchain technology to protect intellectual property rights. Technology giant Microsoft have...
Colonial Pipeline ransomware recovered
The Colonial Pipeline cyberattack was reportedly the largest cyber attack on the American energy system and caused multiple US states to...
A peek under the rug: Ripple granted access to SEC records
Just a few months after Ripple returned fire in the SEC's lawsuit against them, the San Francisco-based crypto firm has now been given...
BTC Markets ISO 27001 certified
The ISO 27001 Information Security Management Systems Standard sets the bar for the best practice information security management. BTC...
Roll ransacked by rogue hacker
Social token platform Roll, built to be an "infrastructure for social money" has been the subject of a USD$5.7 million attack. The...
Ether ETF debuts in Canada
Canada's largest digital asset investment manager 3iQ launched the world's first Ether-based Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) on the Toronto...
Rise in ransomware beaten back by blockchain boffins
NetWalker, a notorious form of ransomware-as-a-service, has been targeted by the American Department of Justice (DoJ) in a recent...
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