An early investor of the meme-inspired crypto PEPE has sent shockwaves across the market with a stunning demonstration of crypto trading skills. When the market was at its highest, the investor sold the last one trillion tokens for a staggering 537 ETH, realizing a gain of 54,725x.The price of PEPE plunged by about 20% after […]
A hacker successfully exploited a vulnerability in the code of various liquidity pools of Curve Finance, a prominent decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, resulting in the theft of $24 million worth of tokens. The breach originated from a bug in Vyper, a programming language for smart contracts written in Python, which had not been previously identified […]
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer has recently proposed enshrining the right to use cash in the country’s constitution, a move that has sparked a heated debate. Nehammer believes that cash holds a deep-rooted significance for the citizens of Austria, representing tangible value, privacy, and sovereignty. This proposal has been met with both support and criticism, with […]
Ronaldinho, one of the greatest soccer players of all time, is being investigated by Brazilian authorities over allegations that he may have been involved in a cryptocurrency scam. The scheme, called “18kRonaldinho”, promised investors generous returns of 2% per day if they invested at least $30 in digital currencies. Ronaldinho was an ambassador for the […]
The founder of Pepecoin, a cryptocurrency, has promised to burn the remaining tokens from a wallet that was affected by an incident. The tokens will be used to pay for necessary purchases or donations.The burning of the tokens is intended to help restore confidence in the cryptocurrency and to ensure that the incident does not […]
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been speculated to drag Ripple Labs’ founders into the regulator’s long-running legal battle against their company. However, pro-XRP legal expert Fred Rispoli has outlined why this is unlikely.Rispoli stated that the SEC is unlikely to pursue a trial against Ripple’s CEO Brad Garlinghouse and Executive Chairman Chris […]
1inch, a decentralized exchange aggregator, has announced its expansion to the Coinbase-incubated layer-2 blockchain, Base. This will enable users to access the platform with lower transaction costs and higher speeds, as well as extra liquidity. The 1inch Aggregation Protocol and the 1inch Limit Order Protocol have been deployed on Base.Sergej Kunz, 1inch Network’s co-founder, commented […]
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned crypto companies of $41 million in stolen Bitcoin (BTC) controlled by North Korean “TraderTraitor-affiliated actors” known as Lazarus and APT38.The FBI attributed the theft of 1,580 BTC from several crypto service providers in 2023 to Lazarus, and estimated the total losses to be nearly $200 million. […]
Tornado Cash, a crypto tumbler, is facing charges of money laundering and sanctions violations by its founders Roman Storm and Roman Semenov. The U.S. Attorney Damien Williams stated that the developers were aware of the illicit profits of at least $1 billion that were laundered through their technology. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset […]
Investors of the popular meme token PEPE were spooked earlier today after a major modification to the project’s multi-signature wallet was highlighted. The threshold of keys was reduced from 5/8 signatures to just 2/8 signatures, meaning two out of eight signatories could approve transactions for the project.Digital asset research firm ASXN reported that PEPE tokens […]
