Altcoins

Fractal ID, an on-chain identity platform, suffered a hack on July 14th, 2024, causing the sensitive data of 0.5% of its users, or 6,300 accounts, to be revealed to the bad actors. Analysis of the incident revealed that the breach occurred due to an operator with admin controls setting an insecure password in 2022. The password was a reused one, breaking operational security best practices and allowing the hacker to grab sensitive user-related data, including wallet addresses, KYC details,...

Tornado Cash recorded volumes of $1.9 billion in the first half of 2024, data reveals. Large amounts were deposited in the privacy-enabling mixer despite the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioning the application. The sanction forbids users from using the application, failing which users cannot exchange their crypto for fiat on US-based exchanges. Wallets interacting with the mixer are blacklisted and prevented from accessing exchange servicers. Tornado Cash is frequented by...

An outage took over Microsoft-based machines on Friday, rendering numerous industries like aviation, railways, and finance dysfunctional or functional at limited capabilities. It happened as CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm, released a new update, which went bad. No hackers were involved in the mishap. With that, BTC rallied to over $67,000, starting the day at around $64,000, marking a 5.5% increase in 24 hours. Simultaneously, BlackRock’s spot BTC ETF, the Ishares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT),...

As yet another week passes, we will examine some of the best-performing cryptocurrencies over the past seven days. It’s safe to say that the week has treated the markets well, with the total capitalization growing to $2.55 trillion, adding over $150 billion. This comes on the back of impressive performances on all fronts, so let’s first start with Bitcoin. Bitcoin Soars 11% in Impressive Recovery Despite not being the top performer, Bitcoin surely made waves in the past seven...

South Korean exchanges saw XRP trading activity soar, even overtaking the largest cryptocurrency, BTC. The spectacle occurred as the US SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) is expected to offer a resolution soon on the case it has going on against Ripple. XRP’s price rose by 20% during the same period its trade volume registered 40% of the total volume on Upbit, South Korea’s biggest crypto exchange. Bithumb and Korbit observed XRP registering 35% of their volumes. The occurrence...

The cryptocurrency market staged a massive recovery yesterday after starting the day very slow and even declining considerably. However, the buyers stepped in and pushed Bitcoin above $67K, while many altcoins are charting impressive returns. Bitcoin Pokes Above $67K Bitcoin’s price is up around 5% on the day, staging an impressive recovery after having declined to $63K earlier in yesterday’s morning trading session. It was able to chart a local daily high at $67,400 on...

The WazirX hackers, purported to be part of the North Korean Lazarus Group, have converted the altcoins from their loot into ETH. Wallet activity shows $90.2 million worth of SHIB, $10.2 million of MATIC, and about $7.5 million of PEPE exchanged for ETH. As the hack concluded, the bad actors held $52 million in ETH. Now, that amount has risen to $201 million after the conversions. Spot On Chain, an on-chain insights firm, posted on X, “The total $ETH holding of #WazirX exploiter has risen to...

Why have I been blocked? This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.

Why have I been blocked? This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.

Why have I been blocked? This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.