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This December 27, Kaspersky Lab announced that the North Korean hacking group ‘BlueNoroff’ stole millions of dollars in cryptocurrencies after creating more than 70 fake domains and impersonating banks and venture capital firms. According to the investigation, most of the domains mimicked Japanese venture capital firms, denoting a strong interest in user and company data within that country. “After researching the infrastructure that was used, we discovered more than 70...

[PRESS RELEASE – Road Town, BVI, 27th December 2022] Santa Browser has announced the Version 1 launch of its web3 browser today. Built for an emerging crypto world, the browser claims to bring in the next generation of web3 users by developing tools that allow anyone to leverage the power of blockchain technologies. Due to the extreme volatility of the market, Santa is dedicated to building a “Trustable Technology Stack” that users can firmly rely upon while browsing the web....

While most crypto-assets struggled to keep their price upwards due to the crypto winter, Litecoin appeared to have been decoupling from its peers, which aided its trajectory. In fact, it has been posting gains over the past month. Despite a promising attempt at a comeback, the developer activity on the network was lagging. Data from Santiment shows that the development activity first gained traction in early September before skyrocketing in October. The figures went downhill...

Bitcoin mining giant Argo Blockchain has requested trading of its shares and unsecured notes on the NASDAQ stock exchange be suspended until December 28th. The company, which trades on both the NASDAQ and the London Stock Exchange (LSE), said that it wants to make an announcement before resuming its trade on Wednesday. The latest development comes just two weeks after Argo warned that it is at risk of holding “insufficient cash” to keep up with its operations in the next...

The United States Department of Justice has reportedly launched a criminal probe into the hack that saw almost $400 million drained from FTX. According to a report by Bloomberg, which cites people familiar with the matter, the United States Department of Justice is launching a criminal probe into the $400M FTX hack. The report outlines that it’s unclear whether the exploit was carried out by an inside man or the work of a hacker. You Might Also Like:...

Octopus Network – a multichain crypto network supporting Web3 applications – will lay off 40% of its staff members to ensure its survival amidst the ongoing crypto winter. The adverse macroeconomic factors have taken their toll on numerous other industry leaders who took similar action over the past several months. Some examples are Coinbase, CryptoCom, Huobi, Bybit, BitMEX, and others. This Winter is Different Than the Others In a recent letter, Louis Liu – Founder of...

Coinbase is a digital currency exchange that has suffered exponentially this year. The digital currency trading platform initially went public on the Nasdaq in April of 2021. Since then, it has seen its stock price crash roughly 80 percent in less than two years, and the fall can largely be attributed to the fact that bitcoin – and many other digital currencies – have been falling like crazy since reaching new all-time highs in November of last year. Coinbase Is...

New data suggest that the ecosystem is seeing record network activity. In the last two months, both layers – 1 and 2 – have collectively processed 152 million transactions. However, it is the layer two solutions such as Arbitrum, Optimism, and others that accounted for 58%. On the other hand, Ethereum mainnet transactions were observed to be hovering at their lowest point in over two years, which isn’t the case for layer two rollups. The latter is responsible for processing...

Decentralized finance protocol Defrost Finance has recovered funds from the hacker involved in the V1 flash loan exploit. In the latest blog post, Defrost said that it will soon start scanning the on-chain data to return the funds to their rightful owners. However, the platform said that it could take some time to distribute since different users had variable proportions of assets and debt, but assured that the process would be “concluded fairly swiftly.” “Please be aware...

El Salvador has lost so much for buying bitcoin that it’s now engaging in a new free-trade plan with China, something that’s causing many analysts to worry. They believe El Salvador’s sovereignty will eventually be up for sale, which could put the Central American nation into an even darker place. How Much Trouble Is El Salvador in? El Salvador has lost money due to its love for bitcoin. The country was the first in the world to declare bitcoin legal tender, doing so in...