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As the holiday season arrives, exploiters seem to be unusually active, and this time, Thunder Terminal fell victim to their efforts, losing $240,000. While the team behind the on-chain trading platform said no private keys or wallets were compromised, the hacker disputes this assertion, insisting on an additional ransom for user data. Holiday Havoc In the incident report, Thunder emphasized that the breach resulted in losses of 86.5 Ether and 439 Solana, equivalent to...

TL;DR Shiba Inu’s layer-2 blockchain solution, Shibarium, achieves a significant milestone in terms of transaction volume. Despite this significant achievement, SHIB’s price has remained stable without major changes in the last 24 hours. SHIB has the potential to surge in the near future considering the execution of its burning program and other developments. Shibarium’s Latest Achievement The popular memecoin – Shiba Inu (SHIB) – keeps dragging attention toward itself. The...

The rise and triumph of the Ordinals in 2023 have provoked the ire of Bitcoin maximalists. The surge in transaction fees, in particular, has heightened tensions between the two factions of the Bitcoin community. In an unexpected turn of events, a contributor to Taproot Wizards, a collection featuring inscriptions by Bitcoin Ordinals, claims to have devised a method for Bitcoin enthusiasts to disapprove of Ordinals inscriptions. Script to Reject Ordnals on Bitcoin According to...

Shiba Inu is soaring up the 7-day, 14-day, and 30-day charts. Here are three signs that the SHIB price rally for the popular Ethereum ERC-20 meme coin continues. But real quick first, here is the most recent update on SHIB price: Shiba Inu Support Building аt $0.00001075 The Shiba Inu token has bounced along a sideways channel with support at the $0.00001075 level since Friday, Dec. 22. During that time, SHIB charted highs with resistance around the $0.00001100 level....

New findings from crypto analytics firm Santiment provide interesting insights into the development activities of leading crypto assets. The data focuses on the top 10 crypto assets with significant GitHub commits in the last 30 days, with notable progress seen in Cardano, Polkadot, and Kusama. While Cardano reclaimed the top position, Avalanche has secured the fourth spot, indicating substantial development activity in December. Optimism, a notable Ethereum Layer 2 scaling...

The timing for the launch of the ShimmerEVM Bridge is a perfect one, considering the broader expansion underway in the IOTA ecosystem. The ShimmerEVM protocol from IOTA is advancing an impressive cross-chain interoperability protocol with the integration of LayerZero’s technology to enhance its bridging capabilities. As reported by Coindesk based on the scoop from the network’s developers, the Shimmer Bridge through which associated protocols can connect to other non-IOTA-based chains...

While the average performance of crypto funds did not match the more than 150% rally in Bitcoin this year, the positive shift in fortunes is a promising development for the industry. After facing a strong crypto winter in 2022 following the collapse of Three Arrows Capital (3AC), crypto hedge funds are making a comeback. Crypto hedge funds demonstrated a notable recovery, posting an average return of 44% by December 20, bouncing back from a 52% loss in 2022, according to a Bloomberg index...

By compelling influential political leaders and bureaucrats to share their virtual currency investments, South Korea hopes to heighten transparency surrounding public-sector finances. South Korea is set to begin disclosing the cryptocurrency holdings of top public officials beginning in 2024, marking a monumental push toward transparency and accountability in government services. According to an announcement from the Ministry of Personnel Management, approximately 5,800 elected officials...

The amended ETF application came after a series of meetings between Grayscale and the SEC in December. Leading asset manager Grayscale Investments has filed an amended S-3 application seeking to convert its Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) to a spot Bitcoin ETF. Bloomberg analyst James Seyffart confirmed the reapplication with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday, just a few hours after the CEO of the firm’s parent company, Barry Silbert, resigned. Grayscale Finally...

The “smart money index”, which measures the net bullish bets by institutional players through Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Bitcoin futures, has reached an all-time high of over 13,700 in recent days. Large investors have taken large long positions in the Bitcoin (BTC) futures market, indicating that institutional capital is flooding into the coin in anticipation of the SEC potentially approving a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). Meanwhile, Bitcoin is trading today at around...