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Sri Lanka Dismisses Tim Draper’s Idea to Combat Corruption With Bitcoin

Nandalal Weerasinghe – Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka – rejected Tim Draper’s idea to eliminate corruption in the country by embracing bitcoin. The banker argued that adopting the primary cryptocurrency could worsen the economic situation of the nation. Dismissing the Bitcoin Concept The American venture capital investor recently visited Sri Lanka to shoot an episode of his TV show “Meet the Drapers.” He also held discussions with the President of the country –...

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Crypto Exchange Bitfinex Transfers $8.5M to Alameda Consolidation Address

Blockchain security firm PeckShield has disclosed a series of transfers from three addresses, including one from crypto exchange Bitfinex to Alameda Research’s consolidation wallet. According to Etherscan, the address labeled “Alameda Consolidation” received $13 million worth of crypto assets from three different wallets. The first belongs to the leading crypto exchange Bitfinex. It transferred approximately 6 million USDT and 1,545 ether (ETH), amounting to roughly $8.5...

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Core Scientific Hands Over 27K Mining Rigs to NYDIG to Pay off a Debt

The once-prominent bitcoin miner Core Scientific inked an agreement with the New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG) to hand over 27,403 of its mining machines and thus pay off an outstanding debt of $38.6 million. The company filed for bankruptcy protection a few days before Christmas 2022. Looking for a Way Out According to a filing with the bankruptcy court for the southern district of Texas, Core Scientific agreed to transfer over 27,000 of its mining rigs (around 18%...

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Orion Protocol Hacked for $3 Million Through Reentrancy Attack

Orion Protocol – a liquidity aggregator for both CeFi and DeFi exchanges – saw its core contract hacked on Thursday across both its Ethereum and Binance Smart Chains (BSC) deployments.  The hacker netted over 1700 ETH, cumulatively worth over $3 million at writing time.  Another Reentrancy Hack As explained by the blockchain security company PeckShield on Twitter, Thursday’s hack was made possible “due to incomplete reentrancy protection.” A reentrancy bug refers to when an...

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Craig Wright’s Case Against Bitcoin Developers Headed to Full Trial

Tulip Trading – a Seychelles-based company founded by Craig Wright – has successfully brought its case against multiple Bitcoin developers to trial in the United Kingdom.  Wright’s firm alleges that these developers owe “fiduciary duties,” or “duties of care” to police and control the Bitcoin network.  The Duties of Bitcoin Developers The ruling, handed down on February 3, marks a successful appeal from Tulip to the U.K. Court of Appeals to overturn a decision previously...

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Logan Paul Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Alleged CryptoZoo NFT Rug Pull

American media personality, professional wrestler, and actor Logan Paul is one of the defendants in a class action lawsuit filed against failed non-fungible token (NFT) project CryptoZoo. The class action, filed by police officer Don Holland on behalf of 20,000 other victims, alleges that Paul and other defendants executed a rug pull after manipulating the price of CryptoZoo’s native token (ZOO). Logan Paul Sued for Defrauding CryptoZoo Investors According to the document,...

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Middlesex County Citizen Falls Victim to Crypto Fraud

A resident of Middlesex County in the United Kingdom has fallen victim to crypto fraud and lost more than $100K at the time of writing. Fraud Continues to Be a Big Problem Police authorities suggest the fraud occurred after the victim formed a relationship with an unknown person online. While this wasn’t necessarily a romance scam, it very much operated in the same manner. The defrauded person began engaging in regular conversations with the other party and at first,...

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Optimism (OP) Skyrockets to New ATH, Gains Over 40% Weekly

Optimism continues to perform. The cryptocurrency just painted a fresh all-time high which, at this point, happens almost daily. This brings its total gains for the week to around 43%. Optimism continues to be one of the best performers within the cryptocurrency market, and its native token – OP – managed to increase by 43% in the past seven days. Its monthly gains are even more impressive, clocking in at around 230% for the past 30 days. At the time of this writing, OP...

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Bitcoin Taps 5-Month Highs, Fed Hikes Rates as Expected, Optimism (OP) Leads DeFi Rally: This Week’s Recap

The past seven days saw the total cryptocurrency market capitalization increase by around $35 billion, and the industry continues to recover from the multitude of bankruptcies in 2022. Some argue that the pace of the recovery is slowing down and that this might be the cause for another bearish reversal. Others are making a bullish case because they expect the US Federal Reserve to pivot in its monetary policy and to slow down in increasing interest rates. This is supported by...

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