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Friend Tech aggregator creators have lost access to all chatrooms on FriendTech’s platform. The FriendBook creator, Yield Bouncer, expressed disappointment in a recent tweet, revealing a disagreement with the team at Friend Tech regarding the vision for the former’s development. To safeguard his interests and regain access to his account, @saliencexbt (Sal), a FriendBook partner, opted to sever ties with the FriendBook project. The move, however, is not harbored with...

The AI industry has generated a ton of hype this year, but crypto assets linked to the technology have been experiencing a slowdown. This comes amidst the persistent bear market. AI tokens are trading flat in tandem with the overall sluggish market movement but there are certain factors that may turn the tide. In fact, a new report by Bitget, shared with CryptoPotato, suggests that a resurgence could be in the offing. However, the tokens may see an increase in value when...

Retool, a prominent software development company, has recently revealed that 27 of its cloud customers fell prey to a targeted SMS-based phishing attack. The breach has raised concerns about the security of cloud synchronization features, particularly Google Authenticator’s cloud sync. Retool Falls Prey to Targeted SMS Phishing Attack The Aug. 27 attack began with a deceptive SMS phishing campaign directed at Retool’s employees. The malicious individuals pretended to be IT...

In a surprising turn of events, Ethereum developers faced an unexpected setback as they attempted to launch their new test network, Holesky, on Friday. This hiccup affected what was supposed to be a celebratory technological milestone, marking the first anniversary of the groundbreaking “Merge” upgrade of Ethereum. Holesky Testnet Faces Genesis File Mishap On Sept. 15, Ethereum developers faced an unexpected hurdle as they attempted to initiate the Holesky test network. While...

A weekly market report by America’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, has outlined several reasons why the forthcoming mass token liquidation by its bankrupt rival FTX is unlikely to cause market shocks in the ecosystem. The research report, written by Coinbase head of institutional research David Duong, disclosed that analysts at the exchange found some factors that should mitigate the risks of market shocks when the assets are eventually sold. FTX’s Forthcoming...

In a recent turn of events, Ant Group, a Chinese financial technology giant, reportedly decided to divest its $100 million investment in A&T Capital, signaling a retreat from the volatile crypto sector. These reports come a few months after the resignation of A&T founding partner Yu Jun, who was later investigated for his workplace misconduct while serving as an executive at A&T Capital. Ant Group to Retreat From A&T Capital A&T Capital was founded in 2021...

Ethereum’s layer-2 solutions are outperforming the blockchain they were designed to bolster. Both Base and zkSync Era have shown remarkable performance so far despite the incessant bear market. For the first time in history, Base and zkSync Era surpassed Ethereum’s Transactions Per Second (TPS) rate of 10.18 on September 17th. According to data compiled by L2Beat, the Coinbase-incubated layer-2 network achieved a TPS of 12.93, marking an impressive 49.76% increase within just...

Cryptocurrency exchange CoinEx, which recently suffered a breach, has called on the hacker to negotiate with the company while also promising a generous bounty reward if they decided to return the stolen assets. The notorious North Korean-sponsored Lazarus Group was identified as the hackers behind the attack on CoinEx. Let’s Dialogue, Says CoinEx to its Hackers In an open letter on Sept. 15, CoinEx stated that the hack incident served as a lesson for the company and made the...

Karl Sebastian Greenwood, co-founder of OneCoin and wingman for Ruja Ignatova, also known as “Cryptoqueen,” was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for his involvement in one of the biggest crypto scam projects. Ignatova, who was included in the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, is rumored to have been murdered in 2018. 20 Years in Prison for Cryptoqueen’s Wingman According to Bloomberg, Swedish citizen Karl Sebastian Greenwood was...

Stablecoin issuer Paxos, in one of the latest developments, released the first transparency but unaudited report for the recently born Paypal USD, or PYUSD stablecoin, affirming the stability and reliability of the assets. This latest report also highlighted that, as the curtains fell in August, the lion’s share – over 90% – of PYUSD was held in Paxos wallet, with another approximately 7% scattered across various exchanges such as Kraken, Gate.io, and Crypto.com.  Paxos’...