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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...

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...

On Dec. 27, licensed trademark attorney Mike Kondoudis revealed the latest crypto trademark applications from Fidelity Investments. There were three applications filed broadly covering Metaverse technologies and services, NFTs and marketplaces, virtual land, and cryptocurrency trading. The first relates to digital media and NFTs, and the second is the provision for an online marketplace for the sale of NFTs. #Fidelity has plans for the metaverse! The company has filed 3...

2022 will go down in history as one of the most atrocious and shocking for the cryptocurrency industry, which saw several major implosions, countless bankruptcies, fallouts, and everything in between. Apart from the obvious – the massive price declines of cryptocurrency assets, Forbes estimated that several industry participants have lost their billionaire status, while others’ fortunes were wiped out to $0. From Terra to FTX – Crypto Debacles The macroeconomic factors have...

Cybercrime intelligence firm Hudson Rock has disclosed that a threat actor is trying to sell the users’ data of 400 million Twitter customers containing private information about celebrities, politicians, and companies. Some of the big names include former U.S. President Donald Trump, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin, Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary, billionaire investor Mark Cuban, and lots more. Threat Actor Tries to Sell Private Twitter Data  According to Hudson Rock, the...

Glassnode data shows a decrease in the 7-Day MA of bitcoin leaving centralized exchanges with only 986.237 BTC getting withdrawn in the past week or so. The declining outflow could signal that investors have restored some faith in CEXs after the gigantic collapse of FTX. Billions of dollars worth of various digital assets were withdrawn from such exchanges amid FTX’s crash. Decline in Crypto Withdrawals Apart from crashing the entire cryptocurrency market and causing colossal...

Cybercrimes are increasing both in numbers and sophistication. The latest to find itself on the receiving end was the Bitcoin mining pool, BTC.com, which announced suffering a cyber attack on December 3rd. The perpetrators siphoned certain digital assets worth $700,000 owned by BTC.com’s clients and nearly $2.3 million in asset value owned by its parent firm, BIT Mining Limited. According to the official press release, the incident was reported to the Shenzhen law enforcement...

DeGods and y00ts – have announced their departure from Solana and revealed that they would be migrating to Ethereum and Polygon. The two top NFT projects on Solana anticipate moving to new chains in the first quarter of 2023, according to their respective updates on Twitter. The duo stated, “The details of the bridge will be released when it’s ready & tested. This has never been done before at this scale. We want to make sure that it’s airtight.” Despite a rocky launch in...

DeFi criminals have been observed to cash in on the ‘spirit of giving.’ Decentralized finance protocol Defrost Finance became the latest victim of a flash loan attack on December 23rd that drained funds in the V2. The attacker used the owner key for the second time to exploit V1. According to the Twitter thread by Defrost Finance, the team is currently willing to negotiate with the individuals behind the attack and discuss sharing 20% of the funds in exchange for the bulk of...

The American billionaire and prominent TV personality – Mark Cuban – said he wants bitcoin’s price to go down “a lot further” so he could purchase more of it.  He also criticized investments in gold, arguing it is not a “hedge against everything.” Waiting for a Buying Opportunity The billionaire remains a fan of bitcoin, despite the asset’s massive price decline and the uncertainty around the entire crypto industry. In a recent podcast, he vowed to increase his BTC exposure...