The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has warned crypto users in the US of impersonation scams in which scammers mimic employees from crypto exchanges. By pretending to be official personnel representing the exchanges, they gain access to user accounts by creating fake urgency among users to act immediately to protect their funds. Thus, their funds get stolen. In an X post, the FBI mentioned, “The FBI is warning of scammers impersonating cryptocurrency exchange employees to steal your...
Read More »Trading Volume on Crypto.com Overtakes Coinbase
Crypto.com’s trading volume surpassed that boasted by Coinbase on August 1, rising to $3.6 billion compared to the latter’s $2.12 billion. Data on crypto market intelligence firm Messari reflected the same. The 23% increase boasted by Crypto.com comes from the robust institutional adoption crypto has been witnessing, with the exchange becoming a go-to for numerous institutional players. The launch of spot ETH ETFs in the US is also a massive factor in dominance displayed by Crypto.com...
Read More »Bitcoin Falls Below $61,000, Taking Altcoin Prices Down With It
The largest cryptocurrency, bitcoin, dropped to price levels below $61,000 from highs of over $65,000 within 24 hours. The asset also nearly peaked past $70,000 earlier in the week. This drop comes despite a US jobs report showing that only 144,000 jobs were added in the past month, a factor that should have caused the asset’s price to rise. News like that often pushes risk assets like stocks and crypto into the green territory. Massive tech stocks also observed losses on Friday, regardless...
Read More »A $212,000 Hack Stemmed from Convergence Protocol Removing a Single Line of Code
The DeFi protocol Convergence was hit with a hack on August 1, stemming from its team removing a single line of code to optimize gas fees for users. A hacker noticed the deletion of the code and took advantage to mint and drain $210,000 worth of tokens and $2000 worth of staking rewards. Blockchain security and analytics firm PeckShield took to X to report the occurrence, “It seems @Convergence_fiwas just exploited (w/ ~$210k loss) to mint 58m $CVG (58,718,395.05681812), which are swapped to...
Read More »Marathon Digital’s Stock Price Drops as Its Profits Fail to Meet Wall Street Estimates
Marathon Digital (MARA) observed declining stock price as it did not meet Wall Street’s profit expectations. The price fell as much as 8% on Thursday with the announcement of its second-quarter revenues. It reported $145.1 million, falling short of the $157.9 million estimate. Marathon faced numerous obstacles, including operational ones that hampered its ability to mine at its usual capacity and the reduced mining rewards caused by April’s halving event. In a statement, Marathon CEO Fred...
Read More »Casper Network Resumes Functioning After Last Week’s Attack
The Casper network has resumed operations after being halted for a few days due to an attack on 26 July. The attacker conducted illicit transactions worth $6.7 million before the core team behind the blockchain noticed suspicious activity. Since then, it has identified the vulnerability, offered a fix, which its validators have manually updated, and scanned the entire chain for illicit transactions from its genesis block. “We are happy to report that Casper has resumed consensus, and network...
Read More »Angry Investor to Sue Mt. Gox for Refusing to Honor Bitcoin Claims
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Read More »Hamster Kombat Game Achievements: What These Updates Could Mean
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Read More »Bitcoin, XRP, Ethereum in Selloff Mode as Crisis Hits Japan Stock Market
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Read More »Toncoin (TON) Price Signals Further Midterm Weakness amid Its Growing Web3 Ecosystem
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