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With the SBI investment, Zodia Custody will increase its Japan presence amid increased demand for digital assets from institutional investors in the country. Zodia Custody, an institutional-grade crypto asset custodial platform backed by Standard Chartered in association with Northern Trust, has announced that it raised approximately $36 million led by Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Holdings. The London-headquartered crypto startup announced that the funding round also saw...
Read More »Kokomo Finance Exit Scam Sees Developers Make Away with $4M Worth of Tokens
The Kokomo Finance protocol has been found to be an elaborate exit scam after developers used wrapped Bitcoin to steal user funds worth $4M. According to reports, developers behind crypto lender Kokomo used Wrapped Bitcoin (wBTC) to perpetuate a $4 million exit scam. A CoinDesk report alleges developers pulled off the scam over the weekend after manipulating tokens to steal millions in user funds. The report further stated that these developers attacked the smart contract of wrapped...
Read More »Ethereum and DeFi Have Really Pushed Bitcoin Ahead
Bitcoin is doing rather well as of late, but among all the reasons why, one of them has really got advocates scratching their heads. It looks like the world’s number one cryptocurrency by market cap is getting a lot of support from its biggest competitor: Ethereum.Ethereum Has Really Moved BTC ForwardAs the second-largest cryptocurrency in the world, Ethereum was introduced in 2015, roughly six years after bitcoin was first brought to the trading table. The currency is widely recognized for...
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