Two more lawsuits for Coinbase: Law decoded, Aug. 1–8
Both plaintiffs claim that Coinbase made fraudulent and deceptive representations regarding the company’s business. The Coinbase drama, which started at...
Day: 8 August 2022
Trend Micro calls out vulnerabilities in metaverse security development
"Illegal or criminal activities are likely to flourish in the darkverse since it will be difficult to track and monitor,"...
Australia-based crypto miner doubles hash rate after energizing Canadian rigs
Daniel Roberts, Iris Energy co-founder, said the firm had energized the facility on time “despite the current market backdrop and...
Circle freezes blacklisted Tornado Cash smart contract addresses
Stablecoin issuers can blacklist interactions with the Tornado Cash dApp on the Ethereum smart contract level. According to crypto data...
Tornado Cash co-founder reports being kicked off GitHub as industry reacts to sanctions
OFAC issued a statement implying prohibited transactions with Specially Designated Nationals could include "downloading a software patch from a sanctioned...
Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Downplays Ethereum PoW Fork, Hopes It ‘Doesn’t Lead to People Losing Money’
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently discussed what he thinks about the recent Ethereum proof-of-work (PoW) fork topic that’s been finding...
US Government Bans Ethereum Mixer Tornado Cash, Platform Added to OFAC’s SDN List
On Monday, the U.S. Treasury Department’s watchdog the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) banned the ethereum mixing application Tornado...
Native Payment Infrastructure, Airswift, Raises $2M in Pre-Seed Funding Led by CE Innovation Capital
PRESS RELEASE. Vancouver, August 8, 2022 – Airswift, a fintech startup pioneering Web 3.0 native payment solutions, announced that it...
Crypto Lender Hodlnaut Pauses Withdrawals — Company Cites Market Conditions, Despite Recent Crypto Rally
On August 8, the crypto exchange and lending platform Hodlnaut announced that the company has paused withdrawals, token swaps, and...
Dave Portnoy’s SafeMoon position is down 94%, claims he’s being sued by project
The Barstool Sports founder panic-sold Bitcoin in 2020 and has expressed fleeting interest in digital assets ever since.
White hat hackers have returned $32.6M worth of tokens to Nomad bridge
The cross-chain bridge was drained of its assets in less than three hours. Mere hours after the Nomad token bridge...
Vitalik Buterin proposes stealth addresses for anonymous NFT ownership
“You would be able to eg. send an NFT to vitalik.eth without anyone except me (the new owner) being able...
Bitcoin likely to transition to a risk-off asset in H2 2022, says Bloomberg analyst
As the global economy moves into a recession in the second half of 2002, Bitcoin will likely rally alongside gold...
Nigeria becomes the most crypto-obsessed nation after April crash: Report
The Google trends data for the popular search terms in 15 countries showed that “Ethereum” searches outscored “Bitcoin” in 14...
Price analysis 8/8: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, SOL, DOGE, DOT, MATIC, AVAX
Bitcoin price aims to break from its current range and flip $24,000 to support, while altcoins are following the upside...
