UK cannabis millionaire’s legal ‘deals on wheels’ via crypto
UK medical marijuana tycoon Maximillian White has embraced crypto and blockchain to help shift product around the world.
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North Korea used Tornado Cash to siphon HTX’s $147.5M loot: UN
A UN report reveals North Korean hackers laundered $150 million in stolen crypto assets through Tornado Cash in March 2024.
El Salvador mines 474 Bitcoin using geothermal volcanic energy
El Salvador currently holds 5,750 BTC worth $354 million, accumulated over three years.
Solana-based Cypher developer confesses to gambling away $300K of user funds
The insider’s exploit went unnoticed for months, despite over 36 individual transactions.
$20M exploit cripples Sonne Finance, hacker in no mood for negotiation
Sonne Finance halted operations after a hack drained $20 million in cryptocurrencies, including WETH and USDC. Efforts to recover the...
Cypher core contributor admits to stealing $260K and gambling it away
The contributor, “hoak,” said their actions were due to a “crippling gambling addiction” and “psychological factors that went by unchecked.”
Alex bridge on BNB Smart Chain drained of $4.3M after suspicious upgrade — CertiK
The deployer account changed an Alex contract’s implementation address, and multiple tokens were subsequently drained from its bridge.
How AI could ruin gaming, The Voice, addictive Axies game: Web3 Gamer
AI could help small gaming firms, but it might also unleash a wave of crap. Plus we review addictive new...
More than one million new tokens have been launched since April
Nearly half of the one million new tokens launched since April 1 have been memecoins created on the Solana network.
Degens pumped GameStop memecoins because they’re ‘bored’ — Traders
Crypto investors have flocked to unofficial GameStop memecoins because they're jumping on any “sign of hope they can,” say traders.
Layer-3 network Degen Chain hasn’t produced a block in 53 hours
Degen Chain says it’s working to resolve an issue that has seen its network stop producing blocks for more than...
Israeli fintech Kima, Mastercard lab look to develop ‘DeFi credit card’
Kima is seeking to bridge traditional and Web3 finance and make the user experience more manageable.
Regulators are cracking down on financial privacy, but ZK-proofs can help
The convergence of ZK-proofs and decentralized identity systems could create more compliant privacy-preserving protocols, without sacrificing user privacy.
Deutsche Bank joins Singapore’s asset tokenization project
Deutsche Bank joined Singapore’s tokenization project soon after reiterating skepticism about transparency about the world’s largest stablecoin, Tether.
Vitalik Buterin proposes Ethereum gas model overhaul
Ethereum-based transactions currently have two gas fees: one for transaction execution and another for storing data.
