Tag: Cryptocurrency
Crypto-casino Due to an Ethereum and Solana hot wallet exploit, Metawin loses $4 million
By taking use of the protocol’s frictionless withdrawal mechanism, an exploiter was able to take a sizable quantity of tokens from the Ethereum and Solana hot wallets of cryptocurrency casino…
Circle will collaborate with Hong Kong telecom provider HKT to create a blockchain-based customer loyalty program
HKT, a significant telecoms service provider in Hong Kong, and Circle have inked a Memorandum of Understanding to discuss possible blockchain-based partnerships for creating a customer loyalty program for local…
By marketing a fraudulent cryptocurrency, hacker gains $600K by taking advantage of the founder of Truth Terminal’s X account
Andy Ayrey, the founder of Truth Terminal, had his X social media account compromised. With the deployer account obtaining 12.5% of the token supply, the hacker published a contract address…
The expected “community staking module” will be activated by Lido DAO, expanding access to Ethereum solo staking
Lido Finance, a prominent provider of liquid staking, has introduced its community staking module in an effort to increase staking’s accessibility. After been approved by the Lido DAO community, this…
This week, the US government recovered more than $19 million after an alleged hack: Arkham
Out of the $20 million alleged attack earlier this week, $19.3 million was recovered from a wallet associated with the US government. Within 24 hours of the security breach, the…
The web3 health accountability app’s $3.4 million seed round is led by a hack VC. Moonwalk Exercise Center
Moonwalk exercise, a web-based exercise accountability software, secured $3.4 million in new early funding. Moonwalk said Thursday that Hack VC led the investment, with help from CMS, Flowdesk, Binance Labs,…
Ankr has announced a TON blockchain integration that will assist developers in creating Telegram apps
The Open Network, or TON blockchain, has been connected with Web3 infrastructure provider Ankr. The integration would give developers access to the TON blockchain, enabling them to create dApps that…
Permissionless bridging from Uniswap launches on nine networksPermissionless bridging from Uniswap launches on nine networks
The well-known decentralized exchange’s primary developer, Uniswap Labs, declared that permissionless bridging via the Uniswap wallet and interface is now operational on nine networks. It has been difficult to move…
ZkLink delays the token vesting timetable in anticipation of upcoming product launches
zkLink Core DAO has made the strategic decision to postpone its token vesting timeline, which was initially scheduled to start on October 22, by six months in order to strengthen…
Magic Eden targets Monad and adds support for ApeChain and BeraChain
BeraChain and ApeChain are now the eighth and ninth supported blockchains, respectively, on Magic Eden, an NFT platform based in Solana. By making this change, Magic Eden is getting closer…
Following a six-day inflow streak, US spot bitcoin ETFs reach their highest recorded total asset value
Since the funds’ January inception, the twelve US-based spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds have amassed the largest overall net asset value, setting a new record. According to SoSoValue data, the funds…
Raising $12.5 million Series A at a token valuation of $100 million, zkPass
In a Series A fundraising round, zkPass, a privacy-preserving technology for data verification, has raised $12.5 million. Dao5, Animoca Brands, Flow Traders, Amber Group, IOBC Capital, Signum Capital, MH Ventures,…
Yellow Card, an African stablecoin exchange, has raised $33 million in Series C led by Blockchain Capital
Blockchain Capital, a cryptocurrency venture, has spearheaded a $33 million Series C fundraising round for Yellow Card, an African stablecoin exchange. According to a release, Nigeria-based Yellow Card, a Coinbase…
Launching a mainnet, Ostium Labs is a startup creating onchain perpetuals marketplaces for conventional assets
On Thursday, the public mainnet of Ostium Labs, a new blockchain-based perpetuals trading platform, was launched. Ostium is focusing on traditional market currencies and global macro markets, in contrast to…
Network State initiative Praxis gets $525 million to create a city that welcomes cryptocurrency
The ambitious project Praxis, which describes itself as the first Network State in history, revealed on Tuesday that it had raised $525 million to fund the construction of a tech-forward…
Securitize and Zero Hash enable BlackRock’s BUIDL fund to convert USDC to USD
In a statement released on Tuesday, it was announced that eligible investors could now become subscribers to BlackRock’s USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund by exchanging USDC stablecoins for US dollars…
Canary Capital submits an SEC application for a spot XRP exchange-traded fund
Canary Capital, a cryptocurrency investment firm, became the second company to compete for a spot exchange-traded fund this month when it submitted a registration statement to the U.S. Securities and…
The battle royale game “Off the Grid,” about Bitcoin, launches on PlayStation and the Epic Game Store
While clicker games like Notcoin and Hamster Kombat, which are easily accessed through Telegram, have attracted millions of new players, blockchain gaming still has a long way to go. But…
Semantic Layer’s $3 million seed round is led by Figment Capital
Semantic Layer, a creator of decentralized application (dApp) infrastructure, raised $3 million in startup money, making up the total amount of cash the company has received thus far. Figment Capital…
$5 million funding round for Vana, a network for user-owned data, is led by Coinbase Ventures
Coinbase Ventures led the strategic round, according to a statement from the business. Additionally, Vana has secured money from the well-known cryptocurrency venture capital firm Paradigm, which resulted to a…