Blockchain investigator ZachXBT reported that the Solana (SOL) trading platform Aqua allegedly performed a rug pull, draining 21.77k SOL value $4.65 million after securing endorsements from major ecosystem companions and not too long ago passing safety audits. Aqua positioned itself as a trading infrastructure designed to democratize entry past “insiders or whales,” claiming to have…
South Korea’s largest crypto exchange, Upbit, unveiled a cryptic countdown this week for a brand new blockchain venture known as “Giwa,” fueling hypothesis about its goal and potential function within the nation’s fast-growing digital asset sector. The teaser web site, which carries the tagline “trusted construction, not simply form,” supplied no technical particulars however directed…
A big provide chain assault has raised alarms inside the cryptocurrency group, particularly after the Node Package Manager (NPM) account of developer Qix was compromised. Charles Guilletment, the Chief Technology Officer of Ledger, a {hardware} pockets supplier, issued a stark warning to crypto traders in a latest submit on social media platform X (previously Twitter). …
A brand new cyberattack is silently concentrating on crypto from users throughout transactions amid an incident that safety researchers describe as the most important supply chain attack in history. BleepingComputer reported that hackers compromised NPM bundle maintainer accounts through phishing emails and injected malware that steals crypto. The attack focused JavaScript builders with fraudulent emails…
Bitcoin’s provide–demand stability narrowed additional last week as corporate treasuries captured a dominant share of new issuance. Last week, two publicly traded corporations, Strategy and Tokyo-listed Metaplanet, bought greater than $230 million price of BTC. According to their separate bulletins, their mixed acquisitions, totaling 2,091 BTC, represented about two-thirds, or 66%, of all cash produced…
BitMine has crossed a brand new milestone, constructing its Ethereum reserves to greater than 2 million ETH and solidifying its position because the largest corporate holder of the asset. The firm announced on Sept. 8 that its steadiness sheet now exceeds $9.21 billion, break up between holdings of 2,069,443 ETH, 192 Bitcoin, and $266 million in…
U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs have posted about $1 billion in internet outflows, days after taking in roughly $1.4 billion throughout the prior week. The swing facilities on main market creations and redemptions which have grow to be the primary conduit for institutional ETH publicity within the U.S. Per SoSoValue’s U.S. ETH ETF dashboard, cumulative internet…
Grayscale Investments has filed recent paperwork with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), looking for to convert its Chainlink Trust into an exchange-traded fund ETF). The filing, submitted Sept. 5, would permit the $28.7 million automobile to commerce on NYSE Arca below the ticker GLNK as soon as permitted. The firm mentioned the shift…
El Salvador has added 21 Bitcoin to its nationwide holdings in a symbolic transfer to have fun the fourth anniversary of adopting Bitcoin as authorized tender. President Nayib Bukele disclosed the purchase in a Sept. 7 submit on X, noting that the acquisition coincided with “Bitcoin Day,” when the nation formally authorized the crypto in…
Christian Catalini, co-creator of Meta’s now-defunct Libra venture, took to X to explain how Stripe’s Tempo blockchain fails one of many primary tenets of the crypto motion: decentralization. In truth, Catalini believes that if Stripe’s Tempo succeeds commercially, it will imply that early crypto idealists must embrace a future the place the unique ethos of…