SafeMoon hacker’s use of centralized exchanges could help law enforcement — Match Systems
The decentralized finance project SafeMoon, which was exploited in March, resulting in a net loss of $8.9 million in BNB (BNB), has...
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HSBC and Ant Group test tokenized deposits under HKMA sandbox
Banking giant the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) has tested the use of tokenized deposits — from issuance...
ZkDay conference and Pitch competition comes to Istanbul on Nov. 13
Zero knowledge-proof (ZK-proof) scalability solutions have grown in prominence in the crypto ecosystem in recent years, making way for several...
What are open-source protocols, and how do they work?
Understanding open-source protocols Open-source protocols have become a mainstay in the tech world and are gaining traction due to the...
Audits and rug-pulled projects, a $650B token burn, and major DeFi protocol quits UK: Finance Redefined
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Web3 startups kick off Cointelegraph Accelerator second cohort
Cointelegraph Accelerator, a startup booster that leverages Cointelegraph’s capabilities as a media and strategic partner, announced its second cohort launching...
Gary Gensler teases details of SEC’s $5B take from enforcement actions, shades crypto
United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler’s speech at the 2023 Securities Enforcement Forum shed light on the...
Bitfinex Securities announces tokenized bond
Bitfinex Securities, a platform focused on listing real-world tokenized securities, has announced its first tokenized bond that will be listed in...
Bitcoin price surge drives BTC-related stocks to new multiweek highs
Monday’s Bitcoin (BTC) price surge has catapulted Bitcoin-related stocks to new heights, with the likes of Coinbase and MicroStrategy posting...
Tracking stolen crypto — How blockchain analysis helps recover funds
Amid the rapid evolution of decentralized finance (DeFi) and the broader Web3 landscape, security is of paramount importance. New threats...
Games need decentralized randomness to be fair
Quantum mechanics tells us that what looks like a highly predictable and orderly universe is built on a world of...
Web3 game project allegedly hired actors to pose as executives in $1.6M exit scam
On Oct. 10, the development team for gaming project FinSoul carried out an alleged exit scam, siphoning away $1.6 million...
What did Satoshi Nakamoto think about ZK-proofs? – Cointelegraph Magazine
From privacy coins to shiny iris-scanning orbs, zero-knowledge proofs have become synonymous with crypto, scalability and privacy. In 2022, investors...
Blockchain innovation or dangerous house of cards? – Cointelegraph Magazine
Ethereum restaking — proposed by middleware protocol EigenLayer — is a controversial innovation over the past year that has some...
Banks’ crypto exposure must be disclosed — BIS’ Basel Committee
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) released a consultation paper on Oct. 17,...
Tether freezes $873K USDT linked to terrorist activity in Ukraine, Israel
Stablecoin issuer Tether has moved to freeze 32 addresses linked to terrorist activity in Israel and Ukraine in collaboration with...
FTX estate stakes 5.5M Solana coins
The FTX estate seems bullish on Solana (SOL), as it staked over 5.5 million SOL on Oct. 13. According to...
European regulators assess DeFi risks, Uniswap launches Android wallet: Finance Redefined
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What is blockchain network congestion?
Blockchain network congestion, explained Blockchain network congestion refers to a situation where the number of transactions exceeds the network’s capacity,...
Mastercard announces successful wrapped CBDC trial results
Mastercard has completed a trial involving wrapping central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) on different blockchains, similar to wrapped Bitcoin (wBTC)...
Zero-knowledge proofs show potential from voting to finance – Cointelegraph Magazine
In a world increasingly anxious about privacy and exploitation of one’s personal data by governments, corporations, social media platforms and...
Binance freezes Hamas-linked accounts after Israeli request
Crypto exchange Binance has frozen accounts linked to Hamas militants as per requests from Israeli law enforcement.According to an October...
