An attacker used a “social engineering attack” to compromise the protocol’s deployer private key, which was then used to mint tokens and burn them drain funds.
The newest addition to 0x’s selection of trading APIs allows builders to use "gasless" swaps in their decentralized applications on Ethereum.
Bitcoin developers can potentially remove Bitcoin’s 21-million supply limit, but miners are unlikely to accept such a change.
The exchange received regulatory approval to offer crypto trading to Hong Kong retail investors last August.
BTC's price has fallen since bitcoin ETFs were approved. In theory, now that FTX is done selling its substantial holdings, the selling pressure could ease since a bankruptcy estate liquidating holdings is a relatively unique event.
Measures taken by the People's Bank of China to cushion yuan against the stock market slide could weigh over bitcoin's price.
The U.S. and other governments are adding a number of Hamas-affiliated financiers to a global financial blacklist, the Treasury Department's sanctions watchdog announced Monday.
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A research report from Crypto.com estimates the number of worldwide cryptocurrency users surged to 580 million people in 2023.
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Crypto asset losses from the network went from $1.1 billion in 2022 to around $161 million in 2023.
Proof of stake is a consensus protocol that locks up crypto to secure the network. It's less energy-intensive than Bitcoin's proof of work mechanism.
The price of Bitcoin has continued to slide following the approval of multiple spot Bitcoin ETFs earlier in the month.
Bitcoin hodlers have been busy derisking — even before the ETF launch — and BTC price is in dire need of a liquidity boost.
The firm said that the bankruptcy filing would enable it "to execute on its business plan while navigating ongoing legal proceedings."
CoinDesk 20, a liquid index of the highest traded tokens, slumped 2.86% in the past 24 hours.
Investment bank B. Riley is under an undisclosed investigation from U.S. authorities for its deals with Brian Kahn, an alleged co-conspirator in a U.S. Department of Justice criminal case.
Senator Elizabeth Warren used the GAO report to paint crypto in a bad light, while the report’s content offers a contrasting view.
Observers said BITO will remain an integral part of the market as a hedging instrument for authorized participants associated with the recently launched spot ETFs.
Ethereum layer 2 rollups stand to benefit significantly from the systematic Dencun upgrade, which hit the Goerli testnet in January 2024.
The dog-themed tokens have a tendency to move on any payments-related development at X (formerly Twitter).
Traders have again raised hopes over Dogecoin after a newly created payments-focused account for the platform quickly gained traction.
Even some of the industry’s “rug pull detectors” didn’t pick up on the sophisticated rug pull schemes, according to the blockchain security firm.
Terraform Labs recently lost a case when a U.S. judge ruled that LUNA and MIR are securities, and is currently facing a class action lawsuit in Singapore.
Within a week, the crypto industry lost two pro-crypto presidential hopefuls, though there’s some hope Donald Trump could be a secret wildcard for crypto.
Not all leading candidates have been vocal about crypto – but scattered remarks offer clues about where the industry might be headed under their leadership.
The firm claims to have between $100 million and $500 million in both estimated assets and liabilities.
Online pastor Eli Regalado says he sold over $3 million tokens to his community because “the Lord” told him to give his followers a 10X.
Several Ethereum users took the recent “critical” bug incident as a clear example of the need for client diversity, which is currently skewed toward Geth.
Ron DeSantis ended his presidential campaign on Jan. 21, saying he had no path to victory and pledging his support to former U.S. President Donald Trump.