Audits and rug-pulled projects, a $650B token burn, and major DeFi protocol quits UK: Finance Redefined
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Blockchain News
Scammers create Blockworks clone site to drain crypto wallets
Phishing scammers have cloned the websites of crypto media outlet Blockworks and Ethereum blockchain scanner Etherscan to trick unsuspecting readers...
Neon Machine raises $20M Series A for blockchain-based Call of Duty competitor ‘Shrapnel’
Web3 gaming developer Neon Machine raised $20 million in Series A funding toward the development of its highly anticipated extraction...
Vodafone, Sumitomo team up with Chainlink to explore trade documents network
Vodafone Digital Asset Broker (DAB) has joined the Chainlink network as a node operator after completing a proof-of-concept with Japanese...
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...
Worldcoin to cease paying Orb operators in USDC as early as November
Worldcoin is set to begin paying its Orb Operators — those rewarded for scanning people's eyes — with its native Worldcoin...
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...
Why hackers may prefer Binance’s BNB Smart Chain
Despite the name “EtherHiding,” the new attack vector that hides malicious code in blockchain smart contracts doesn’t have much to...
Starknet and zkSync buck trend as crypto ecosystems shed devs by 28%
Ethereum layer-2 scaling solutions Starknet and zkSync are among the few platforms to have increased their total monthly active developer...
Reddit to wind down blockchain-based rewards service ‘Community Points’
Reddit has said it will soon shutter its long-running, blockchain-based rewards service “Community Points,” citing scalability concerns. In an official Oct....
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin sends $15M of USDC to Gemini
Blockchain sleuths have zeroed in on a recent transaction from a wallet associated with Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, where he...
Hackers create novel way to hide malicious code in blockchains
Cybercriminals have discovered a new way to spread malware to unsuspecting users, this time by manipulating BNB Smart Chain (BSC)...
FTX estate stakes 5.5M Solana coins
FTX estate seems to be bullish on Solana’s native token SOL (SOL), as it staked over 5.5 million in SOL...
European regulators assess DeFi risks, Uniswap launches Android wallet: Finance Redefined
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Trader swaps 131K stablecoins for $0 during USDR depeg
During the crisis on Oct. 11 involving real-estate-backed U.S. dollar stablecoin Real USD (USDR), a trader appears to have swapped...
First Abu Dhabi Bank completes cross-border payments testing on JPMorgan Onyx
JPMorgan’s Onyx Coin Systems has scored another win in the Middle East with the completion of a blockchain-based cross-border payments...
British MPs urge action on NFT copyright infringement, crypto fan tokens
A bipartisan parliamentary committee has urged the British government to protect creators from copyright infringement associated with nonfungible tokens (NFTs)...
Ordswap urges users to recover keys after losing control of website
Ordswap, a marketplace that allows users to inscribe, auction, and trade Bitcoin Ordinals, has devised a method for users to...
OpenSea ‘unaware’ of any involvement of former exec in $60M rug pull
Nonfungible token (NFT) platform OpenSea says it is unaware of any evidence pointing to a former employee being involved in...
Stars Arena secures funds to plug $3M exploit, set to reopen after security audit
Avalanche-based Web3 social media app Stars Arena announced that it has secured the funding to cover the $3 million hole...
September sets 2023 exploit record, and DAOs can democratize science: Finance Redefined
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Friend.tech copycat Stars Arena patches exploit after some funds drained
The Stars Arena Web3 social media app on Avalanche has lost some of its funds due to a malicious attack,...
