AT&T's latest massive breach shows the peril of data centralization

Under the U.S. Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC regulations, derivatives exchanges must have approval to operate as a Designated Contract Market or a Swap Execution Facility. 172 Total views 16 Total shares The United States subsidiary of electronic trading platform developer Clear Markets has reportedly received approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC,…

Vitalik Buterin’s crypto holdings have doubled since January 2021 to surge above $1 billion. 3140 Total views 26 Total shares Vitalik Buterin, a co-founder of the world’s most popular smart contract platform, the Ethereum blockchain, has officially become a crypto billionaire.Buterin’s public Ether address, which he described as his main wallet back in 2018, has…

Smart contracts have reshaped the possibilities of what blockchain and crypto can achieve, and we can all acknowledge that. That doesn’t mean they’re the be-all-end-all solution to widespread adoption.Being overzealous about any kind of innovation can also contribute to its stalling, or even failure if other factors don’t align. The mentality of assuming new technology…

Russian cybersecurity and anti-virus provider Kaspersky detected 5,040,520 crypto phishing attacks in the year as compared to 3,596,437 in 2021. Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTWhen it comes to cryptocurrency-related cyberattacks, bad actors have seemingly reduced the use of traditional financial threats such as banking PC and mobile malware, and…

U.S. Rep. Warren Davidson (R) has announced plans to introduce legislation that would clearly regulate cryptocurrencies and Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), local Ohio news agency Cleveland.com reports Dec. 3.According to Cleveland.com, Davidson announced his intention to introduce new legislation at the Blockchain Solutions conference. The bill would create an “asset class” for cryptocurrencies and digital…

After being robbed of $196 million in a flash loan attack, Euler Finance has convinced its hacker to return most of the funds. The outcome resulted from numerous back-and-forths over 23 days, eventually leading the hacker to do “the right thing.”On March 13, the Euler Finance hacker carried out multiple transactions, each draining millions of…

2018 will long be remembered as the start of a significant cryptocurrency bear market, but the declining market still provided opportunities for scam artists to snag unwary investors.Given that 2017 was a breakout year for Bitcoin (BTC) and the likes, investors were clamoring to enter the fray as the price of cryptocurrencies skyrocketed toward the…

After cutting employees and benefits, the cryptocurrency exchange reportedly made a $30 million profit during the first quarter of 2023. 288 Total views 6 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTAccording to an April 10 tweet by Justin Sun — the de facto owner of cryptocurrency exchange Huobi Global…

The U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has requested, along with a number of other jurisdictions, that the companies in the Libra Association provide details on how they plan to protect user data.The ICO has released a joint statement on global privacy expectations of the Libra network on Aug. 5 that is addressed to Facebook and…