Crypto needs to increase defenses against 654% spike in deepfake scams

Bitcoin (BTC) is beginning a new week grinding back to $60,000 as the shock of a weekend price crash settles.After dropping to as low as $52,000 in a snap sell-off event, Bitcoin has spent the past two days slowly recovering its losses. What’s next?Cointelegraph presents five factors to consider as a new trading week gets…

This project is focusing on cross-chain interoperability and on-chain credit scoring to advance the DeFi lending ecosystem. Wing, a lending protocol built on the Ontology blockchain, currently has $180 million in crypto assets staked on its platform — not a meager amount, even by Ethereum (ETH) standards. Eric Pinos, Ontology’s ecosystem lead for the Americas and…

After launching TRUMP futures trading last week, FTX plans to release five additional 2020 presidential election-based futures products.“What we’re about to come out with is just similar contracts for the top five Democratic candidates,” an FTX representative told Cointelegraph in an interview. 2020 Reelection futures expand offeringFTX plans to launch a Bernie Sanders (BERNIE) futures trading…

Bitcoin (BTC) traders braced for classic volatility on July 26 as the United States Federal Reserve interest rate decision dawned.BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView“Let the games begin” for Bitcoin — FOMC day arrivesData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC price action hovering near $29,200.While barely moving since the start of the week, Bitcoin…

The creditors have until February 21, 2023, to vote on a new scheme proposed by the company. 335 Total views 2 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTAccording to a new press release on Feb. 15, Thai cryptocurrency exchange Zipmex stated that it sent a new scheme to all…

U.S. President Joe Biden expressed opposition to a debt ceiling deal that would allegedly benefit crypto traders. 333 Total views 1 Total shares United States President Joe Biden expressed opposition to a debt ceiling agreement with Republican leaders that would allegedly benefit crypto traders. Attending the Group of Seven (G7) Summit, Biden reportedly classified Republicans'…

Representative Patrick McHenry said regulatory clarity for digital assets would be one of his "top priorities" if he became the next chair of the House Financial Services Committee. 241 Total views 3 Total shares North Carolina Representative Patrick McHenry may have used his virtual appearance at a cryptocurrency conference as a soapbox for calling for…

The massive-scale hack of major United States credit card issuer Capital One has left the personal data of over 100 million individuals exposed.As CNN reported on July 30, confidential data for around 106 million Capital One customers' accounts and credit card applications was stolen by an alleged hacker, Paige Thompson, 33, in March of this…

After moving to Farcaster, Vitalik Buterin appears to be back on X with over 150 posts or replies in the last month.