Crypto thieves score big on centralized services, private keys in 2024

The milestone is another step on the road to the Shanghai upgrade, which remains scheduled for March. 273 Total views 6 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTThe Ethereum Foundation team announced another milestone on the road to the Shanghai upgrade, with the Shapella fork on the Zhejiang testnet…

A Russian independent electoral watchdog is trialing a blockchain-based electronic voting system, local news platform Tass reports August 17. The non-profit Association of Independent Public Observers, dubbed "National Public Monitoring" (NOM), announced the pilot at a press conference in Moscow on Friday. NOM federal coordinator Roman Kolomystev, told reporters: “As part of our congress, we…

Ripple (XRP) software libraries published before August 2015 potentially rendered private keys which signed multiple transactions vulnerable, Ripple announced in a statement released on Jan 16.Recent research jointly conducted by the DFINITY Foundation and the University of California revealed that a portion of Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Ripple addresses are vulnerable.As is known among…

Chinese cryptocurrency mining giant Bitmain confirmed it would roll out a firmware update for so-called ‘Overt AsicBoost’ to all its Antminer models in a blog post Monday, Oct. 22.Bitmain, which holds a monopoly on Bitcoin mining through its subsidiary mining pools BTC.com and Antpool, said the release would begin with its most recent Antminer S9…

Imagine if ordinary people could write smart contracts in their native language. It could bring in “billions of new [blockchain] users.”

The Canadian cryptocurrency exchange Bitvo has terminated its expected acquisition agreement with FTX to continue operating independently.Bitvo’s shareholder, Pateno Payments, has discontinued the acquisition deal with FTX Canada and FTX Trading in accordance with the agreement terms, Bitvo announced on Nov. 15.The firm emphasized that its operations have not been affected as Bitvo has no…

Bitcoin’s annualized returns have eclipsed all other asset classes by a big margin. 3407 Total views 80 Total shares Over the past ten years, Bitcoin has beaten out all over asset classes by at least a factor of 10.The milestone was noted by Compound Capital Advisors’ CEO and founder, Charlie Bilello, who compiled the performances…

Pudgy Penguins CEO Luca Schnetzler believes the SEC’s actions against NFTs are nonsense, describing them as a “nothing burger.”