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Bilaxy cryptocurrency exchange is yet to announce the value of funds lost to a hacking incident that occurred on Aug 28. 772 Total views 220 Total shares Bilaxy, a lesser-known cryptocurrency exchange, has confirmed a major hacking incident, reporting losses of funds due to an exploit of the platform’s ERC-20 hot wallet.Bilaxy announced on its…

American lawmakers have reportedly introduced a bill aiming to put Facebook’s Libra under the jurisdiction of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Two Texas representatives, Sylvia Garcia and Lance Gooden, have proposed legislation that would put even more regulatory scrutiny on Facebook’s not-yet-launched Libra stablecoin and related projects, CNBC reports Nov. 21.The bipartisan team of…

Bitcoin bulls buy up every dip as peak after peak falls to the widely anticipated Q4 bull run finale. 1800 Total views 29 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) kept markets guessing into the Wall Street open on Oct. 11 after seeing rejection on hitting its highest since May.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewBTC price teases…

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If people actually used insurance against hacks, this week would definitely have bankrupted a great many insurers. A total of four flash loan-enabled exploits were registered in the span of one week (one of them actually happened the week before, but nobody noticed until later).We have, in order, Cheese Bank with a $3.3-million theft, Akropolis…

Coinbase is in advanced talks to buy Deribit, a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange, according to a March 21 report by Bloomberg. Acquiring Deribit — the world’s largest venue for trading Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) options — would bolster Coinbase’s existing derivatives platform, which currently focuses on futures.  Coinbase and Deribit have reportedly alerted regulators in

Ether whale interest is slowly reemerging after summer illiquidity, with technical chart patterns pointing to an imminent price reversal.

In 2021, Bitcoin’s usage by merchants that use BitPay fell to about 65%, down from 92% in 2020. 861 Total views 32 Total shares BitPay Inc., one of the world’s most well-known crypto payments processors, has seen a shift in the type of digital assets used for purchases over the last year, according to a…

Automated market makers are a true public good in crypto, enabling genuinely decentralized trading 24/7 and supporting the wider DeFi ecosystems. But they’re not without a host of problems, writes digital economist and academic Christos A. Makridis.The decentralized finance (DeFi) market has surged since 2021, growing from just over $20 billion to nearly $160 billion…