Polygon Discord compromise hits Avalanche, ZKsync hours later
The Discord servers of several high-profile blockchain projects were all hit with similar attacks over the weekend — all sharing links to sham token distribution schemes.
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Russians transact $5B in crypto each year, Bank of Russia says
Though Russia has become a global leader in the crypto market, the Bank of Russia is still skeptical about Bitcoin. 161 Total views 25 Total shares Russian people are among the world’s most active participants of the cryptocurrency market, according to the country’s central bank.The Bank of Russia published a fresh review on financial stability…

Infura is to blame for MetaMask’s violation of the crypto spirit
Censorship resistance is the foundation of crypto, so for many cryptocurrency purists, the Nov. 23 announcement by ConsenSys, the New York-based company behind the leading Ethereum browser wallet, informing its 20 million MetaMask users that their IP and wallet addresses would be collected was simply a gross violation of the crypto spirit.In the weeks that…

The new HM Treasury regulations: The good, the bad and the ugly
As the 2021-2022 United Kingdom tax year finished on April 5, 2022, Her Majesty's Treasury announced they were paving the way for the U.K. to become a global crypto asset technology hub. This could mean that the previously not particularly crypto-friendly U.K. is changing its strategy and trying its hand at making crypto investments more…

Up in smoke: Artist Damien Hirst to burn 4,851 paintings in NFT project
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Crypto investment firm Q9 gets provisional approval to operate in Dubai
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DOGE and XRP rally as pump and dumps sneak back into crypto markets
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