Polygon’s Discord channel hacked, team works to regain control
As the value and popularity of digital assets continue to rise, cybercriminals are incentivized to exploit any vulnerabilities they can find.
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Ethereum’s system-wide activation of the Istanbul hard fork has arrived two days early and caused a split of the Ropsten testnet.Huge miner pushing the non-forked chainOn Sept. 30, the community manager of the Ethereum Foundation, Hudson Jameson, explained on Twitter that there are miners still relying on the old Ropsten testnet, while others are already mining on the…

UK High Court Orders Freeze on $1M of Bitcoin in Ransomware Case
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‘Wealthiest US prisoner’: How did Binance founder CZ get there?
Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao is the wealthiest person to serve jail time in the US, with current net worth estimated more than $60 billion.

Why is Cardano (ADA) price up this week?
Cardano active addresses reached a 5-month high after the ASI alliance announced FET token deployment on the ADA blockchain.

Cornell Uni’s Emin Gun Sirer Debuts Ava Blockchain Following $6 Million Investment
Emin Gun Sirer, a professor at Cornell University and a major global blockchain expert, will launch his own cryptocurrency and blockchain network, Bloomberg reported on May 16.Sirer, the creator of the first crypto based on proof-of-work (PoW) — Karma System — is now planning to launch a blockchain network that he touts as running as…

NFL’s Saquon Barkley converting endorsements to BTC to create ‘generational wealth’
Saquon Barkley will use Strike to convert all of his endorsements into Bitcoin, and noted that he became interested in BTC after researching inflation. NFL star Saquon Barkley has revealed that he will be converting all of his endorsement money into Bitcoin.Barkley was the 2018 NFL offensive rookie of the year and plays as a…

North Korean cyberattacks on Brazilian fintech firms exposed
Google Cloud’s report exposes North Korean cybercriminals targeting Brazil’s cryptocurrency and fintech sectors with sophisticated malware and phishing schemes.

Data Breach at Crypto Wallet Firm Ledger Exposes User’s Personal Info
Hardware wallet provider Ledger said its marketing database was breached between June and July. 2097 Total views 19 Total shares Major cryptocurrency hardware wallet provider Ledger has alerted customers to a data breach it faced in June and July.In an email on July 29, the company said it was made aware of the breach on…