Ryan Salame seeks to void guilty plea, says fed didn’t keep promise

Vitalik Buterin described a critic’s notion as an “unmitigated bare-faced lie,” while sharing his thoughts on PoS voting. 88 Total views 3 Total shares While some believe that Ethereum’s upcoming shift to proof-of-stake (PoS) may push the platform to eventually surpass Bitcoin (BTC), others take this opportunity to make snarky remarks on Twitter, triggering a rebuttal…

A security vulnerability potentially affecting hundreds of smart contracts that were pre-built using a commonly used open-source library has been reported by Web3 firm Thirdweb. 237 Total views 1 Total shares Smart contract development firm Thirdweb reported a security vulnerability that potentially “impacts a variety of smart contracts across the Web3 ecosystem.”On Dec. 4, Thirdweb

Major crypto exchange Bitfinex has responded to a recent media report that accused the exchange of publishing trading volume data from “a market that doesn’t exist,” in a tweet posted Oct. 23.The controversy centers on an article from crypto media outlet CoinDesk, which had alleged that Bitfinex’s data on popular crypto statistics aggregator CoinMarketCap (CMC)…

The government has reneged on its agreement to stop investigating his partner, claims former FTX executive Ryan Salame.   

A new crypto exchange says it offers “bells and whistles” compared with rivals – and argues that most of the market leaders are failing to provide investors with the technical analysis tools they need to make informed decisions.In a break away from confusing user interfaces, Encrybit wants to help traders that it says have been…

In a bid to drive greater financial inclusion, Philippines-based UnionBank has launched a payments-focused stablecoin pegged to the Philippine peso.A report from PhilStar Global on July 26 revealed that the new, bank-backed cryptocurrency —  dubbed PHX — is being implemented on UnionBank’s i2i platform. Rural banks and Philippines’ main financial networkI2i is an acronym for island-to-island,…

Interpol has collaborated with cybersecurity firm Trend Micro to reduce cryptojacking affecting MikroTik routers across South-East Asia, according to a Jan. 8 press release. Though the collaboration reduced the number of affected devices by 78 percent, this is unlikely to have made a significant impact on mining hashrate.Cryptojacking is a malicious practice where attackers infect…

On a day in which Bitcoin crashed briefly to $30,000 in a rampant bear market, the leading cryptocurrency never got anywhere close to that on Korean exchanges. The so-called “kimchi premium” saw to that, keeping the price of Bitcoin as much as $5,000 above its level on leading U.S. exchanges.The major reason for this kimchi…