Styx Stealer malware exploits Windows vulnerability to ‘clip’ crypto

Crypto-focused institutional asset manager Morgan Creek Digital has issued a $1 million bet against the S&P 500 (SPX) stock market index, a press release shared with Cointelegraph reveals Dec. 6.The crypto fund has issued a wager that its Digital Asset Index Fund –– a basket of ten major crypto assets –– will outperform the SPX…

The U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has won a court order to permanently bar the operator of the New York-based firm CabbageTech Corp. for cryptocurrency-related “bold and vicious fraud,” Bloomberg reported August 24. Earlier this year, Patrick McDonnell, cryptocurrency promoter and operator of CabbageTech Corp., was charged with “fraud and misappropriation in connection with…

The central banks of Singapore and Canada have successfully used their blockchain networks to send each other digital currency, a joint press release confirmed on May 2.As part of the distributed ledger technology (DLT) projects being pursued by both banks, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (BAS) sent funds to the Bank of Canada (BoC) without…

A major digital asset platform is making it even easier to order that double espresso with an extra shot.Starbucks mobile app users will soon be given the option to pay for their drinks with “Bakkt Cash.” Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), parent company of the Bitcoin derivatives provider, had declared back in August 2018 that the coffee…

The SEC alleges Kraken is operating an unregistered securities exchange.

Attackers that hijacked Curve Finance's landing page moved quickly to convert stolen funds to various tokens through different exchanges, wallets and mixers. 223 Total views 4 Total shares Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols continue to be targeted by hackers, with Curve Finance becoming the latest platform to be compromised after a DNS hijacking incident.The automated market…

Two BSC-based projects have been attacked by replacing their websites with a malicious interface. 426 Total views 5 Total shares Two decentralized finance projects are reportedly being targeted by a DNS spoofing attack. According to Monday morning U.S. time reports, PancakeSwap and Cream Finance, two projects deployed on Binance Smart Chain, are phishing users into…