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Security firm Decurity claims the exploit involves the LI.FI bridge. $5.8 million worth of ether and several million worth of stablecoins was suspiciously withdrawn. 00:56 Over $67M in Crypto Lost to Hacks and Exploits in February: Immunefi Report 01:11 DeFi Market Rebounds to $50B as Speculators Hunt for Yield 11:05 How Spool Is Aiming to

Feb 15, 2020 at 10:40 UTCUpdated Feb 15, 2020 at 10:54 UTCFrom Crypto Self-Custody to Music Rights, This Mother-Daughter Dev Team Does It AllDeveloper Cindy Zimmerman and her mother Judy Katzman are among the cryptocurrency community’s most quietly prolific builders.After learning about bitcoin in 2011, Katzman worked for the early exchange BitInstant and Zimmerman moved…

Phillip Banks, the creator of the "Chill Guy" meme, said he's copyrighted the character and plans to issue takedown notices for any for-profit use. Notable figures in the crypto community responded by humorously suggesting Banks accepts tokens or money through a Solana address. The CHILLGUY token's popularity was supposedly fueled by its viral spread on

Oct 22, 2020 at 17:38 UTCUpdated Oct 22, 2020 at 17:43 UTCThe central bank of the Philippines, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSG), won’t be issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) anytime soon, according to a report by CNN Philippines. BSG Governor Benjamin Diokno told reporters during a press briefing on Thursday the bank wouldn’t pursue…

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$350 million worth of DeFi positions were liquidated during the market sell-off. Aave secured $6 million in revenue from processing on-chain liquidations. One $7.4 million WETH position was liquidated, providing Aave with $802,000 in revenue. 11:52 Bitcoin ETFs Are Still 'Wildly Successful': Kraken Head of Strategy 11:52 Bitcoin ETFs Are Still 'Wildly Successful': Kraken Head

CoinDCX has established a crypto investors protection fund to compensate users in case of a security breach. The decision comes a few weeks after prominent Indian crypto exchange WazirX suffered a $230 million hack. Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX's co-founder Sumit Gupta has told CoinDesk that his company has established an investor protection fund, saying that

news The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing a startup that promised its crowdfunding backers a smart backpack but instead spent its proceeds on bitcoin and credit card bills. The complaint states that Douglas Monahan and his company iBackPack of Texas, LLC, raised $800,000 from consumers to “develop a handful of products” including a smart…

This article originally appeared in First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily newsletter putting the latest moves in crypto markets in context. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every day.Latest PricesTop StoriesThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) delayed until October a decision on all spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications submitted by firms including BlackRock, WisdomTree