Wallet Tied to Euler Exploit Sends 100 Ether to Lazarus Group

news London-based blockchain infrastructure company SETL has filed for bankruptcy, CoinDesk has learned. The news – revealed in a notice of insolvency filed today with the U.K. authorities – comes as something of a shock given that, last October, the startup company was granted a license by France’s securities regulator to operate a central securities depository system using…

Jan 22, 2020 at 01:35 UTCDAVOS — Switzerland’s banking industry has long been known to privately safeguard wealth, so some bankers see bitcoin as a natural fit for the nation’s financial sector.Although such bankers may still be a minority, Zurich-based SEBA Bank AG opened in November 2019 with a universal banking license and a suite of…

Former President Donald Trump is out with another collection of digital trading card non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which were once a lucrative business line for the Republican nominee. This time around, Trump’s fourth collection will offer high-rollers a piece of the candidate’s suit from his debate with President Joe Biden, according to a post on social

news The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is working on its first tax guidance for cryptocurrency since 2014, the agency’s commissioner told a lawmaker Monday. In a reply to Rep. Tom Emmer’s request for further guidance on reporting cryptocurrencies, IRS Commissioner Charles P. Rettig outlined a non-specific plan to release in-depth guidance in the near future. “I…

Hamster Combat, a viral play-to-earn crypto game, criticized venture capital funding as an "exit liquidity" activity and turned down all investment offers. Developers said they hope to "return to the fundamentals of the web3 space," by focusing on creating innovative projects that generate real value and revenue rather than using their audience for funding. Hamster

Investment platform eToro is now providing a free insurance scheme that will pay its customers holding traditional assets up to £1 million ($1.292 million) if the firm should ever become insolvent. In an emailed announcement on Monday, eToro said the new policy is underwritten by Lloyds of London and would apply in "the unlikely event that…

Bitcoin (BTC) jumped above the $79,000 mark for the first time in history in an unusual weekend pump that liquidated $280 million in bearish crypto trades. BTC rose 4%, extending 7-day gains to over 16% on the back of a week that saw Republican Donald Trump elected the U.S. president and Federal Reserve cutting rates

Featured SpeakerAlex ThornHead of Firmwide ResearchGalaxyHear Alex Thorn share his take on "Bitcoin and Inflation: It’s Complicated” at Consensus 2023.Bradley Keoun is the managing editor of CoinDesk's Tech & Protocols team. He owns less than $1,000 each of several cryptocurrencies. Featured SpeakerAlex ThornHead of Firmwide ResearchGalaxyHear Alex Thorn share his take on "Bitcoin and Inflation:…

The price of browser startup Brave's Basic Attention Token (BAT) fell by as much as 20 percent in the past 24 hours. Trading for BAT officially went live yesterday on Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the U.S., a move that followed the token's inclusion on Coinbase's professional platform.  Coinbase initially teased the idea of listing…