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Regulation
A computer database at a supermarket in eastern China is being held hostage by cybercriminals demanding 0.042 Bitcoin, which amounts to US$1,832, according to a Chinese media report. Fast facts
Ningwei Qin
Economic Impacts
Cryptocurrency is fueling crimes like malicious mining and ransomware attacks, writes Andrew Brandt of Sophos. What can a company do to protect itself?
Andrew Brandt
Crypto Trading and Strategies
While increasing crypto adoption was predictable, 2021 also saw much that was unexpected. Here are the events that shocked even crypto natives.
Zoltan Vardai
NFTs and Art
Hackers scam 7,000 Solana, or US$1.3 million, from would-be buyers of a new NFT collection of the Monkey Kingdom project.
Jeanhee Kim
NFTs and Gaming
Blockchain gaming studio Vulcan Forged was hacked on Tuesday and 4.5 million PYR, the platform’s native token, was stolen, the company announced on Twitter. Fast facts Vulcan Forged also runs a decentralized exchange and a non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace. The attacker gained the private keys to 96 wallets and proceeded to empty them, making off […]
Monika Ghosh
Crypto Trading and Strategies
Macroeconomic factors and a spate of bad news override bullish outlook in crypto market as the year lurches toward its end.
Lachlan Keller
Risks in DeFi
With suitable regulation in place, DeFi could yet play an important role in the financial system, BIS suggests.
Timmy Shen
Risks in DeFi
BadgerDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) focused on bringing Bitcoin to decentralized finance (DeFi), is the latest to suffer an exploit that was estimated to result in losses of US$120 million. Fast facts Crypto security firm PeckShield said in a Thursday tweet the total loss has amounted to at least 2,100 BTC and 151 ETH. […]
Timmy Shen
NFTs and Gaming
Blockchain gaming company Animoca reacts to a US$1.1 million scam on a Discord server for its upcoming new game release.
Jeanhee Kim
Risks in DeFi
The hacked DeFi platform called China’s cyber police first thing as most users appear to be in China.
Timmy Shen
