Cointelegraph By Jesse Coghlan
The Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) have set up a crypto-focused working group to deal with illicit crypto exchange activities.In an Oct. 4 statement, the SFC said the group was formed after a meeting with the HKPF on Sept. 28 amid...
Friend.tech users are warning of possible SIM-swap attacks after a recent spate of supposed hacks — resulting in nearly 109 Ether (ETH) worth around $178,000 drained from four users in under a week.On Sept. 30 the X (Twitter) user known as “froggie.eth” warned their friend.tech account was SIM-swapped...
Ripple said it has received the full-fledged license to operate as a major payments institution from Singapore's central bank, allowing it to continue operations in the country after receiving in-principle approval in June.In an Oct. 4 statement, the company said its local entity, Ripple Markets APAC Pte Ltd, was...
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has asked a federal judge to deny Coinbase’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit by the regulator.In an Oct. 3 filing in a New York District Court, the SEC hit back at claims in Coinbase’s dismissal motion and reiterated its belief that...
The bankruptcy judge on Voyager Digital’s case has reportedly scolded the United States securities regulator over its ambiguous reasoning for objecting to the crypto lending firm’s proposed sale to Binance.US.At a Mar. 2 hearing in a New York court, U.S. bankruptcy judge Michael Wiles said the Securities and...
The United States commodities regulator is set to take a close look at the decentralized finance (DeFi) space at an upcoming meeting of its tech committee, where it has also invited crypto industry executives to present. The Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) stated on Mar. 1 that the...
A wallet provider for the Algorand (ALGO) network, MyAlgo, has warned its users to withdraw funds from any wallets created with a seed phrase amid an ongoing exploit that has seen an estimated $9.2 million worth of funds stolen.MyAlgo tweeted the advice on Feb. 27, adding it still...
The Ethereum blockchain’s Sepolia testnet has undergone a successful upgrade that simulates the upcoming Shanghai hard fork expected to take place on mainnet in March.The “Shapella” upgrade, which combines the names of the upcoming Shanghai and Capella hard forks, was successfully implemented on the testnet on Feb. 28.Sepolia...
Cryptocurrency venture capital conglomerate Digital Currency Group (DCG) has reported losses of over $1 billion in 2022 due largely to the contagion relating tocollapse of crypto hedge fund, Three Arrows Capital (3AC).DCG reportedly lost $1.1 billion last year, according to its Q4 2022 investor report, and said the...
The suspected actors behind the $6 million exploit of decentralized finance lending protocol Lendhub have just sent more than half of their ill-gotten gains from January into sanctioned crypto mixer Tornado Cash.Blockchain security firms PeckShield and Beosin alerted their respective followers to the movement of funds on Feb....
