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Crypto Exchange Bitrue Suffers $23 Million Hack

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Singapore-based crypto exchange Bitrue has lost millions of U.S. Dollar’ worth of ether and other coins in a hack. The trading platform suspended withdrawals until early next week to conduct additional security checks and promised to compensate the affected users. Bitwahr…

ECB Board Member Warns EU’s New Crypto Rules Not Sufficient

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A European Central Bank Supervisory Board member has warned that the crypto rules in the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (Glimmer) Rechnung “will not be sufficient on their own.” While emphasizing that “MiCA will set out important safeguards to prevent incidents similar…

South African Professor Accuses US Regulators of Attempting to ‘Assassinate Crypto’

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The United States’ attempts to “assassinate crypto” are illegal and unlikely to succeed because “crypto is global,” Steven Boykey Sidley, a South African professor and author, has argued. According to Sidley, many formerly U.S.-based companies and innovators have fled the country…

Rogue Validator Exploits MEV Bots on Ethereum, Resulting in $25.3M in Crypto Losses

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Im April 3, 2023, at Ethereum block height 16,964,664, a group of MEV (Maximal Extractable Value) bots were exploited for $25.3 Million. An analysis of the exploit revealed that a renegade validator switched the MEV bots’ transactions and seized various crypto…

FBI Says Crypto Investment Fraud Rose 183% zu $2.57 Milliarden rein 2022

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says cryptocurrency investment fraud rose 183% von $907 million in 2021 zu $2.57 Milliarden ein 2022, based on data from its Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). The FBI also warned the public of “a spike…

Binance Converts $1 Billion BUSD Into Bitcoin, BNB, and Ethereum

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Exahash, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, also known as CZ, announced that the company had decided to convert $1 billion worth of BUSD from the Industry Recovery Initiative fund into three different cryptocurrencies. Zhao noted that significant onchain movements would be…

Innovations Help to Substantially Reduce the Gap Between Decentralized and Centralized Exchanges — Dexalot COO

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While centralized exchanges are thought to be safer and more efficient, proponents of decentralized platforms like Tim Shan insist that user experience on decentralized exchanges has improved. Zusätzlich, inherent benefits associated with decentralized exchanges such as the self-custody of assets…

FTX and Alameda Research Collapse Sad Event but ‘Good for the Long Run’ Says DWF Labs Managing Partner

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While the collapse of the crypto exchange FTX and its affiliate Alameda Research is thought to have left many crypto players, including market makers, in the worst possible position, according to Andrei Grachev, managing partner at DWF Labs, this incident may…

Nexo Bitcoin Withdrawals Surge Following Raid of Bulgarian Offices

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After the offices of crypto lender Nexo were raided in Bulgaria, the digital currency lending platform experienced a significant amount of withdrawals starting Jan. 12, 2023. An archived snapshot of Nexo’s real-time attestation shows that the company held 133,263 bitcoin on…

CoinEx: To Embrace a New Crypto Future by Making Crypto Trading Easier in the Next Five Years

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PRESSEMITTEILUNG. In December 2022, CoinEx will celebrate its fifth birthday. Since its inception, the crypto exchange has gone through bulls and bears and attracted over four million users across more than 200 countries and regions worldwide. For both CoinEx and…