North Korean Hacking Group Tied to $100M Harmony Hack Moves 41,000 Ether Over Weekend
Crypto exchange Huobi blocked funds tied to the hack on Monday morning.
Month: January 2023
AI art tools Stable Diffusion and Midjourney targeted with copyright lawsuit
A collage of AI-generated images created using Stable Diffusion. | Image: The Verge via Lexica A trio of artists have launched a lawsuit against Stability AI and Midjourney, creators of AI art generators Stable Diffusion and Midjourney, and artist portfolio platform DeviantArt, which recently created its own AI art generator, DreamUp. The artists — Sarah … Read more
Paris to hold vote on shared scooters
This weekend, Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo told Le Parisien that Parisians will get to vote whether they want to ban free-floating electric scooters or not. As I explained last week, Dott, Lime and Tier, the three scooter companies currently operating in the city, have operating licenses that are set to expire on March 23rd, … Read more
Bernstein Expects Crypto Revenue to Jump to Around $400B by 2033
The broker expects on-chain revenue to grow to about half of total cryptocurrency revenue from around 15% today.
Iran and Russia want to issue new stablecoin backed by gold
The potential stablecoin aims to enable cross-border transactions instead of fiat currencies like U.S. dollar, the Russian ruble or the Iranian rial.
Binance, Huobi team up to recover $2.5M from Harmony One hackers
In a recent tweet, on-chain crypto detective ZachXBT said that the hackers have been moving $64 million in the last weekend.
Twitter’s third-party client issue is seemingly a deliberate suspension
Last Friday, a ton of popular Twitter clients including Tweetbot, Twitterrific, and Echofon were down. Users couldn’t log into their accounts or look at their timelines. At first, it looked like a bug in Twitter API, but radio silence from Twitter and new details indicated that the company deliberately limited access to third-party apps. The … Read more
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Bithumb ordered to pay outage damages to investors by South Korean court
A ruling from local courts has Bithumb liable to pay just over $200,000 in damages to the 132 investors which filed against the cryptocurrency exchange.
Shiba Inu Developers Reveal First Look of Layer 2 Blockchain Shibarium
Ecosystem tokens shiba inu, leash and bone will serve as the for the upcoming Ethereum-based blockchain.
Games Done Quick charity speedrun event raises $2.6 million
A total of $2,642,493 was raised over AGDQ 2023 for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. | Image: Games Done Quick Games Done Quick has raised more than $2.6 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation at its first video game speedrunning event of 2023. While falling short of matching the $3.4 million raised during AGDQ 2022 last … Read more
Options Flip to Show Stronger Bitcoin Into July
The long-term sentiment has turned bullish for the first time in 12 months.
Didi gets China approval to relaunch after 18-month security probe
Eighteen months after its app was suspended in China, ride hailing giant Didi made a comeback on Monday. The move came as China showed signs of easing up its sweeping regulatory clampdown on the internet sector over the past three years. In July 2021, Chinese authorities ordered the country’s app stores to remove Didi, citing … Read more
Shiba Inu devs to launch Shibarium L2 network beta
While the developers did not give an exact date for the release, the team reiterated that their answer to all questions relating to the time frame is “soon.”
Kenyan fintech Kwara raises $3M seed extension, signs deal to reach over 4,000 credit unions
Kwara, a Kenyan fintech digitizing credit unions (saccos), more than doubled its client base last year, and its eyeing enormous growth in the coming years after raising a $3 million seed extension, and signing an exclusive digital solutions distribution agreement with the Kenya Union of Savings & Credit Cooperatives (Kuscco), the national umbrella body representing … Read more
BTC price cancels FTX losses — 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week
The ghost of FTX haunts the crypto industry, but Bitcoin is attempting to leave it behind as BTC price gains endure.
Monday’s top tech news: Twitter’s third-party client ban seems like no accident
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Cross-border crypto scammers on the hit list for EU agencies
Europol and Eurojust, two EU agencies for law enforcement cooperation, joined authorities from Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany and Serbia to investigate online investment fraud since June 2022.
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Bitcoin Surge Causes Over $500M in Liquidations, Highest in 3 Months
Crypto markets regained the $1 trillion capitalization mark for the first time since November.
Nifty News: Price drops on ‘Cryptohouse’ with NFT decor, mint your personality as an NFT and more
The owner of the crypto-themed home has dropped its price by over 20% in a matter of months as they seemingly struggle to sell the house as is.