WazirX to reverse trades after $235M crypto hack
WazirX, one of the largest crypto exchanges in India, lost $235 million to a multisig wallet security breach in July 2024.
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Japan’s Top Regulator Says Crypto-ETF Approvals Need ‘Cautious Consideration:’ Report
The boss of Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has said “cautious consideration” needs to be given to the decision of approving crypto-related exchange-traded funds.
Bitcoin Facing Selling Pressure From New Whales as BTC Hovers at $57,000
“Most selling is coming from new whales,” the CryptoQuant Head of Research wrote, “old whales are basically not selling.”
Metaplanet Arranges Loan to Buy $6.8M of BTC
The Japanese company announced its plan to adopt bitcoin as a reserve asset to hedge against the volatility of the yen in May.
MetaMask users gain 2FA security via MultiversX Snap integration
The MultiversX Snap for MetaMask introduces a new level of security, embedding two-factor authentication directly into the blockchain protocol for enhanced protection.
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Digital Tools I Wish Existed (2019)
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Nomad Bridge hacker moves $35.2M in ETH to Tornado Cash
The transfer involving the Nomad Bridge exploiter and Tornado Cash highlights the ongoing battle between privacy and regulation in the cryptocurrency industry.
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Solutions for Upgrading Apache DolphinScheduler from Version 1.3.4 to 3.1.2
Due to the need to promote the upgrade of Apache DolphinScheduler at work, preliminary research that I have done shows significant improvements from version 1.3.4 to 3.1.2, with substantial enhancements in performance and functionality. So, an upgrade is recommended. The official upgrade documentation provides the upgrade scripts. For minor version updates, executing the script suffices, … Read more
Out of the Tar Pit [pdf]
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Bitcoin speculators sit on 93% unrealized losses after $365M 'wipeout'
Bitcoin futures liquidations leave market newcomers licking their wounds after a giant BTC price drawdown.
Bilingual dictation assistant Silvia understands ‘Spanglish’ and other language mixtures
Natural language AI assistants tend to be excellent English speakers, and passable in other tongues — but if you are one of the millions who fluidly switch between two languages on the fly, they’re stumped. A new AI helper called Silvia, however, understands “Spanglish” just fine, with more language combos to come. The app — … Read more
Nexera burns stolen 32.5M NXRA tokens following hack
Burning the stolen NXRA tokens is a significant step to ensure the long-term stability and integrity of the Nexera protocol.
XRP Jumps 17%, Beating Bitcoin Gains, as Ripple-SEC Case Ends
Trading volumes nearly tripled and open interest on XRP-tracked futures jumped $200 million in the past 24 hours.
Bitcoin Faces Risk From ‘Maxed Out’ U.S. Consumers, Analyst Says
U.S. consumers are accumulating debt at a slower rate, data released Wednesday showed.
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FTX, Alameda Ordered to Pay $12.7B to Creditors by U.S. Judge
United States District Judge Peter Castel passed the approval on August 7, a filing shows. It did not seek a civil monetary penalty.
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Indian conglomerate Reliance slashed over 42,000 jobs last financial year
Reliance, India’s largest conglomerate, reduced its workforce by 11%, or more than 42,000 people, in the financial year ended March 2024. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Speculation runs wild for new GPT model after Altman posts strawberry garden
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s unusual post about his garden has left X wondering if its a far-fetched hint at the next iteration of ChatGPT.
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XBOW automated AI hacker matches 20-year veteran pentester in 28 minutes
An AI-powered penetration tester solved 88 out of 104 benchmark tests in 28 minutes. It took the best pentester in the experiment 40 hours to do the same.
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