DeFi
Hacks
Japan: 18 Year Old Charged for Stealing $100,000 in MonaCoin in Country’s First Crypto Theft Case
Japanese authorities in the city of Utsunomiya have charged an 18-year-old for stealing crypto from Monappy, a digital wallet service for MonaCoin. The unnamed…
Exchanges
Binance Coin (BNB) Rallies, Triples in Value in Three Months
Binance Coin (BNB), the native token of one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, has seen its value triple in the past…
Hacks
Scam Emails and Clipboard Hijackers Proliferate to Pilfer Bitcoin
Receiving Bitcoin investment related emails could cause a Windows clipboard hijacker to be installed on your computer, researchers warn. The new malware spam campaign…
Stablecoins
Tether’s New Update Suggests USDT Is Not 100% Backed With Fiat
Tether, the company behind one of the biggest and most widely used stablecoins on the market (USDT), has updated the terms on its website…
Regulation
Global Banking Standard Setter Admits Bitcoin and Crypto are a Risk to Banks
A group of international banking authorities, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, which is part of the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), has issued…
Exchanges
Coinbase Custody Unveils New Cold Storage Cryptocurrency Trades
Coinbase, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the US, announced that its Coinbase Custody service is now directly integrated with the company's newly…
Analysis
TRON Founder to Airdrop $20M and Tesla Giveaway to Celebrate Company’s Success
Justin Sun, the founder of TRON and current CEO of BitTorrent, is planning a $20 million cash airdrop and a Tesla giveaway. While cash airdrops…
Adoption
Ripple and Forte Launch $100 Million Fund for Blockchain Gaming Using XRP
Xpring, Ripple’s developer ecosystem initiative, has partnered with blockchain platform Forte to form a $100 million fund to support game developers. According to the…
Hacks
Ledger Reveals Five Vulnerabilities in Competitor Trezor’s Wallets
Ledger, a major crypto hardware wallet manufacturer based in France, revealed five security vulnerabilities found in the Trezor Model T and Model One, major…
Exchanges
Bittrex Launches First IEO: “Initial Exchange Offering,” $6M Token Sale for RAID Token
Bittrex International, a US-based cryptocurrency exchange headquartered in Seattle, announced that it will be hosting the first Initial Exchange Offering (IEO) for RAID's XRD…
Adoption
Bitcoin and Binance in Real-Estate: Australia to Hold World’s First Live Property Auction Using Crypto
James Pratt Auctions and NuYen Exchange announced the launch the world's first live property auction using cryptocurrencies. The auction will commence on Apr. 8th and…
Hacks
Canadian Court Grants QuadrigaCX 45-Day Extension to Recover Crypto Assets
The Supreme Court of Canada granted QuadrigaCX a 45-day extension to recover cryptocurrency assets that went missing after its founder's death, keeping the exchange…