White hat hacker paid DeFi’s largest reported bounty fee
Cointelegraph spoke to the hacker for insights on the timeline of events, as well as the wider implications of bounty...
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Compound supply bug mistakenly rewarded users with $70M in tokens
It is expected that the total figure of tokens could rise to north of $85 million. Decentralized finance (DeFi) interest...
Visa working on blockchain interoperability hub for crypto payments
Visa’s new blockchain interoperability project is designed to serve as a “network of blockchain networks.” Global payments giant Visa has...
Germany’s 2021 election: What do parties think of crypto and blockchain?
Cointelegraph looked into the six major German political parties and found out what to expect from the new government in...
Is $40K Bitcoin the new $10K? BTC holds $43K support as exchange Bitfinex halts trading
An unexpected problem causes Bitfinex to temporarily shut down, with Bitcoin price action undoing gains in the process. Bitcoin (BTC)...
NFT trading game Axie Infinity launches AXS staking program
Axie Infinity players can stake their AXS tokens, with rewards to follow up soon. Axie Infinity, a play-to-earn nonfungible token...
New Zealand central bank releases issue paper on digital currency
The central bank of New Zealand has outlined the major benefits of CBDC designs based on blockchain technology. The Reserve...
Bank of England unveils all-star payments and tech lineup for CBDC Forums
Executives and experts from Google, Amazon, PayPal and ConsenSys will be assisting Britain’s central bank with its CBDC research. The...
CFTC charges 12 New York crypto options businesses with failing to register
The listed crypto options providers named by the CFTC include relatively unknown names such as Bitfxprofit, Star FX Pro, Smarter...
Polygon briefly overtakes Ethereum for active addresses after 330% surge
Layer two aggregator Polygon has seen a 330% surge in active addresses over the past 3 months. Layer two protocols...
Cloned CryptoPunks are back on OpenSea marketplace after DMCA counter notice
According to the DMCA, PolygonPunks would have had to have claimed its material "was removed or disabled through mistake or...
Bragging rights: Twitter previews verification badge for NFT profile pics
Users will have the option to set crypto collectibles as their profile pic to impress everyone. Twitter has unveiled an...
Vulnerable: Kraken reveals many US Bitcoin ATMs still use default admin QR codes
Kraken has urged BATMTwo ATM owners and operators to change the admin QR code for their ATMs to avoid potential...
China’s crypto holdouts: Bitcoin nodes and OTC desks struggle on
There are still a handful of Bitcoin nodes hanging on in China and OTC trading remains viable, but it may...
Traders sit idly by as Ripple (XRP) price struggles to avoid a drop to $0.70
Like other large-cap legacy altcoins, XRP is stuck in a rut and data suggests investors are content just to sit...
