Attackers exploited a Uniswap trading loophole to get away with more than $370K. Attackers have exploited a vulnerability in the Opyn ETH Put contract to walk away with more than $370,000. One of the first members of Crypto Twitter to report on the theft, DegenSpartan, stated on Aug. 4 that the traders used flash loans […]
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Several key derivatives indicators show investors are still strongly bullish on Bitcoin despite $1 billion in liquidations. The sudden $1,500 drop in Bitcoin (BTC) price on August 2 caused over $1 billion worth of liquidations on futures contracts and also led to a sharp decline in the price of many top altcoins. This massive figure […]
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Gold price reached a new all-time high and the same factors behind its rally could also push Bitcoin price higher. Today the price of gold hit a new record-high at $2,008 and the asset is now in the price discovery phase. The precious metal appears to be rallying due to the declining U.S. dollar and […]
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Huobi’s COO believes lack of defined regulation and infrastructure services are preventing the mass adoption of blockchain technology. Robin Zhu, Huobi Global Group’s COO, told Cointelegraph at a China Great Bay Area International Blockchain Week pre-event interview on August 3 that lack of defined regulations and infrastructure services are preventing the mass adoption of blockchain […]
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Several of the more crypto-forward members of Congress have asked the IRS to sharpen up its guidance on taxing staking rewards. On Aug. 4, four U.S. congressional representatives wrote to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) asking the tax authority not to overtax rewards from Proof-of-Stake blockchains. Explaining the difference in energy consumption between PoS and […]
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Dave Portnoy, also known as Davey Day Trader, now wants to learn how to buy Bitcoin from the Winklevoss twins. Popular Twitter personality Dave Portnoy, famous for his motto “stocks only go up,” now wants to learn about Bitcoin (BTC) from Gemini co-founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss. In a Twitter clip extracted from his latest […]
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Ripple ranks the highest amongst companies in the Blockchain sector according to the latest annual ranking from Hurun. Research firm Hurun published a list of global unicorns, or companies worth more than a billion dollars, in 2020. This ranking features all billion-dollar tech startups founded in the 21st century that are not listed yet listed […]
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A panel of compliance experts from the crypto industry agreed that law enforcement and institutional finance have been hearing more positive narratives about crypto. During an Aug. 4 panel on legal compliance within the cryptocurrency industry, major figures noted recent shifts in public perception of the industry, pointing to arrests within weeks of the Twitter […]
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Crypto exchange Taurus will offer the first crypto debit card backed by Dash in Latin America. Dash has partnered with Mexican cryptocurrency exchange, Taurus.io, to release the first crypto Visa debit card in Latin America. The offer will initially only be available to Taurus’ customers in Mexico. The card will work at millions of stores […]
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Shortly after Russia’s President Vladimir Putin signed the country’s recent cryptocurrency law, the country’s largest bank voiced its considerations. Sberbank, a state-owned company and the largest bank in Russia, is considering the possibility of issuing its own token, according to its key executives. Sergey Popov, Director of the transaction business at Sberbank, says that Russia’s […]
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