GALA token exploit resulted from public leak of private key on GitHub
According to a new post by blockchain security firm SlowMist on Nov. 7, it appears that the last week’s token exploit...
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Hacktober Finished With $657 Million Losses From Crypto Exploits
Last month was quite spooky for the crypto industry as it saw the highest number of DeFi hacks this year. ...
90% of GameFi projects are ruining the industry’s reputation
The GameFi industry is set to unleash its massive potential within the next six years. According to Absolute Reports data,...
JPMorgan executes first DeFi trade on a public blockchain: Finance Redefined
Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you...
NFT Giant Dapper Labs Lays off 22% of Staff Citing Macroeconomic Environment
Web 3 companies are feeling the crunch of a bear market. The latest one to announce slashing its team size...
Skyward finance exploit allegedly results in $3 million loss
Skyward finance, an IDO platform enabling fair token distribution for projects on the NEAR Protocol, has reportedly been exploited for...
Andy Warhol would have loved (or possibly hated) NFTs – Cointelegraph Magazine
If Andy Warhol — the most famous artist of the 20th century — were alive today, he would make NFTs....
Multisignature crypto wallets are the safest bet for DAOs
Decentralized autonomous organizations are paving the way toward community governance for any kind of company. We’re seeing new creative use...
An introduction to decentralized NFT catalogs
Over the last year, venture capitalists poured more than $4.6 billion into infrastructure and projects related to nonfungible tokens (NFTs). This...
Here is why strong post-Merge fundamentals could benefit Ethereum price
The shift of the Ethereum blockchain to a proof-of-stake (PoS) protocol opened new opportunities for developers and investors to explore, including...
CFTC commissioner compares crypto contagion risk to 2008 financial crisis
Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Christy Goldsmith Romero has pointed to the collapse of the Terra ecosystem and its flow-on...
SushiSwap to Create Legal Entities in Panama And Cayman Islands
With regulators displaying greater interest in cryptocurrency, SushiSwap and other DAOs are gearing up to improve their legal structures to...
Apple With New App Store Rules for Crypto but There’s a Catch
Apple users will be able to enjoy certain NFT features on their devices, according to the firm’s latest update on...
What are governance tokens, and how do they work?
Governance tokens are a type of cryptocurrency that allow tokenholders to vote on the direction of a blockchain project. The...
Web3 to inject $1.1T in India’s GDP by 2032, following 37x growth since 2020
The global Web3 boom is expected to add $1.1 trillion to the Indian economy over the next decade, supporting the...
What directional liquidity pooling brings to DeFi
Modern decentralized exchanges (DEXs) mainly rely on liquidity providers (LP) to provide the tokens that are being traded. These liquidity...
3 reasons why DeFi investors should always look before leaping
Welcome readers, and thanks for subscribing! The Altcoin Roundup newsletter is now authored by Cointelegraph’s resident newsletter writer Big Smokey....
DeFi abandons Ponzi farms for ‘real yield’ – Cointelegraph Magazine
Decentralized finance is beginning to embrace a hot new phrase: “real yield.” It refers to DeFi projects that survive purely...
Aptos Foundation airdrops 20M tokens to its early testnet users
Layer-1 blockchain company Aptos Foundation announced on Oct 18 that it had rewarded its early network participants with free APT tokens. 1/...
Hacker Withdraws 200 Billion Fake BitBTC From Optimism Bridge
The Optimism bridge supporting privacy coin BitBTC is actively being exploited for 200 billion BitBTC tokens. Due to the technicals...
Mango Markets exploiter said actions were ‘legal,’ but was it?
The $117 million Mango Markets exploiter has defended that their actions were ‘legal,’ but a lawyer suggests that they could...
This Month’s Crypto Fundraise Highlights So Far
The first half of October has seen numerous crypto-related companies securing multi-million fundraisers. Some examples include Horizon Blockchain Games, Step,...
