British army Twitter and YouTube accounts compromised to promote crypto scams
The army is investigating the incident.
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Meta’s Novi cryptocurrency wallet is shutting down
The "small pilot" ends after less than a year.
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‘Axie Infinity’ hack victims will only get back around a third of what they lost
Sky Mavis will reimburse around $216.5 million after the price of Ethereum tumbled.
Cryptocurrency is more centralized than many advocates claim, according to report
DARPA-backed researchers found that a fifth of bitcoin nodes are using old, vulnerable tech.
FBI warns crypto fraud on LinkedIn is a 'significant threat'
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
Coinbase cuts roughly 1,100 jobs amid fears of a 'crypto winter'
This comes as the rest of the crypto industry is reeling.
Binance sued over the collapse of the TerraUSD stablecoin
The plaintiff accuses the exchange of falsely advertising Terra as a safe asset.
Crypto lending giant Celsius 'pauses' withdrawals after token value plunges
The company's token has lost nearly all of its value in one year.
Senators introduce bipartisan bill to regulate crypto assets
The legislation would fold digital finance into existing laws.
Winkelvoss twins' crypto exchange faces lawsuit over $36 million theft (updated)
An investment firm says Gemini didn't have enough security in place.
Coinbase is retracting job offers amid hiring freeze
The crypto company is also extending the pause on new jobs.New York passes a bill to limit bitcoin mining
It's up to Governor Kathy Hochul whether to sign it into law.
Chipotle now accepts cryptocurrency payments
As long as your wallet app supports the Flexa digital payments platform.
Coinbase reportedly pauses hiring amid plummeting crypto market
The company is focusing on core products and aiming to cut costs.
A new Google Cloud team is building services for Web3 developers
Google wants to be the first choice for hosting blockchain apps.
NVIDIA pays $5.5 million to settle SEC charges over GPU sales to crypto miners
The company allegedly failed to disclose how much it benefited from crypto.
The Wikimedia Foundation won't accept crypto donations anymore
Environmental concerns and the potential for fraud were the main concerns.
Robinhood lays off nine percent of its full-time employees
Its rapid growth in headcount apparently led to "some duplicate roles and job functions."
Wikipedia editors vote to block cryptocurrency donations
But it's just a request the Wikimedia Foundation is currently reviewing.
