Crypto Exchange WazirX Sees $230M in Suspicious Withdrawals, Largely $100M in SHIB Token
One of the exchange’s multisig wallets had experienced a security breach, the exchange confirmed in an X post.
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Mt. Gox Creditors Reportedly Hit By Failed Login Attempts Amid Repayments
The Mt. Gox claims portal “is temporarily down for maintenance” as of Asian morning hours Thursday, the site shows.
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Profit-Making Crypto Address Makes $16M Investment in BTC
The address has made $30 million in trading profits in the past 12 months, according to Lookonchain.
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In Likely Precursor to Ether ETF Approval, Most Applicants Have Submitted Their Final Forms
The forms show what issuers plan to charge customers, with Grayscale at the high end at 2.5%, while competitors including BlackRock and Fidelity pick 0.25% or lower.
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TradFi Giant State Street Mulls Creating Stablecoin, Tokenized Deposits: Bloomberg
Traditional financial heavyweights are getting increasingly involved in tokenization efforts, putting financial assets on blockchain rails for operational benefits.
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Vitalik Buterin Argues Against Supporting Political Candidates Based Only On ‘Pro-Crypto’ Stances
Ethereum’s co-founder argues that by choosing candidates based on “pro-crypto” stances, voters are creating “incentive gradient.”
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The Protocol: Polymarket Feeds Political Junkies, With Nate Silver
In this week’s issue of CoinDesk’s blockchain tech newsletter, we look at the “alternative news source” that Polymarket’s prediction-betting site has become.
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Protocol Village: IoTeX ‘DePIN Infrastructure Modules’ to Reduce Development Time
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of July 18-24.
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Bitcoin Dips Below $64K as U.S. Equity Selloff Stalls Crypto Rebound
A stock market correction is the biggest risk for the crypto market, but a renewed downturn would be a buying opportunity, an LMAX Group strategist said.
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Bitcoin’s ‘OP_CAT’ Possibilities Teased in StarkWare Test Project
StarkWare used its new STARK verifier on the Signet network, a testing environment for Bitcoin, in a proof-on-concept project designed to demonstrate what the oldest blockchain might be capable of were the pending “OP_CAT” technical proposal to get adopted.