El Salvador Has Thousands More Bitcoins Than Previously Known
The Central American nation moved $400 million in BTC into a cold storage wallet this week.
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Crypto Wallet SafePal Ventures into Banking with New USDC Visa Card
Users can create individually owned, fully compliant bank accounts and use USDC stablecoin as the default deposit currency.
Bitcoin Bridge OrdiZK Suffers Apparent $1.4M Rug Pull, Token Crashes to Zero: CertiK
The OrdiZK website and social media accounts are also offline.
Coinbase Adds ‘Smart Wallet’ Feature, So Lengthy Seed Phrases Aren’t Needed
The smart wallet will be an addition to Coinbase Wallet SDK, and the embedded wallets feature will be powered by “wallet as a service.”
U.S. Government Crypto Wallets Transfer Nearly $1B of Bitcoin Seized From Bitfinex Hacker
Wallets containing bitcoin seized by the U.S. government in the notorious Bitfinex hack – later leading to guilty pleas for Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather “Razzlekhan” Morgan – have suddenly become active.
U.S. Cyber Authorities Investigate Binance Trust Wallet iOS App for Vulnerabilities
The Binance-owned wallet has been the victim of multiple cyber attacks during 2023.
Fordefi Raises $10M to Make Crypto Safer With Institutional-Grade Wallet to Retail-Facing Platforms
The company has onboarded institutional investors such as Pantera Capital, DeFiance Capital, Keyrock and Flare Network to its MPC wallet, and secured over $3 billion in blockchain transaction volume.
Binance Freezes $4.2M in XRP Tokens Stolen From Ripple Executive’s Wallet
Over $120 million in XRP was stolen from Ripple Labs Executive Chairman Chris Larsen earlier this week.
Donald Trump-Labelled Wallet Has Over $1M of TRUMP Meme Coin
Issuance of the TRUMP tokens has nothing to do with Trump directly, but some are using the tokens as a speculative bet on his ongoing presidential campaign.
Mysterious $1.2M Bitcoin Transaction to Satoshi Nakamoto Sparks Speculations
The wallet receiving the hefty payout is the address that mined the Bitcoin network’s first-ever block reward some 15 years ago, commencing the start of the blockchain.