Other 14/07/21 01:00 by Best Owie

ChainSwap Loses $8 Million In Second Exploit

ChainSwap has experienced another exploit in what has turned out to be a terrifying month for the exchange. The platform which acts as a bridge for assets had succumbed to an exploit earlier this mont...
Read More

Crypto 08/07/21 22:36 by Livine Sanchez

Gitcoin Announces Tezos Hackathon Series Following Tezos Integration

Gitcoin is happy to announce the integration of Tezos, one of the leading proof of stake networks into its platform. According to the announcement, this latest integration comes with numerous bene...
Read More

Bitcoin 06/07/21 18:00 by Best Owie

‘Bitcoin King’ Arrested For Allegedly Embezzling $300 Million

A report from Coindesk has revealed that Brazil’s ‘Bitcoin King’ Claudio Oliveira was arrested for allegedly embezzling $300 million. An official press release showed that the rest h...
Read More

Crypto 05/07/21 19:00 by Best Owie

Ex-Cryptopia Employee Admits to Stealing $170K Worth Of Crypto

An ex-employee of the now-defunct crypto exchange Cryptopia has admitted in court to stealing crypto worth about $170,000. The employee pled guilty to stealing coins and customer data while he worked ...
Read More

Other 02/07/21 10:21 by NewsBTC

OKExChain Introduces EVM Compatibility and a $50K Hackathon to Go Along with it

OKExChain, a transparent, open-source and truly decentralized ecosystem created by the leading crypto spot and derivatives trading platform OKEx has announced EVM compatibility. EVM, short for Ethereu...
Read More

Crypto 17/06/21 14:04 by Guest Author

DAO1 Announces Its Very First International Blockchain Hackathon

DAO1, an all-inclusive community-led financial blockchain ecosystem project, has finalized the dates for its very first International Blockchain Hackathon. The multi-stage event is scheduled to occur...
Read More

Crypto 08/06/21 14:00 by Samuel Wan

Questions Linger As FBI Recovers Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Crypto Funds

U.S agencies claim they have recovered most of the $4.4 million in crypto paid out to hackers of the Colonial Pipeline. But hazy details around the case leave more questions than answers. Crypto Funds...
Read More

Crypto 28/05/21 19:40 by Livine Sanchez

How VPNs Can Fix Crypto Security Hitches

Assumingly, by now everybody is conversant with the ubiquitous bitcoin. If you have never heard of it, don’t worry. We’ll explain to you what it means. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency. You may still ...
Read More

Mining 25/05/21 13:05 by Mark Hampton

HashEx: 20 Million Users Might Be Threatened by SafeMoon’s Critical Vulnerabilities

The SafeMoon DeFi protocol is the latest project to have vulnerabilities revealed in its smart contract code. A recent audit conducted by analysts from HashEx, a blockchain security consulting firm, h...
Read More

Altcoins 09/05/21 20:15 by Reynaldo Marquez

How Hackers Looted 2600 ETH In Rari Capital Cross-Chain Exploit

Ethereum (ETH) based yield aggregator Rari Capital was attacked this weekend by a group of bad actors. As a result, 2,600 in this cryptocurrency were stolen from the Rari Capital Ethereum Pool, as a p...
Read More

Bitcoin 16/04/21 17:58 by Olivia Brooke

Bitcoin’s Exploding Value May Have Turned Bitfinex Hackers Into Multi-Billionaires

Holding cryptocurrencies have made billionaires out of some of the leading figures in the crypto ecosystem. Usually, these crypto billionaires are CEOs of exchanges or long-term investors, but there ...
Read More

Other 30/03/21 23:07 by Reynaldo Marquez

Chainlink’s Hackathon offers $125K in bounties, LINK going to $100?

With a start date of March 15th, The Spring 2021 Chainlink Virtual Hackathon records more than 3,500 participants. According to an official post, the participants are “building the next generati...
Read More

Altcoins 16/02/21 19:09 by Livine Sanchez

TRON Plans to Expand Its Defi Economy With $10 Million Global Hackathon

In an effort to incentivize developer growth within the TRON ecosystem, the network is plotting its biggest hackathon yet. Branching out of its $120 million TRON DeFi Entrepreneurial Alliance Support...
Read More

Other 29/01/21 19:19 by Guest Author

The First Grey Hat Hackers Hackathon Gets Hacked, Hacker Presents DeFi Solution to Curb Money Laundering on DEXs

Hacken, a prominent cybersecurity, blockchain and cryptocurrency community is organizing the First Grey Hat Hackers Idea Competition where hackers and computer enthusiasts can submit their ideas to de...
Read More

Bitcoin 17/01/21 12:10 by John Caroline

31 Bitcoins Worth Over $1 Million Recovered From Jailed Hacker

The Indian police have reportedly recovered $1.1 million worth of Bitcoins from a 25-year-old jailed hacker, Srikrishna, who possessed the assets through fraudulent deeds. Srikrishna, a computer s...
Read More

Other 14/01/21 14:07 by Samuel Wan

Decentralized Video Platform Theta Hosting Hackathon With $85k up For Grabs

Decentralized video streaming service Theta Network will host a three-month-long hackathon starting next week to develop innovations on the platform. “Join us in building products, integrations ...
Read More

Altcoins 28/12/20 22:00 by Cole Petersen

COVER Price Plummets Towards Zero Following Lethal Minting Function Exploit

COVER has been gaining serious hype throughout the past few months, despite its turbulent beginnings. What started as “SAFE” ultimately became COVER following some contentious battles betw...
Read More

Bitcoin 26/12/20 17:15 by John Caroline

Price Of Bitcoin On Russian-Crypto Exchange Livecoin Hits $450k Following Server Breach

Cyber-attacks seem unending within the crypto space as several exchanges keep recording cases of a security breach from cybercriminals. A recent report reveals that a Russian Cryptocurrency Exchan...
Read More

Other 11/12/20 11:34 by Livine Sanchez

Decentralized Insurance Markets Are Taming DeFi Risks

What will it take to get decentralized finance (DeFi) to deliver the promised land of low fee financial services owned by its users? Many DeFi users will argue that day is already here. They are enjo...
Read More

Bitcoin 03/12/20 13:16 by Ponvang Bulus

Hackers Attack Israeli Insurance Company Shirbit, Demands $1 Million In Bitcoin

A leading insurance company in Israel, Shirbit has been hacked and the hackers demand 50 BTC or they will sell the data of its customers. The hackers posted a message on Telegram on Wednesday 2 Decem...
Read More

Other 30/10/20 19:33 by Brenda Ngari

Harvest Finance Ups Reward To $1 Million For Hard Evidence Leading To Return Of Stolen Funds

Earlier this week, an economic exploit using flash loans was conducted on decentralized Finance (DeFi) protocol Harvest Finance enabling the attacker to get away with $33.8 million  — initiall...
Read More

Other 26/10/20 12:33 by Brenda Ngari

DeFi Protocol Harvest Finance Offers $100,000 Bounty In The Aftermath Of A $24M Exploit

Several decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols have fallen victim to economic exploits since the start of this year. These have included large-scale attacks on the bZx project, the $25 million exploi...
Read More

Bitcoin 20/10/20 22:01 by Bernice Nyambura

Hacker Group Behind Robinhood Security Breach Donates Stolen Bitcoin To Charity

The Darkside hacker group behind the recent security breach on popular trading app Robinhood has given some of their Bitcoin ransom to two charities, Children International and The Water Project. ...
Read More

Crypto 19/10/20 09:01 by Ponvang Bulus

Most Crypto Investors Trust Kraken More Than Binance and Coinbase, Poll Reveals

Most respondents in a Twitter poll have indicated that they trust Kraken the most to keep their cryptocurrencies safe. The poll conducted by a Twitter user included Kraken, Binance, Coinbase, and oth...
Read More

Bitcoin 05/10/20 12:16 by Bernice Nyambura

CryptoWhale on why the 150k BTC compensation to Mt. Gox users could be catastrophic to Bitcoin’s price

Mt.Gox Users who fell victim to the 2014 infamous hack of the Bitcoin exchange might finally get their funds back in the next 10 days, if the rehabilitation plan to compensate them goes through on Oc...
Read More

Crypto 28/09/20 23:00 by Cole Petersen

The KuCoin Hacker is About to Sell Stolen Chainlink; Why Analysts Aren’t Concerned

KuCoin, a somewhat popular cryptocurrency exchange headquartered in Singapore, experienced a major security breach last week that led to the loss of over $150 million worth of crypto tokens, including...
Read More

Crypto 26/09/20 17:11 by Brenda Ngari

KuCoin Crypto Exchange Hacked, Over $150 Million Lost

KuCoin cryptocurrency exchange was hacked. At least $150 million in bitcoin (BTC), ethereum (ETH), and other ERC-20 tokens were drained from its hot wallets. Nonetheless, the price of bitcoin and ETH...
Read More

Altcoins 26/09/20 05:17 by Nick Chong

Millions in Bitcoin, Ethereum, & Tokens Hacked From KuCoin Will Be “Covered”

On Friday afternoon, a number of Twitter users began to notice large withdrawals of Ethereum and ERC-20 tokens from Kucoin’s designated addresses. In the span of about thirty minutes, about $150...
Read More

Bitcoin 22/09/20 23:14 by Nick James

Confessed “Dark Overlord” Hacker Slapped With A 5-Year Sentence For Bitcoin Extortion

Hackers using ransomware to extort money from people have turned to cryptocurrencies, especially Bitcoin, to hide their tracks. One such criminal group named “The Dark Overlord” has been terroriz...
Read More

Other 14/09/20 22:25 by Brenda Ngari

$8.1 Million Lost In bZx Protocol’s Third High-Profile Hack This Year

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) lending protocol, bZx, has been hit by the third exploit this year. This time, it is believed that the hackers made off with approximately $8 million worth of digital ass...
Read More