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Lendhub protocol exploiters spotted shifting $3.85M into Tornado Cash

Despite the sanctions on the crypto mixing service, the bad actors behind January's biggest exploit have deposited millions worth of funds into Tornado Cash.

Coinbase hit with proposed trademark lawsuit over Nano derivative products

NanoLabs has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against crypto exchange Coinbase for its Nano Bitcoin futures contract and Nano Ether futures contract.

Ukraine netted $70M in crypto donations since start of Russia conflict

Ether leads the way in donations with $28.9 million received so far, while BTC and USDT donors have chipped in $22.8 million and $11.59 million respectively.

Uniswap DAO debate shows devs still struggle to secure cross-chain bridges

Developers face tradeoffs between making bridges upgradeable to fix bugs versus making them decentralized.

SBF’s new charges, Shapella’s fork date and emojis as financial advice: Hodler’s Digest, Feb. 19-25

Top Stories This Week Unsealed superseding indictment against Sam Bankman-Fried includes 12 criminal charges Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) was charged on four new criminal counts by a federal judge presiding over his case. According to a superseding indictment, there are now 12 criminal charges against Bankman-Fried, including eight conspiracy charges related to fraud […]

Coinbase new blockchain seen as 'massive confidence vote' for Ethereum

One Ethereum bull hopes the launch will help onboard a host of other crypto companies and financial institutions onto Ethereum.

Hong Kong crypto frenzy, DeFi token surges 550%, NBA China NFTs — Asia Express

Our weekly roundup of news from East Asia curates the industry’s most important developments. Hong Kong moves bullish On Feb. 20, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong launched a consultation on its proposed regulatory requirements for digital asset trading platforms. The SFC requires the licensing of all cryptocurrency exchanges operating in Hong […]

Snow Crash manuscript that coined the term ‘Metaverse’ to be auctioned by Sotheby's

The manuscript is part of a larger series of physical and digital items related to the famous book.

'Stupid money' Ethereum investor loses over $2M in six months — 3 lessons to learn

How can traders learn from common investment mistakes and reduce their market risks accordingly?

Coinbase launches its own Layer 2 network for building decentralized apps

The network, known as Base, is designed to be a low-cost, secure, and developer-friendly environment that Coinbase said will serve as a bridge to bring users into the crypto economy.

Blur founder Pacman puts the NFT marketplace war into perspective

Blur founder Pacman is hopeful that the major NFT trading applications will soon find a middle ground and cooperate on creator royalties.

Forsage founders indicted over $340M DeFi ‘Ponzi scheme’

According to the Department of Justice, Forsage employed smart contracts which were coded in ways consistent with a Ponzi scheme.

Only 0.04% of Ethereum validators have been slashed since 2020, says core dev

Only 226 validators have been slashed since Ethereum staking began, with 75 of those coming from one single event in Feb. 2021.

Price analysis 2/22: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, DOGE, MATIC, SOL, DOT, SHIB

BTC and altcoins are pulling back sharply, but is today’s correction a simple lower support retest, or a sign of worse things to come?

Breakdancing medic’s NFT auctioned at Sotheby’s — Grant Yun, NFT creator

Artist name: Grant Riven Yun Location: Milwaukee Date minted first NFT: Feb. 3, 2021Which blockchains? Ethereum, Counterparty (Bitcoin) Who is he? Grant Yun has always been an artist at heart with an early aspiration to have his work featured at a major auction house. A curious and motivated individual, Yun is studying medicine while juggling his work […]

Security team creates dashboard to detect potential NFT hacks in OpenSea

The team flagged almost $25 million worth of NFTs hacked through offline signatures at the time of writing.

Ethereum Shapella upgrade gets new date, making way for un-staking ETH

The upgrade is only for the Sepolia network and a subsequent upgrade for Goerli network would be introduced in March.

Reddit co-founder bought 50,000 Ether during pre-sale, for $15K

Alexis Ohanian is extremely bullish on cryptocurrency, even using the proceeds from his early Ether investment to found a crypto-focused venture capitalist firm.

LinksDAO likely to put in ‘compelling offer’ to buy Scottish golf course

If the final tally remains in favor of the purchase, the LinksDAO acquisition committee will officially put out a “compelling offer” to purchase the golf course.

Coinbase staking 'fundamentally different’ to Kraken's — chief lawyer

After the SEC’s crack-down on Kraken, Coinbase’s legal head outlined the differences between Kraken’s staking product and its own.

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