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Arbitrum's fraud proofs haven't been used in the two years since it launched

Offchain Labs co-founder Ed Felten said there were one or two fraud challenges submitted on a version of Arbitrum running on the Ethereum proof-of-work fork after the Merge, which was defeated.

Lido assures LDO, stETH tokens remain safe despite flaw in token contract

The “fake deposit” attack enables bad actors to execute a transfer where the requested value is larger than what the user actually owns.

Vitalik Buterin's X account hacked, draining $691K+ from victims : Report

Following the reported breach of Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin's X (formerly Twitter) account, over $691,000 in losses has been inflicted on victims by malicious links.

Binance’s exec exodus, Nasdaq to trade AI orders and SBF loses bail appeal: Hodler’s Digest, Sept. 3-9

Binance executives depart, Nasdaq will trade AI-based orders and a bail appeal is denied for Sam Bankman-Fried.

Price analysis 9/8: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, DOGE, SOL, TON, DOT, MATIC

Bitcoin remains stuck in a range, but certain altcoins are showing signs of breaking down in the near term.

Human vs. AI: Who is better at crypto investing?

Cointelegraph journalist Giovanni Pigni spent two weeks challenging an AI program in a crypto investment competition.

Big Questions: What’s with all the crypto deaths? 

Stuffed down toilets, dismembered in suitcases — crypto has been the common denominator for several gruesome murders and mysterious deaths this year.

Ethereum’s proto-danksharding to make rollups 10x cheaper — Consensys zkEVM Linea head

Consensys zkEVM Linea head Nicolas Liochon says speed and execution will continue to increase as it tweaks its Ethereum layer 2 scaling solution.

Tencent’s AI leviathan, $83M scam busted, China’s influencer ban: Asia Express

Tencent builds the largest AI LLM model ever, South Korean authorities bust $83M crypto scam.

Ethereum’s proto-danksharding to make rollups 10x cheaper - Consensys zkEVM Linea head

Consensys zkEVM Linea head Nicolas Liochon says speed and execution will continue to increase as it tweaks its Ethereum layer 2 scaling solution.

Decentralized Infura launch within months, Web2 cloud giants may join: Consensys

Decentralized Infura will consist of Infura and a decentralized market of other third-party data providers.

Stake hack of $41M was performed by North Korean group: FBI

After investigating, the FBI concluded that the hack of crypto gambling site Stake was carried out by North Korean hackers Lazarus Group.

‘NFTs will win on Bitcoin’ — OnChainMonkey NFT collection ditches Ethereum

Metagood CEO Danny Yang attributed the move to the Bitcoin network being seen as a more secure platform for its users, among other reasons.

Crypto whale loses $24M in staked Ethereum to phishing attack

A significant portion of the stolen funds has been transferred into the fully automatic cryptocurrency exchange FixedFloat.

NFT Collector: Creative AI art, Tomorrowland sells tomorrow’s future 

AI art is gaining acceptance while Squiggles inch closer to the finish line.

Polygon Foundation denies Matic dump on Binance, claims wallets were mislabeled

Nansen, who was responsible for labelling these wallets, claimed that these addresses showed strong links to Polygon, however it removed the label after Polygon CEO’s public refute.

Casa wallet launches Ethereum vault relay service for increased user privacy

Private key manager Casa has launched a transaction relay feature to offer its Ethereum users more privacy when transacting from their personal vaults.

VanEck, ARK filings ‘officially’ start clock for spot Ethereum ETFs: Analyst

Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart expects more spot Ethereum ETFs to be filed in the coming days.

Following SEC delays, Ark Invest and 21Shares file for spot Ether ETF

The two firms currently have a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund being reviewed by the SEC, and recently proposed listings of two Ether futures ETFs.

VC Roundup: Enterprise blockchain, Bitcoin staking and Web3 pique investors’ interest

Orbital, ZTX, Stroom Network, unshETH and Fxhash highlight the latest funding deals from the world of crypto and blockchain.

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