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DeFi tries to recover from Curve hack, but exploits continue: Finance Redefined

Binance jumped in with a $5 million Curve token investment to help with efforts to minimize the risk of contagion.

Victim of 90 ETH exploit set to claw funds back after hacker was blacklisted

The hacker’s wallet with more than $100K worth of USDT was blacklisted and frozen, while the Victim had been drained for almost $170K worth of NFTs and other assets.

FC Barcelona secures $132 investment for blockchain and NFT venture

The football club has been keen on creating nonfungible token collections for much of the past year.

Grails’ lucky dip of famous NFT artists, new hope for PFP holders: NFT Collector

Pudgy Penguins CEO reveals why PFT holders aren’t doomed, Grails offers a blind tasting to buy famous NFT artists, and free Amazon Prime NFTs.

Binance applies for Taiwan AML compliance: Report

The world's leading crypto exchange by trading volume has reportedly applied to register in Taiwan under the new AML compliance.

Worldcoin opens up WLD reservations for unverified users

Worldcoin project has remained controversial right from its announcement and currently facing regulatory trouble in multiple jurisdictions that it has launched.

Visa explores crypto gas fees payments through cards

Visa’s innovative solution employs Ethereum's ERC-4337 standard and the "paymaster" smart contract, enabling off-chain gas fee settlement.

‘XRP is not a security. Period’ — Crypto lawyers on Ripple’s case amid SEC appeal

Lawyer Oscar Franklin Tan believes that if the appeal is allowed, whoever wins will build momentum in the main case.

Coinbase layer-2 network Base hits 136,000 daily active users

Around 30% of Base's users on Aug. 10 were new to the blockchain which launched only a day prior.

Aave DAO opens voting on proposals to reduce CRV exposure

Aave tokenholders are voting on three proposals that could reshape the protocol’s exposure to the Curve DAO token.

Cross-chain wallet BitKeep changes name to Bitget Wallet after acquisition

The exchange follows the likes of Binance, KuCoin and OKX in running self-custody wallets parallel to CeFi operations.

Newly discovered Bitcoin wallet loophole let hackers steal $900K — SlowMist

A series of attacks drained the wallets of BTC users by exploiting a faulty random seed generation algorithm.

Chinese police to crackdown on crypto and deepfake AI

The move comes as several prominent Chinese blockchain executives have been arrested this year.

FTX debtors and UCC clash over asset control in restructuring

FTX strongly criticized the UCC's pursuit of asset control, as it recommended that debtors allocate nearly $2.6 billion from cash reserves into short-term Treasuries.

AI Eye: Apple developing pocket AI, deep fake music deal, hypnotizing GPT-4

Apple developing AI to run locally on your phone, researchers ‘hypnotize’ GPT-4 to turn it evil, and Google negotiates a deep fake music deal.

Hashing It Out podcast: What does the future hold for BNB Chain?

Arno Bauer, the senior solution architect at BNB Chain, denies the “Ethereum killer” tag in a discussion highlighting new BNB Chain updates.

US bank reveals $170M in crypto holdings: Q2 earnings report

Sofi started offering crypto services even before it became a bank and its banking license might change the way it hodl crypto.

India plans to use crypto tokens in upcoming native web browser

Feature is envisaged in the project of national web browser, cherished by the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology.

Nigeria to issue verifiable blockchain certificates for NYSC

This initiative aims to house all NYSC certificates on the blockchain, providing individuals with the means to easily verify and authenticate them.

BNB Chain hard fork to improve security & compatibility with EVM chains

Binance’s BNB Chain is set for two upgrades that are aimed at improving finality of the network and compatibility with other EVM blockchains.

‘No fucking way’ — Joe Rogan, Post Malone slam US government CBDC

CBDCs have turned out to be a popular talking point among the American public, garnering takes from comedians, rappers and presidential candidates alike.

Aptos token rises 11.6% after Microsoft deal to marry AI with blockchain

APT pumped 17.6% within the first 50 minutes before cooling off to $7.51 — still 11.6% above pre-announcement levels.

Fireblocks discloses massive vulnerability affecting crypto wallets

Fireblocks said the vulnerabilities affecting Coinbase, Binance, and Zengo have since been fixed and has reached out to more than 12 others still at risk.

Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms trims Q2 loss to $27.7M

The firm managed to narrow net loss in the quarter as it ramped up Bitcoin production.

Base network has officially launched: Here's how it can be used

Coinbase's Base network completed its phased launch on Aug. 9, and is officially open to end-users.

Worldcoin controversy explained in latest Cointelegraph Report

In the latest Cointelegraph Report, we analyzed the privacy and ethical concerns around Worldcoin, currently among the most controversial cryptocurrency projects, and assessed its potential to disrupt the AI era.

CipherTrace expert says Chainalysis data contributed to ‘wrongful arrest’ of alleged Bitcoin Fog founder

CipherTrace’s director of investigations and intelligence says data provided to the government by Chainalysis cannot be verified and should not be admissible in court.

Only 6 out of 45 crypto wallet brands have undergone penetration testing: Report

Cybersecurity certification platform CER said the vast majority of wallets do not hire outside experts to perform penetration tests.

Maple Finance secures SEC exemption for on-chain Treasury Pools

Launched in April, the USDC Pools were previously accessible only to non-U.S. accredited investors.

Another Fantom project winds down citing Multichain exposure

Over $1.5 billion of users' and enterprises' assets were held on Multichain prior to the arrest of its CEO Zhaojun He.

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