$235M WazirX exchange hack has implications for India’s crypto industry

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the operator of 23 leading global exchanges including the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), has announced plans to create a Microsoft cloud-powered “open and regulated, global ecosystem for digital assets,” according to a press release published August 3. The operator of NYSE is forming a new company, dubbed “Bakkt,” and will work…

Swiss cryptocurrency industry organization the Crypto Valley Association (CVA) is investigating allegations of foul play by one of its members after the platform closed down last month, CVA officials confirmed in a statement on Feb. 28.According to its website at press time, Blue Trading, also known as BlueTrading, shuttered investment services after what it described…

British Hacker Joseph O’Connor, also known online as PlugwalkJoe, has been sentenced to five years in U.S. prison for his role in stealing $794,000 worth of cryptocurrency via a SIM swap attack on a crypto exchange executive back in April 2019. O’Connor was initially arrested in Spain in July 2021 and was extradited to the…

Columbia University isn’t quite ready to jump into crypto, but those in charge of its endowment are definitely following the industry’s developments. 309 Total views 7 Total shares Columbia Investment Management Company president and CEO Kim Lew thinks that cryptocurrencies are here to stay. “I think it will have profound effects,” she said in a recent interview,…

Japanese messaging app Line has entered into a final agreement with financial giant Nomura Holdings to form a blockchain alliance.Focus on blockchain technologyOn Oct. 4, Line, together with Line Group company LVC Corporation and Nomura Holdings, announced that the three companies have signed the final capital alliance agreement, which is based on the collective intent…

When the United States Office of Government Ethics (OGE) released its Legal Advisory 22-04 on July 5, most attention was given to its conclusion that federal employees who own any amount of cryptocurrency or stablecoins whatsoever may not participate in regulation and policymaking that concerns crypto. The legal advisory (LA) raised some eyebrows, as de…

A report from Flipside Crypto delves into why XRP trading drops significantly on weekends. A new report by blockchain intelligence firm Flipside Crypto indicates that trading activity for XRP slows down considerably on the weekends. The question is, why?In the report called “4 Things To Know About XRP Money Flows”, the company analyzes the flows…

Google Chrome launched its built-in tracking and ad-curation platform, “Privacy Sandbox,” on Sept. 11, according to a company blog post. The platform was originally rolled out to a small percentage of users but is now available to around 97% of users. Google said the remaining 3% will be onboarded over the next few months.Privacy experts