UK election on July 4: What would Labour Party win mean for crypto?

The exploit on July 30 resulted in the theft of roughly $70 million in cryptocurrencies, bringing the bounty close to $7 million. Decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms Curve, Metronome and Alchemix have jointly announced an initiative to recover stolen funds from the recent exploits of Curve’s pools.According to on-chain data, the protocols are offering a 10%…

MicroBT has unveiled its coming series of 100 TH/s miners for the post-halving block rewards, igniting competition with Bitmain. 153 Total views 22 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) ASIC manufacturer MicroBT has revealed its new mining hardware, boasting a hash rate of 100 terahashes per second (TH/s). This product unveiling demonstrates that competition is heating up…

While total year-over-year losses to hackers dropped 58%, BNB Chain saw 119 security incidents leading to losses of around $70 million, followed by Ethereum, with 55 incidents netting hackers over $65 million. More than $300 million in digital assets were lost to crypto hacks and exploits in the second quarter of 2023, according to on-chain…

A group of researchers has devised a blockchain-based mechanism to perform legal functions in a so-called “digital court,” according to an April 6 announcement.Professors Hitoshi Matsushima from the University of Tokyo, and Shunya Noda from the University of British Columbia, have been leading the project, which aims to settle legal disputes without the need for…

"We are going to become the first city in the world to mine Bitcoin here on site at city hall," said Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker. 318 Total views 30 Total shares Fort Worth, Texas has launched a pilot program to mine Bitcoin in partnership with the Texas Blockchain Council.In a Tuesday city council meeting,…

Bitcoin's genesis block was mined 13 years ago today! 252 Total views 9 Total shares To celebrate the Bitcoin network 's 13th anniversary, Cointelegraph gathered birthday messages from industry players to mark the occasion. Following a hash rate all-time high, Bitcoin (BTC) has officially reached its adolescent years and industry experts weigh in on its…

Microsoft's security team revealed a new ransomware that is deployed in human-operated attacks. It uses "brute force" against a target company's systems management server, and mainly has targeted the healthcare sector amid the COVID-19 crisis.According to a series of tweets published by the tech giant on May 27, the human-operated ransomware attack, named "PonyFinal", requires…