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Singapore, view of Marina Bay with Gardens By The Bay manmade trees in the background (SoleneC1/Pixabay)
Policy
Regulations
Crypto Use in Terror Financing Rises, but Is Still Relatively Small: Singapore
"As a global financial centre and transport hub with a significant migrant workforce, Singapore remains a potential source of funds for terrorists and terrorist organisations...
Singapore, view of Marina Bay with Gardens By The Bay manmade trees in the background (SoleneC1/Pixabay)
By Amitoj Singh
Jul 26, 2024 at 12:06 p.m. UTC
Jul 26, 2024
RegulationsSingaporeCryptoTerrorist FinancingSecurityISISIsraelPalestineHamas
New Delhi, India (Unsplash)
Policy
Regulations
WazirX Files Police Complaint After $230M Hack, Engages With India's Cyber Crimes Unit
WazirX said "many exchanges" were "cooperating" with them and that their immediate plans included "tracing the stolen funds, recovering customer assets, and conducting a deepe...
New Delhi, India (Unsplash)
By Amitoj Singh
Jul 19, 2024 at 1:03 p.m. UTC
Jul 19, 2024
RegulationsWazirXIndiaSecuritybreachHack
camera, surveillance
Finance
Security
Ironblocks' 'Venn' Network Aims to Keep Malicious Transactions From Ever Hitting Blockchains
The Israeli firm's Venn security network uses a network of operators to seek out and freeze suspect transactions before they execute.
camera, surveillance
By Danny Nelson
Jul 2, 2024 at 2:18 p.m. UTC
Jul 2, 2024
Security
An inside view of the Orb, Worldcoin's custom hardware that makes cryptographic IDs based on iris scans. (Worldcoin)
Finance
Worldcoin
Worldcoin Hires Former Google, X and Apple Execs to Beef Up Privacy, Security
Tools for Humanity (TFH), a contributor to the Worldcoin project, hired four executives to advance its mission to ensure a more just economic system, the company said on Tuesd...
An inside view of the Orb, Worldcoin's custom hardware that makes cryptographic IDs based on iris scans. (Worldcoin)
By Ian Allison
Jul 2, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. UTC
Jul 2, 2024
worldcoinManagementSecurity
The Glue homepage (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Finance
Layer 1
Crypto Sleuth Ogle Proposes Security-Centric 'Glue' Blockchain
The upcoming layer-1 takes a hands-on approach to ensuring project security.
The Glue homepage (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
By Danny Nelson
May 21, 2024 at 3:02 p.m. UTC
May 21, 2024
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Still from Sergio Leone's 1965 classic spaghetti western "For a Few Dollars More," where Clint Eastwood plays an antihero character with an unorthodox sense of justice. (Wikimedia Commons)
Opinion
Opinion
Your Crypto Project Needs a Sheriff, Not a Bounty Hunter
Avi Eisenberg’s centi-million dollar exploit of the decentralized Mango Markets trading platform revealed the perverse incentives of bug bounties.
Still from Sergio Leone's 1965 classic spaghetti western "For a Few Dollars More," where Clint Eastwood plays an antihero character with an unorthodox sense of justice. (Wikimedia Commons)
By Steven Walbroehl
Apr 24, 2024 at 4:57 p.m. UTC
Apr 24, 2024
OpinionAvi eisenbergMango MarketsDeFiBug bountiesExploitsSecurity
Artistic rendering of the GitHub page where the Cosmos "reentrancy vulnerability" was described. (GitHub)
Technology
Security
Patched Cosmos Bug Could've Put $150M At Risk, Says Firm That Reported It
The reentrancy bug was discovered by Asymmetric Research, a core contributor to the Wormhole interoperability protocol.
Artistic rendering of the GitHub page where the Cosmos "reentrancy vulnerability" was described. (GitHub)
By Sam Kessler
Apr 23, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Apr 23, 2024
SecurityVulnerabilitiesCosmosInterchain FoundationIbcOsmosis
JP Morgan building (Shutterstock)
Finance
Eth
Ether Could Avoid Designation as a Security With Centralization Risk Easing, JPMorgan Says
Staking platform Lido’s share in staked ether has continued to fall, reducing concerns about concentration in the Ethereum network, the report said.
JP Morgan building (Shutterstock)
By Will Canny
Apr 4, 2024 at 4:48 p.m. UTC
Apr 4, 2024
ETHJPMorganEthereumSecurity
(Kelly Sikkema/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
Opinion
Opinion
Must Bitcoin ‘Drop Ideals’ of Decentralization to Achieve Mass Adoption?
Key management is crucial to crypto maintaining decentralization. But, as hacks and exploits have grown in number, the dream of self-custody has become more difficult to maint...
(Kelly Sikkema/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
By Daniel Kuhn
Apr 3, 2024 at 5:04 p.m. UTC
Apr 3, 2024
OpinionBitcoinHalvingCultureDecentralizationPrivate KeysSecurityCertiK
a cleaver chops a lemon in half
Opinion
Opinion
How the Bitcoin Halving Could Affect Network Security
After the block reward drops to 3.125 bitcoins, miners could power down their less efficient machines.
a cleaver chops a lemon in half
By Meltem Erdem
Apr 2, 2024 at 1:46 p.m. UTC
Apr 2, 2024
OpinionTurkeyHalvingsBitcoinSecurity