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Lazarus used ‘Kandykorn’ malware in attempt to compromise exchange — Elastic
Lazarus Group used a new form of malware in an attempt to compromise a crypto exchange, according to an Oct. 31 report from Elastic Security Labs. Elastic has…
Some Multichain transactions are confirmed as queue unwinds
Hacked cross-chain protocol Multichain has confirmed some transactions, and its backlog of queued transactions has declined to only a single transaction,…
Visa completes digital Hong Kong dollar pilot test with local banks
Payment processor Visa has completed the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's central bank digital currency (CBDC) Pilot Programme with HSBC and Hang Seng…
Canadian MP urges community to study Bitcoin, cites Gensler’s pre-SEC stance
On the 15th anniversary of the release of the Bitcoin white paper, Canadian Member of Parliament (MP) Joël Lightbound took the opportunity to thank the…
HSBC and Ant Group test tokenized deposits under HKMA sandbox
Banking giant Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) have tested the use of tokenized deposits – from issuance to transfer to redemption – with major…
Onyx Protocol exploiter begins siphoning $2.1M loot on Tornado Cash
Decentralized peer-to-peer lending platform Onyx Protocol lost roughly $2.1 million in an exploit of a market with no liquidity that was deployed on Oct. 27. The…
Near taps Nym for metadata privacy, encryption services
Layer-1 protocol Near has tapped blockchain security firm Nym to provide end-to-end encryption and metadata privacy services for its ecosystem.Nym, which provides…
SBF criminal trial moves to closing arguments
The ongoing criminal trial involving FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) will move into closing arguments on November 1. On Day 15 of the SBF trial, lead defense…
October sees a comparative lull in crypto crime with losses of $32.2M: CertiK
Web3 theft hit a low point for the year so far in October, CertiK reported. Losses to hacks, exploits and scams confirmed by the blockchain security firm amounted…
SBF says spending FTX customers’ money was part of ‘risk management’:…
Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, claims that spending clients' fiat deposits was just part of "risk management" for his…