US energy NGO warns of overwhelming demand, as ERCOT considers crypto proposals
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), a nonprofit corporation that oversees regional organizations that support energy reliability, has…
Ledger CEO explains hack, calls it ‘isolated incident’
Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier has addressed the Dec. 14 hack of the wallet provider’s hack in a post on the company’s blog. He said the hack of Ledger’s Javascript…
Cardano (ADA), Solana (SOL) and Polkadot (DOT) soar — Is it altseason?
Bitcoin (BTC) faced a sharp correction on Dec. 11 plummeting as much as 8% to a four-month low at $40,150, wiping out the gains of the past seven days. This drop…
Decentralized applications pause Ledger Connect as exploit fix deployed
More decentralized applications (DApps) have temporarily disabled their front-end user interface for Ledger Connect amid an exploit on Dec. 14.Developers of the…
Crypto catfishers ditch fake exchanges for approval phishing scams
Crypto romance scammers — a cohort of crypto-stealing smooth-talkers — appear to have a new trick up their sleeves: targeted approval phishing.In a Dec. 14 report…
Ledger breach possibly affecting whole EVM ecosystem — Linea
The attack on Ledger's connector library may be impacting the whole Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) ecosystem, according to the Linea team, a zero-knowledge rollup…
Ledger attacker drained at least $484K
The hacker behind the attack on Ledger's connector library had stolen at least 4.334 Ether (ETH) worth nearly $484,000, according to blockchain analysis platform…
Is El Salvador’s Bitcoin gambit finally paying off?
El Salvador’s controversial $117.5 million Bitcoin investment briefly swung into profitability this past week for the first time in two years. This was a…
Arthur Hayes repeats $1M BTC price bet
Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins are a no-brainer bet in the current macro climate, Arthur Hayes says.In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Dec. 14, the former CEO of…
Blockstream targets continued Bitcoin miner surplus with series 2 BASIC note
Blockstream will look to raise more capital to buy Bitcoin (BTC) mining hardware through a second series of its Blockstream ASIC (BASIC) Note offering, which aims…