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Tether flees from banks, Ledger’s backdoor for seed phrases and more

Banks want to reduce exposure to crypto businesses, just as crypto businesses are seeking to reduce exposure to the ongoing banking crisis. Tether’s latest audit report shows that the stablecoin issuer withdrew over $4.5 billion from banks in the first quarter to reduce counterparty risk following Circle’s troubles during the

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Ledger co-founder clarifies “there is no backdoor” in Recover firmware update

The launch of Ledger Recover, a service that allows users of the Ledger hardware wallet to back up their secret recovery phrases, met with immense resistance from the crypto community. Ledger co-founder and ex-CEO Éric Larchevêque took the criticism against Ledger as “a total PR failure, but absolutely not a

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Dingo crypto token flagged as scam over 99% transaction fee backdoor

The research arm of cybersecurity software firm Check Point has flagged the Dingo Token (DINGO) as a “potential scam” after reportedly discovering a smart contract function that has been used to manipulate transaction fees.In a Feb. 3 blog post, Check Point Research (CPR) said it looked into the code behind the Dingo

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Bridge Platform LayerZero Denies Allegations It Kept ‘Backdoor’ Secret

“A trusted-party vulnerability (also called a ’backdoor’) is an undisclosed capability of a trusted party, that can compromise the function of the system,” Prestwich explained in a tweet outlining his findings. According to Prestwich, LayerZero has the ability to unilaterally steal or move around funds locked up with platforms that

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MEVbots backdoor drains users’ Ethereum funds via arbitrage trading bot

MEV gain, an Ethereum (ETH) arbitrage trading bot built by MEVbots, which claims to provide stress-free passive income, has been actively draining its users’ funds via a fund-stealing backdoor. Arbitrage bots are programs that automate trading for profits based on historical market information. An investigation of MEVbots’ contract revealed a backdoor

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Senators join chorus of disapproval of ‘backdoor regulation’ in SEC staff accounting bulletin

United States Senator Bill Hagerty has sent a letter, cosigned by four other Republican senators, to Securities and Exchange (SEC) Commission chair Gary Gensler urging the withdrawal of a staff accounting bulletin, referred to as SAB 121, issued by the agency March 31. According to the senators, the bulletin amounts

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This Researcher Says Bitcoin’s Elliptic Curve Could Have a Secret Backdoor

One of the world’s top cryptographers believes that Satoshi Nakamoto chose Bitcoin’s (BTC) elliptic curve either for its efficiency or because it may offer a secret backdoor.Elliptic curve is worth $ billionsA Bitcoin public key is created by applying elliptic curve cryptography to the private key. One can easily create

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