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Bitcoin (BTC) users have been given a possibly more efficient way to mint new assets on the blockchain aft an updated edition of the recently-rebranded Taproot Assets Protocol was released by Lightning Labs.In a May 16 blog post, Lightning Network infrastructure firm Lighting Labs criticized the current methods by which
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As more people get drawn into the profit potential of crypto, skeptics increasingly point out to the fraud and failure happening in the space. The various hacks, ransomware attempts on the Colonial Pipeline, and the high-profile failures of Terra/Luna, Three Arrows Capital, Celsius and most of all FTX/Alameda have done
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Blender, the cryptocurrency mixer sanctioned by the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control in May 2022, was “highly likely” relaunched as Sinbad, according to risk management firm Elliptic.In a Feb. 13 report, Elliptic said its analysis of Sinbad suggested that the crypto mixer was likely
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A new report shared by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) highlights an ongoing phishing campaign against YouTube creators, typically resulting in the compromise and sale of channels for broadcasting cryptocurrency scams.The TAG attributes the attacks to a group of hackers recruited in a Russian-speaking forum, who hack the creator’s channel
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The Libra Association may have rebranded itself as Diem but that means little to German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz. According to a Reuters report, Scholz said in a statement that Libra’s rebranding as Diem was merely a cosmetic change. “A wolf in sheep’s clothing is still a wolf,” he said following
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Huobi Group has rebranded its cryptocurrency derivatives exchange platform Huobi DM to Huobi Futures.According to the announcement from spokesperson and head of Huobi global business Ciara Sun the new name of the exchange is to signify the growth of the nascent industry into one that is now garnering the interests
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European crypto asset manager, CoinShares, announced the launch of its new trading business, CoinShares Capital Markets, or CSCM, on May 7.The subsidiary comprises a rebranding of GABI Trading, with CoinShares now entering into the final stages of acquiring the firm. In 2019, the firm processed more than $3 billion worth of
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