Hackers are increasingly targeting financial firms such as banks and trading houses with attacks designed to use their computer systems to mine cryptocurrencies, according to cybersecurity firm SonicWall. The number of so-called cryptojacking attacks on financial companies more than tripled in the first half from a year earlier, SonicWall said…
FTX said on Friday it was planning to offer Voyager Digital’s customers access to some of their funds, the latest relief measure by the Sam Bankman-Fried-led cryptocurrency exchange for the ailing crypto industry. Under the plan, Alameda Ventures, the trading firm also founded by Bankman-Fried, would purchase all of Voyager’s…
A Dutch university that fell victim to a massive ransomware attack has partly received back its stolen money… which in the meantime more than doubled in value, a news report said on Saturday. The southern Maastricht University in 2019 was hit by a large cyberattack in which criminals used ransomware,…
Crypto lender Voyager Digital said on Friday it has suspended withdrawals, trading and deposits to its platform and said it is exploring strategic alternatives to preserve the value of its platform. The move comes days after the company issued a default notice to embattled hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC)…
Tether, the world’s largest stablecoin, said on Friday it had cut its commercial paper holdings by around 58 percent as part of an earlier commitment to reduce its exposure to riskier assets. Stablecoins — a variety of cryptocurrencies designed to keep a steady value — are in sharp focus after…
Bitcoin tumbled to its weakest level in 18 months on Saturday before mounting somewhat of a recovery through Sunday although experts believe that another slide soon could be in the offing, extending a slide on investor worries about growing troubles in the industry and the general pull-back from riskier assets….
Bharti Airtel has become the first Indian telco major to have forayed into the metaverse world. The network provider has announced a 20-screen multiplex in a metaverse called ‘Partynite’. The name of this virtual theatre has been decided to be called ‘Xstream’ and it will have content portfolios from various…
Bitcoin, the world’s oldest and largest cryptocurrency by market cap is currently struggling to garner profits amid global economic slowdown. A new Glassnode report has said that long-time holders (LTHs) of this virtual asset presently also possess 90 percent of BTC’s total supply in profits. As per CoinMarketCap, Bitcoin currently…
More than 46,000 people reported losing over $1 billion (roughly Rs. 7,770) in cryptocurrency scams since the start of 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said in a report on Friday. Nearly half the people who reported losing digital currencies in a scam said it started with an ad, post…
US-based online e-commerce giant eBay has ventured into the world of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) with the release of its debut collection on the ‘OneOf’ NFT platform. This marks eBay’s first foray into the world of digital collectibles. Its first NFT collection is themed around sports and the price range of…
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