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Elliptic Details Evolution of ‘Crypto Crime Displacement’ in Latest Research
The crypto ecosystem is constantly changing, and a new form of malfeasance has emerged: cross-chain crime. This criminal method, which invol...
Bitcoin, Ether Remain Steady, But Analysts Have Bearish Price Predictions
Major token prices were little changed over the weekend as bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) held above support levels in the absence of a catal...
Softbank Ups Its Multi-Billion Dollar AI Investment ‘Offense’ After Easing Off Blockchain
SoftBank, the Japanese tech investment colossus, is reportedly increasing its multi-billion dollar investments in artificial intelligence (A...
New Avalanche Dapp Lets Traders Swap Hundreds of Different Tokens in Single Transaction
A developer team building on the Avalanche blockchain has introduced a trading tool that lets users swap up to 300 different tokens in the s...
Ethereum’s Holesky Testnet Fails To Launch, in Rare Tech Misstep for the Blockchain
We had a misconfiguration in the el genesis file and that led to the holesky network improperly launching. Some validators manually fixed th...
Billionaire Mark Cuban Loses $870,000 In Crypto Scam
The week ended poorly for tech billionaire Mark Cuban, who decided to dabble in crypto after months of inactivity and fell victim to a crypt...
North Korea’s Lazarus Group Has Stolen $240M in Crypto in Just 104 Days: Elliptic
Blockchain surveillance firm Elliptic published a report Friday detailing the exploits of notorious North Korean hacking group Lazarus, whic...
PUBG Creator Krafton Unveils ‘Overdare’ NFT Game With AI Creation Tools
South Korean game studio Krafton, maker of the popular battle royale shooter PUBG, announced Thursday that its upcoming NFT-driven metaverse...
Lawyers Labeled Chainalysis Data Unreliable “Junk Science”
A new debate surfaces surrounding the credibility of blockchain analysis tools. Specifically, Chainalysis, a Wall Street-backed blockchain a...
Coinbase’s Base Blockchain Hits Record High for Daily Transactions, Eclipsing Rivals
Coinbase’s layer 2 blockchain, Base, which launched in early August, has seen its daily transactions hit an all-time high, according to da...
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Ethereum Blockchain Launches ‘Holesky’ Test Network, on First Anniversary of Historic ‘Merge’
Ethereum developers launched a new test network, Holesky, on Friday that they say will improve the largest smart-contracts blockchain’s te...