The Indian Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is reportedly developing a crypto intelligence tool in response to a rise in illegal activities around cryptocurrencies in the country. According to a CNBC report, the MHA aims to combat crypto-related crime through the...
Ethereum developers are gathering to salute the teams behind Ganache and Truffle, two toolkits that were once vital in the early days of Ethereum smart contracts.In a Sept. 22 post, Consensys announced the sunset of the two products amid a...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the United Kingdom’s financial markets regulator, has again expressed its concern over the lack of engagement on the part of crypto firms that will soon be subject to new marketing rules. The consequences of noncompliance...
Mainstream media outlet Rolling Stone has declared that nonfungible tokens (NFTs) are “finally totally worthless,” citing the results of a DappGambl study on the “evolving landscape” of NFTs. The study found that as many as 95% of NFTs (owned by more than...
The team behind Balancer, an Ethereum-based automated market maker, believes a social engineering attack on its DNS service provider was what led to its website’s front end being compromised on Sept. 19, leading to an estimated $238,000 in crypto stolen....
A bill aimed at regulating certain internet services in the United Kingdom, including activities in the metaverse, has passed through Parliament and awaits King Charles’ approval to become law. In a Sept. 19 announcement, the U.K. government said the Online Safety...
The California-based university Stanford University said it plans to return all funds it received from the now defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX, according to a report from Bloomberg. Stanford received a total of $5.5 million in gifts from FTX-related entities in the...
Balancer, an Ethereum-based decentralized finance protocol has confirmed its user interface is currently "under an attack."The platform notified its community on Sept. 19 at 11:49 pm UTC, urging users to not interact with Balancer's protocol until further notice.The balancer frontend...
Fintech innovations and emerging technologies have swept the world, causing global lawmakers to rush to understand and regulate them. While some countries like the United States and El Salvador have had a public relationship with adopting new technologies, others have quietly...
Bitcoin (BTC) could see fresh upside volatility as BTC price strength revisits key levels, a classic metric suggests.In an X post on Sep. 18, John Bollinger, creator of the Bollinger Bands volatility indicator, said that Bitcoin was positioned for a...
