CryptoWeek
The crypto-news of the week, updated every Friday evening.
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Ecosystem - Bitfinex hack
- US Officials Seize $3.6B in Bitcoin From 2016 Bitfinex Hack - Coindesk
- US married couple arrested for allegedly conspiring to launder $4.5bn in bitcoin - The Guardian
- Bitfinex’s LEO Token Jumps 46%, XRP Gains Slightly in Flat Market - Coindesk
Ecosystem - Ransomware
- Ransomware Payments Are Getting Bigger as Hackers Shift Focus to Larger Targets - Coindesk
- As Ransomware Payments Continue to Grow, So Too Does Ransomware’s Role in Geopolitical Conflict - Chainalysis
Ecosystem - Wormhole
- How $323M in crypto was stolen from a blockchain bridge called Wormhole - Ars Technica
- Calling a Hack an Exploit Minimizes Human Error - Coindesk
- Jump Trading Backstops Wormhole’s $320M Exploit Loss - Coindesk
- The 10 Biggest Bank Robberies of All Time - MoneyWise
- Wormhole hit by exploit, etc. – Amy Castor
Ecosystem - Hackers
- ‘Hackers helped me find my lost Bitcoin fortune’ - BBC News
- Ethereum scaling startup Optimism discloses ‘critical bug’ fix - theblockcrypto
Ecosystem - Binance
- Crypto Exchange Binance to Invest $200 Million in Forbes - WSJ
- Forbes Announces $200 Million Strategic Investment From Binance - Forbes
Markets - BlackRock
- BlackRock Planning to Offer Bitcoin Trading - Nasdaq
- BlackRock Planning to Offer Crypto Trading - Coindesk
Markets - VC
Ecosystem - DeFi
- DeFi Options Protocols Suffered as Ether Fell to $2.1K - Coindesk
- iOS jailbreak dev wins $2M bounty for finding critical Optimism bug - cointelegraph
Ecosystem - NFT
- Sotheby’s to Auction 104 CryptoPunks for Estimated $20M-$30M - Coindesk
- YouTube sees ‘incredible potential’ in Web3, NFTs and blockchain tech - theblockcrypto
Ecosystem - El Salvador
- El Salvador angrily rejects IMF call to drop Bitcoin use - ABC News
- Fitch Downgrades El Salvador to CCC Weeks Before Bitcoin Bond Issue - Coindesk
- El Salvador plans to issue first bitcoin bond next month - theblockcrypto
Regulation - Russia
- Russia Moves to Recognize Crypto as a Form of Currency - Blockworks
- Russia set to recognize crypto as a form of currency: report - theblockcrypto
- Russian government and central bank agree to treat Bitcoin as currency - cointelegraph
Regulation - Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)
- Bank of England is ‘highly unlikely’ to develop a retail wallet for CBDC - theblockcrypto
- The Future of Payments Is Not Stablecoins - Liberty Street Economics
- Digital euro bill due early 2023 – POLITICO
Ecosystem - Proof-of-reserves
- Verify Your Bitcoin and Ether Balances on Kraken with Proof of Reserves - Kraken Blog
- Kraken Says Proof-of-Reserves Audit Shows $19B in Bitcoin and Ether - Coindesk
- Proof-of-reserves - CheckSig
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