Month: January 2023

Robinhood Hacked: Third-Party Vendor Suspected of Breach

• Hackers broke into Robinhood’s social media accounts to promote a fraudulent coin called RBH. • The initial price of the coin was set at $0.005, and the analysis of the token revealed that creator and tokenomics information were missing. • Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao reported that the suspicious account had been suspended and Robinhood […]

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EU Passes Stricter Crypto Regulations For Banks – More Protection For Customers

• European Union lawmakers have agreed to stricter new requirements for banks dealing with crypto and digital assets. • These measures include a requirement for banks to disclose if and how they are exposed to cryptocurrencies, and to hold more capital to protect customers against crypto losses. • This bill will cover the financial capital […]

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EU Banks Required to Disclose Crypto Exposure – New Rules Strengthen Financial Framework

• The European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee has voted on stricter new requirements for banks dealing with crypto and digital assets. • This measure was taken to limit the number of unbacked loans with Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) that lenders could hold in front of the European Commission. • The legislation will […]

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Litecoin Surpasses Ethereum in Total Addresses, Surges in Popularity

• Litecoin has surpassed Ethereum in total addresses, a metric that measures the total number of unique addresses of a cryptocurrency that have been involved in at least one transaction. • This could be a sign of new investors adopting the crypto, and LTC has observed some sharp growth in new addresses on the network […]

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Litecoin Mining Hashrate Hits All-Time High, Indicating Positive Price Developments

• The mining hashrate of Litecoin has hit a new all-time high, indicating that miners are finding the blockchain attractive to mine on. • The mining hashrate is an indicator that measures the total amount of computing power that miners have connected to the Litecoin network. • When the value of this metric rises, it […]

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ConsenSys Cuts 11% of Employees Amid Volatile Crypto Market

• ConsenSys, a New York City-based crypto software firm and parent company of MetaMask, is laying off 11% of its employees. • The crypto market lost about $2 trillion in value in 2022 due to rising interest rates and economic jitters. • CEO Joseph Lubin cites “uncertain market conditions” as the cause for the terminations. […]

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