“We are currently investigating the Poloniex hack incident,” Sun tweeted. “Poloniex maintains a healthy financial position and will fully reimburse the affected funds. Additionally, we are exploring opportunities for collaboration with other exchanges to facilitate the recovery of these funds.” Source 65MdataHackedHOTOnChainPoloniexSeeminglyStolenWallets CryptoX Portal
Cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex has had its hot wallets drained by hackers with an estimated loss of around $60 million. Source
Shiba Inu (SHIB) finds itself in a curious position as it experiences minor dips in its 24-hour trading value, diverging from the upward momentum seen in altcoins such as LINK, ADA, and SOL. The surge in these alternative cryptocurrencies has been propelled by Bitcoin’s climb to the $36,000 level. Despite the broader market’s positive movements, SHIB’s recent performance prompts a closer examination of its resilience and potential trajectory. The Shibburn website has reported a remarkable surge in the burn rate, surpassing 3,000% in the last 24 hours, resulting in the…
Cryptocurrency trading bot Wallet is debuting its global rollout on the Telegram messenger in several countries in Latin America and Africa. The Open Platform (TOP), the Dubai-headquartered investment platform affiliated with TOP Labs and Wallet, announced the global rollout of the Wallet crypto bot on Nov. 10. Wallet, a third-party Telegram bot allowing users to buy and sell crypto, is now available on the Telegram settings menu for users in Colombia, South Africa and Kenya. The Wallet crypto bot has been accessible to global users for several months, but users…
The Chinese government released a statement on Nov. 10 declaring that anyone stealing digital collections, such as nonfungible tokens (NFTs), will be subject to theft sentences. It outlines three views on the type of crime that theft of digital collections falls under, the first two classifying it as either data or digital property. However, the statement stresses that the third view, which sees digital collections as both data and virtual property, would fall under the umbrella of “co-offending.” The statement explained that stealing a digital collection includes intrusion into the…
By deploying the LINK staking v0.2, Chainlink shows its commitment to blockchain initiatives that drive user engagement. Chainlink has announced a new version of its LINK token staking, whose pool it claims is made up of 45 million LINK tokens. As of publication, the pool is worth approximately $650 million. According to the X announcement, Chainlink intends to roll out 40.875 million LINK tokens to its community while its node operators take up the remaining tokens in the pool. Presently, LINK staking has known restrictions that only allow community members…
Galaxy Digital founder Mike Novogratz has told investors that 2024 will be headlined by institutional adoption of cryptocurrencies, which will be driven by the pending approval of Bitcoin (BTC) spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs). During Galaxy Digital’s third-quarter earnings call on Nov. 9, Novogratz highlighted the firm’s belief that approving several ETFs “is now not a matter of if but when.” The fund manager filed its spot Bitcoin and Ether (ETH) ETF applications with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission in partnership with Invesco in Q3 2023. Related: Bitcoin briefly tops…
With strong confidence that its Bitcoin spot ETF will be approved by January 2024, BlackRock has filed an application for a spot ETH ETF. Leading global asset management company BlackRock Inc (NYSE: BLK) says the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will approve its Bitcoin (BTC) spot ETFs in January 2024, Fox News reported Thursday. According to the report, citing people familiar with the matter, the $9 trillion asset manager is confident that the approval of the ETF is imminent and will not exceed January. If approved, the BlackRock’s spot bitcoin…
The approved plan allows Celsius to distribute approximately $2 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) and some shares of the new company to users who were unable to withdraw their funds The Celsius bankruptcy plan has been approved. The path is now clear for customers to see some of their funds returned and receive shares in the reorganized company, which will be called NewCo. The Celsius insolvency case, which began last year, has taken a significant step forward with the approval of the company’s restructuring plan by the…
The financial giant is allowing clients to plug in conditions for funds to be moved to cover overdue payments or margin calls, according to an email on Friday. Previously, they had to set standing orders for payments to take place at a particular time, whereas now they can program them to kick in when the relevant criteria are met. Source