FTX Sues Bybit Over $953M in ‘Misappropriated’ Funds Transferred Ahead of Bankruptcy Filing

Friday’s legal complaint filed in Delaware targets Bybit Fintech Ltd., its investment arm Mirana and several individuals, including Mirana executive Sean Tan. It alleges the investment unit “received gross transfers from FTX.com of digital assets currently valued at approximately $838 million,” of which about $500 million were transferred in the days before FTX halted withdrawals on Nov. 8, 2022. Source

Assessing data protection practices of UK tracing agents

14 November 2023 Anthony Luhman is ICO Director of PACE Projects and Interim Director of Investigations. Anthony is responsible for leading on ICO PACE Projects, our agile response to high priority issues and also responsible for overseeing sensitive, complex and high-profile investigative activity. Earlier this year a women’s charity raised concerns with us about the alleged actions of a tracing agent – an investigator using various methods to find a person’s current address details. The charity said that a tracing agent had tracked down a domestic abuse victim to their…

Alphabet Divest Stake in Robinhood Amid Trading Headwinds

Alphabet’s decision to completely divest from Robinhood raises questions about the tech giant’s confidence in the long-term viability of the once-burgeoning fintech darling. In a recent development, Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL), the parent company of Google, announced the dissolution of its stake in the trading app operator, Robinhood Markets Inc (NASDAQ: HOOD). This decision follows Alphabet’s earlier reduction of its stake in the company by nearly 90%, leaving it with approximately 612,214 Robinhood shares. Alphabet’s Investment Journey with Robinhood Alphabet’s initial foray into Robinhood dates back to the early days…

Evidence of Greater Traditional Finance Participation in Bitcoin – Blockchain News, Opinion, TV and Jobs

Last week, Bitcoin (BTC) closed at around $37,000, up by 5.9% compared to the previous week’s closing value of $35,000. The week showcased robust price action, witnessing BTC’s fluctuations with consecutive daily price increases from Monday to Friday. The highest trading price was observed on Thursday, nearly reaching $38,000. Following this peak, the price experienced a slight dip, stabilizing around $37,000 from Friday until the week’s end. BTC dominance, measuring Bitcoin’s market capitalization against the total digital asset market, decreased for the second consecutive week, settling at approximately 52.3%. This…

Crypto Analyst Says One Day Left Until XRP Price Blast-Off, What To Expect

The XRP price has had a mixed flow this month in terms of price action. The crypto surged by 25% in the first week of November to cross over $0.73, marking the first cross over this price point since June. However, XRP has since lost some of these gains. The crypto is now trading at $0.6574 at the time of writing and is down by 5.04% in a 7-day timeframe.  According to crypto analyst and enthusiast Will Taylor, known as Cryptoinsightuk on social media, this is quite normal for XRP,…

Create2 Code Used to Drain $60M in Crypto

By misusing Create2, wallet drainers can instantly create temporary wallet addresses to receive funds after a user clicks on a malicious signature. When users send funds or interact with a smart contract, they will be prompted to “approve” a signature, hackers often disguise permissions within this signature to gain access to a user’s wallet. Source