Coinbase Launches Crypto Futures for US Retail Customers
Coinbase has announced that it will offer crypto futures trading for eligible retail customers in the country. The new service will allow users to trade futures contracts sized at 1/100th of a Bitcoin and 1/10th of an Ethereum, making them more accessible and affordable. However, Coinbase also warns users of the risks involved in trading […]
Onyx Protocol $2 Million Loss Due to Flash Loan Scam
DeFi project Onyx Protocol falls victim to an assault and loses $2.1 million worth of ETH in a flash loan scam. The decentralized finance (DeFi) project Onyx Protocol lost roughly $2.1 million worth of Ethereum (ETH) tokens due to flash loan exploitation in the most recent security breach incident. According to reports, the wallet address of […]
Turkey Drafts New Crypto Regulations to Escape FATF ‘Grey List’ Status
According to reports, Turkey is drafting new regulations to govern crypto assets to convince the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to remove it from a “grey list” of nations that have not done enough to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. In 2021, the FATF placed Turkey on its grey list. According to a report, […]
Collins Dictionary Names ‘AI’ Word of the Year for 2023
The Collins Dictionary, one of the world’s foremost publishers of English-language dictionaries, named artificial intelligence, specifically its abbreviation “AI,” the word of the year for 2023. The Collins dictionary defines AI as “the modeling of human mental functions by computer programs.” The publisher of dictionaries predicted that AI-powered language models would “explode into the public […]
Near Protocol Integrates Nym for Metadata Privacy, Encryption Services
Layer 1 Protocol Near has hired blockchain security firm Nym Technologies to provide end-to-end encryption and metadata privacy services for its ecosystem and DApps operating across it. Nym, a blockchain-agnostic layer-0 privacy infrastructure provider, will offer its mixnet tools to encrypt and conceal blockchain traffic and communication across the Near Protocol ecosystem. Masking off-chain metadata […]