DeFi Protocol Balancer Frontend Under Attack
At 11:49 UTC on September 19, the platform advised its community to refrain from interacting with the protocol Balancer until further notice. Balancer, a decentralized finance protocol based on Ethereum, cautions users to avoid its website following an attack on its frontend. At 11:49 UTC on September 19, the platform notified its community, requesting that […]
Brazilian Lawmakers Propose Adding Crypto to Protected Assets
Brazilian Lawmakers Discuss Bill to Enhance Protection for Debtors’ Savings, Contemplating Inclusion of Cryptocurrency Legislators in Brazil are debating a bill that would provide robust protection to a substantial portion of debtors’ savings assets. At the same time, a separate initiative seeks to include cryptocurrency in the bill’s latest iteration. The Constitution, Justice, and Citizenship […]
Hong Kong’s JPEX Exchange Suspected of RugPull
In response to allegations of fraud at the KJPEX exchange, Hong Kong regulators announced that they would tighten regulatory rules. In a recent development, the blockchain analytics firm Bitrace mentioned the possibility of RugPull activity at the Hong Kong exchange JPEX. More than 190 million TRC20-USDT tokens have passed through the exchange’s platform in the […]
US DOJ Requests Trial Extension For Sam Bankman-Fried
US Department of Justice sent a letter to Judge Lewis A. Kaplan requesting an extension of trial days in the Sam Bankman-Fried case. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has requested that the trial date for FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried be extended. The criminal trial of Sam Bankman-Fried is slated to begin on Tuesday, […]
Celsius Creditors Alerted to New Phishing Threats Pre-Bankruptcy
Creditors of Celsius Network have reported receiving a new wave of phishing emails, most likely due to the 2017 Data breach. Creditors of the defunct cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network are once again the target of a new surge of phishing attacks as the lender’s bankruptcy proceedings near their conclusion. In the past week, social media […]