Kraken and Crypto.com are among crypto exchanges developing their own stablecoins in response to the EU’s new regulatory framework, which is set to tighten oversight on third-party issuers, Bloomberg News reported on Feb. 21. The move comes as the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, which took effect in January, introduces stricter compliance measures for stablecoin […]

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The North Korean-linked Lazarus Group has adopted a new method of breaching crypto firms: sending cryptocurrency to their targets as part of an elaborate social engineering scheme. According to 23pds, the pseudonymous Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Web3 security firm SlowMist, this tactic aims to gain the victim’s trust before deploying malicious code. 23pds […]

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Investigator ZachXBT says the hack was pulled off by the North Korean Lazarus Group, connecting it on chain to the Phemex hack. …

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Lazarus Group was behind Bybit’s $1.5 billion hack on Friday, Arkham Intelligence said, citing ZackXBT. …

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A group of US senators, led by Cynthia Lummis, has urged the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to clarify its position on protocol staking in crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) in a Feb. 20 letter.  The lawmakers are seeking answers regarding the exclusion of staking from ETP issuers’ S-1 filings, which they argue impacts the competitiveness […]

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Newly launched funds holding Bitcoin and Ether have so far seen scant interest from investors.

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Learn MoreUS crypto index ETFs off to slow start in first days since listing

Following the controversy around the LIBRA token, Solana-based token launchpad Pump.fun registered significant decreases in weekly values for new users, token launches, and fees collected. According to a Dune Analytics dashboard by user evelyn233, the number of new users onboarded in the launchpad fell 16.4% to 601,516 from 719,524 between Feb. 7 and Feb. 13. This […]

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The total crypto market cap shed over $150 billion since the incident. …

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