Cryptocurrency news - Blockchain
IBM unveils new air-gapped cold storage solution for digital assets
The new system works a lot like a time delay safe for digital assets with a policy engine to broker communications. IBM announced the launch of IBM Hyper Protect Offline Signing Orchestrator (OSO), an air-gapped cold storage solution for digital assets, on Dec. 5. Working with...
Can Sony and Microsoft bring blockchain to gaming consoles?
Sony and Microsoft are angling to get into crypto gaming. Will they be able to succeed where others in the industry have failed? Sony and Microsoft, two of the biggest names in gaming, have been making significant moves towards blockchain technology in recent years. This is an i...
HTX exchange loses $13.6M in hot wallet hack: Report
The incident affected the greater HTX, Tron and BitTorrent ecosystem. HTX, formerly Huobi Global, suffered an estimated loss of $13.6 million as part of a $86.6 million exploit against the HECO Chain bridge on Nov. 22. According to a report from blockchain security firm Cyvers...
Cybersecurity team claims up to $2.1B in crypto stored in old wallets are at risk
The security firm urges those using wallets generated from 2011 to 2015 to transfer their assets to crypto wallets that were generated more recently. While the crypto community is still weathering the effects of the recent $100-million Poloniex hack, another cybersecurity threat...
Axie Infinity developer brings Japanese Web2 games to Ronin
The first Web2 game of the series to be bridged to Ronin is Zoids Wild Arena. On Nov. 2, Sky Mavis, the developer behind the popular monster-battle nonfungible tokens (NFT) game Axie Infinity, announced a partnership with Korean gaming studio Act Games to bring a variety of Japa...
Uniswap to charge 0.15% swap fees beginning Oct. 17
Fees will not be collected on inter-stablecoin trades, nor on wrapping Ether. Decentralized exchange Uniswap will begin charging a 0.15% swap fee on certain tokens in its web application and wallet on Oct. 17. According to a post by Uniswap founder Hayden Adams, the affected to...
Ordswap urges users to recover keys after losing control of website
Before it was taken down, Ordswap users said the compromised website directed users to a phishing link. Ordswap, a marketplace that allows users to inscribe, auction, and trade Bitcoin Ordinals, has devised a method for users to retrieve their private keys as it scrambles to reg...
Chainlink downplays worries after users notice quiet change to multisig
Chainlink critics have reiterated concerns about the oracle networks’ supposed centralization after a subtle adjustment to its multisig wallet. Decentralized oracle network Chainlink has downplayed a recent change in the number of signers required on its multisig wallet — a move...
Hackers behind $41M Stake heist shifts BNB, MATIC in latest move: CertiK
A total of $4.8 million in funds have now been moved by the hacker to Bitcoin and now Avalanche. The hackers behind cryptocurrency casino Stake’s $41 million hack have shifted another $328,000 million worth of Polygon (MATIC) and Binance Coin (BNB) tokens — its latest moves foll...
Vitalik Buterin on fix for Ethereum centralization — make running nodes easier
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says node centralization is one of Ethereum's main challenges but the perfect solution may not come for another 20 years. The centralization of nodes is one of the biggest problems facing the Ethereum network and should be addressed by making...