Tag: crypto

Fake IT Insiders Steal $1M in Crypto Across NFT Platforms, ZackXBT Reports

Fake IT Insiders Steal $1M in Crypto Across NFT Platforms, ZackXBT Reports

Cyber criminals pretending to be genuine IT professionals carried out a series of increasingly costly security breaches. These attacks caused nearly $1 million in stolen cryptocurrency from various Web3 projects. Onchain investigator and cybersecurity analyst ZackXBT first uncovered the incidents. Hackers compromised dozens of projects within the non-fungible token (NFT)...

Crypto Portfolio: Should You Allocate 10-40% Like Ric Edelman?

Crypto Portfolio: Should You Allocate 10-40% Like Ric Edelman?

The world of cryptocurrency is a rapidly changing landscape, and so too are the tactics for integrating it into investment portfolios. Ric Edelman, a well-known financial advisor, has made a bold recommendation: allocate 10-40% of your portfolio to cryptocurrencies. This two-pronged piece of advice has caused a huge uproar recently...

GENIUS Act: How Congress Can Make Crypto the Next American Dream

GENIUS Act: How Congress Can Make Crypto the Next American Dream

The American Dream is no longer just a house with a white picket fence. Now? It’s not just a matter of financial literacy, it’s the financial freedom and the building of wealth in a world that is often rigged against you. And that’s where crypto, and more specifically the GENIUS...

BITCOIN Act: 3 Ways Congress Could Accidentally Stifle Crypto Innovation

BITCOIN Act: 3 Ways Congress Could Accidentally Stifle Crypto Innovation

Here's the thing about good intentions. Sometimes, like in the case of social risk, you open these unintended consequences when you pave roads. These moves come as Congress begins a new bipartisan push to advance crypto legislation. Needless to say, the BITCOIN Act and the GENIUS Act are causing a...

Crypto Crackdown: US Law Enforcement Seizes Millions in Digital Assets Tied to Scams

Crypto Crackdown: US Law Enforcement Seizes Millions in Digital Assets Tied to Scams

U.S. law enforcement agencies have been working hand in glove with stablecoin issuers and other cryptocurrency exchanges. Collectively, they have frozen and seized hundreds of millions of dollars in digital assets tied to high-volume scams. These actions fulfill the important mission of breaking up criminal financial networks and ensuring that...

Crypto Seizure 101: What Happens When the Gov't Takes Your Coins?

Crypto Seizure 101: What Happens When the Gov't Takes Your Coins?

BlockTraderHub.com is your one-stop-shop for crypto intelligence, providing you with the latest on Markets, Bitcoin, DeFi, NFTs, Regulation and more. Join us to stay on the cutting edge of the blockchain revolution. Our partner article does a deep dive into what to expect when the federal government confiscates your crypto...

Crypto Seizure: 3 Ways Forfeiture Can Actually Boost Innovation

Crypto Seizure: 3 Ways Forfeiture Can Actually Boost Innovation

Let’s not kid ourselves, the thought of the government forcibly taking your crypto is terrifying. To many of us, that feels like a betrayal of the very spirit of decentralization. What if I told you that, under the right circumstances, these seizures could do much more for the crypto space?...

Swiss Crypto Mining's $100 Gift A Scam or Genius Onboarding?

Swiss Crypto Mining's $100 Gift A Scam or Genius Onboarding?

MiningToken’s $100 registration bonus a smart honeypot Or is this an honest attempt at leveling the crypto mining playing field for all? So much of the innovation is great but let’s get real and separate the hype from reality.Green Dreams, Red Flags, or Both?The promise of 100% green energy powered...

Multichain DeFi: Savior or Self-Sabotage? The Liquidity Crisis

Multichain DeFi: Savior or Self-Sabotage? The Liquidity Crisis

The radical world of decentralized finance (DeFi) promised to bring financial services to everyone, with open, permissionless, and transparent protocols. As DeFi expands across multiple blockchains, a critical issue has emerged: fragmented liquidity. This fragmentation creates a major structural weakness that runs counter to the core tenets of composability and...

DeFi's Fragmented Landscape: Navigating Liquidity Across Chains

DeFi's Fragmented Landscape: Navigating Liquidity Across Chains

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) works best in a fast-moving ecosystem. Now liquidity is flowing across a dozen or more Layer 1 blockchains, rollups, and application-specific chains. The multichain reality created by DeFi summer has shattered DeFi into dozens of siloed markets. This paradigm shift presents challenges and opportunities for users and...