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Tech

BlockFi Botches Promo With Outsized Bitcoin Reward Payments

The crypto lender is working with clients to recover the overpayments.

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Tech

Coinbase and ZenGo Spar Over QR Code Standards That Could Strand ERC-20 Tokens

Users who must use QR codes should verify transaction details before finally confirming the transaction to save themselves money and headaches.

Not all wallets employ the same QR code standard for ERC-20 tokens. That's a problem.

Tech

‘Analysis Ongoing’: Nifty Gateway Addresses NFT Security Concerns

The popular NFT marketplace suggests users use strong passwords and enable two-factor authentication.

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Tech

OpenZeppelin's 'Defender' Gives DeFi Teams a Weapon Against Flash Loan Attacks

Flash loan attacks have filched nearly $150 million from DeFi projects since 2020.

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Markets

Elon Musk Bites Back at Freewallet After Dogecoin Tweet

The Tesla CEO said crypto users should avoid wallets that do not give them access to their private keys.

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Finance

$10M Fund From Cosmos-Based Terra Will Gladly Back DeFi Projects on Ethereum

The fund will pay for the one thing devs can't do internally: security audits.

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Markets

Cathie Wood: Bitcoin ETF Approval Unlikely Until Market Cap Rises to About $2T

"The flood of demand has to be satisfied" for the SEC to feel comfortable with a bitcoin ETF, said Wood.

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Tech

Bitcoin Core Lead Maintainer Steps Back, Encourages Decentralization

"One thing is clear: This is a serious project now, and we need to start taking decentralization seriously," said Wladimir van der Laan.

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Markets

Tezos Israel Develops Hardware Device to Protect Network Validators' Staked Assets

Innovation hub Tezos Israel has built a hardware security device it says will better secure the staked assets of Tezos' network validators.

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Tech

Google Down: The Perils of Centralization

It was a jarring reminder of the hidden costs of the easy-to-use, centralized systems that permeate the web, and just how taxing or debilitating they can be.

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