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Cybercriminals are targeting DeFi platforms to steal cryptocurrency, FBI warns
Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting decentralised finance (DeFi) platforms to steal cryptocurrency from investors, the FBI has warned. In an alert…
US sanctions Tornado Cash crypto mixer in money laundering crackdown
The US Treasury this week sanctioned Tornado Cash, a cryptocurrency 'mixer' that allows users to obfuscate their transactions, over its…
Hackers steal $190m from Nomad Token Bridge in sixth-largest crypto theft to date
Hackers have stolen $190m in cryptocurrency from Nomad Token Bridge, a platform that allows users to exchange tokens between blockchains.…
Google’s new blockchain unit is a bid for web3 relevance
Google has reportedly founded a dedicated blockchain unit to look at potential uses of the technology. Big Tech has thus…
How can tech leaders prepare for blockchain-based digital disruption?
Public demand for blockchain use cases has exploded in the past year, especially around the adoption of non-fungible tokens (NFTs),…
The privacy dangers of web3 and DeFi – and the projects trying to fix them
Crypto enthusiasts are bursting with excitement at the potential of blockchain-based ledgers to decentralise the finance sector and the web…
Solid! Solid as a pod!
Credit: Niek Verlaan from Pixabay This week, Inrupt, a company established two years ago by web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee…