Get the weekly summary of crypto market analysis, news, and forecasts! This Week’s Summary The crypto market ends the week at a total market capitalization of $2,17 trillion. Bitcoin continues to trade at around $62,300. Ethereum experiences no changes and stagnates at around $2,400. XRP is down by 2%, Solana by 1%, and Dogecoin by 3%. Almost all altcoins are trading in the red, with very few exceptions. The DeFi sector decreased the total value of protocols (TVL) to around…
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Hackers Have Moved Bitcoin Worth $4 million Stolen From Bitfinex in 2016
Part of the Bitcoin stolen by hackers from a hack against cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016 has been moved. The hackers did not touch the funds worth millions of dollars for about four years. The movement of the funds was noted by Whale Alert, a Twitter bot that tracks the movement of large trades. It was carried out in twenty transactions and the value of each transaction was between 18 and 33 Bitcoin. The transaction with the lowest value was worth $184,868 while the highest was worth…
5 years ago
Bisq Suffers $250K Worth of Crypto Losses after Theft By Hacker
A remarkable software flaw in the Decentralized exchange (DEX) Bisq allowed a hacker to steal cryptocurrency worth over $250k from users. The exchange promptly stopped trading yesterday night upon discovering the critical security risk. Bisq hasn't mentioned the specific flaw and is yet to ascertain the safety of users’ funds. The exchange phrases the action taking with regards to the theft as unprecedented. The exchange states that the hacker made away with 3 Bitcoins and 4,000 Monero (XMR) from 7…
5 years ago