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08-09
Ethereum ICO whale transfers 3,510.42 MKR after holding for over 7 years
Odaily Planet Daily reports, according to on-chain analyst Aunt Ai, an ancient whale that acquired 40,000 ETH during the 2015 ICO withdrew 7,020.84 MKR at an average price of $828.92 between September 2018 and May 2019, valued at $5.81 million. After holding for over seven years, this whale recently
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Intel Foundry Secures Fortinet as First Named Client Under New CEO
Intel Foundry has been trying to convince the world it belongs in the same conversation as TSMC. On July 21, it got its clearest piece of evidence yet: a manufacturing partnership with Fortinet, the cybersecurity hardware giant, to produce a next-generation security chip using Intel’s foundry servic
BTCPay Temporarily Restricts Remote Access to Lightning Network Nodes Following Security Breach
Huo Xing Cai Jing reports, according to Cointelegraph, BTCPay Server has temporarily restricted public remote connections to Lightning Network nodes running the Lightning Network Daemon (LND) software, after attackers exploited a critical vulnerability to steal credentials and transfer funds. BTCPay
Virtuals Protocol Launches Eastworlds Robotics Accelerator with $5M FDV Threshold
Virtuals Protocol, the platform known for launching tokenized AI agents, is making a calculated push into the physical world. Its new Eastworlds initiative functions as a robotics accelerator, giving selected builder teams access to humanoid robot platforms and up to a month of hands-on operational
BTCPay Temporarily Restricts Remote Access to Lightning Network Following Security Breach
ChainCatcher report, according to Cointelegraph, BTCPay Server has temporarily restricted public remote connections to Lightning Network nodes running the Lightning Network Daemon (LND) software, after attackers exploited a critical vulnerability to steal credentials and transfer funds. BTCPay state
BTCPay Temporarily Restricts Remote Access to the Lightning Network Due to LND Vulnerability
According to Cointelegraph, BTCPay Server has temporarily restricted public remote connections to Lightning Network nodes after attackers exploited a critical vulnerability in LND (Lightning Network Daemon) to steal node credentials and transfer funds. Version 2.4.2 has been upgraded to LND 0.21.1,
Bitwise CIO: 1% Shift from $200T Capital Pools Could Flood Bitcoin with Trillions
The math is simple but staggering: if just 1% of the roughly $200 trillion sitting in global capital pools—pensions, endowments, sovereign wealth funds, insurers—moved into bitcoin, it would spark a multi-trillion-dollar inflow. Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan is not being coy about the implication. He sees
PEPE Exchange Outflows Hit 2-Year High as Whales Accumulate
PEPE exchange outflows reached 4.54 trillion tokens, marking the largest withdrawal since November 2024.Top PEPE holders increased their holdings 6.07% over 30 days.PEPE gained modestly despite subdued demand and remains far below the 2024 record high.PepeCoin — PEPE, has flashed a signal that could
BTCPay Server temporarily restricts public remote LND node access due to security vulnerability.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that BTCPay Server, a Bitcoin payment processing service, has temporarily restricted public remote access to Lightning Network nodes running the Lightning Network Daemon (LND) software. Attackers exploited a critical vulnerability to obtain credentials and transfer funds;
BIP-110 Mining Pool Roughnecks Halts Operations, Advises Miners to Pause Mining
PANews, August 9: The mining pool Roughnecks, which supports the BIP-110 protocol, announced that following a team meeting, it has decided to cease mining operations under the Roughnecks name and advises all miners currently using the current algorithm on the BIP-110 chain to pause mining until furt
Brazilian Court Denies Release of Suspect in $160 Million Theft and Money Laundering Case
Mars Finance reports, according to Livecoins, that Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice (STJ) denied the suspect Luccas’s request for release, upholding his detention in the state of São Paulo. The case involves a large-scale fraud against the tech company C&M Software, with the suspect accused of ste
Bitcoin on-chain activity surges to a 10-month high in new wallets.
Huoxing Finance reports that on August 9, Santiment Intelligence stated that Bitcoin has just experienced a week of surging on-chain transaction volume. The number of newly created wallets reached 2.27 million, the highest level in the past year, while the number of active wallets hit 751,000, the h
Brazilian court denies release of hacker suspect involved in $160M theft and money laundering via BTC and USDT
PANews, August 9: According to Livecoins, Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice (STJ) denied the release request of suspect Luccas and upheld his detention in the state of São Paulo. The case involves a large-scale fraud against the technology company C&M Software, with the suspect accused of stealing
Grayscale Outlines Crypto Industry Plan B Without CLARITY Act Passage
The CLARITY Act got stuck in political limbo at the end of the business week until lawmakers return from their August recess, and Grayscale laid out a potential plan ahead for the US crypto industry if Congress ultimately fails to deliver the highly anticipated market structure this year.There’s no
