Trust Wallet found a vulnerability that affected wallets that were created between November 14 and 23, 2022 through its browser extension.This vulnerability resulted in a loss of US$170,000.Despite their efforts, there are still approximately 500 vulnerable addresses, which adds up to $88,000 USD at risk.On April 22 the crypto company, Trust Wallet, rrevealed that they had found a vulnerability that affected wallets that were created between November 14 and 23, 2022 through its browser extension.Apparentlyit was a vulnerability in WebAssembly (WASM). This is a low-level binary format for executing code on the web, and if a hacker manages to inject…
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The Central Bank of Zimbabwe has among its plans to launch a digital currency that is backed by gold which would have the characteristics of a CBDC and would be legal tender.The new currency will be used for transactions within the nation as part of its plans to stabilize the local currency.Bitcoin is a real alternative to traditional money and is commonly known as digital gold due to certain characteristics. The African country Zimbabwe seems to have taken the concept literally and raised a proposal that currently does not respond to anyone in the world.According to different reports, in which…
Solana Labs has implemented a plugin in ChatGTP, which allows users to interact with the solana network directly from ChatGPT.With this plugin the user will be able to check wallet balances, transfer tokens and buy NFTs from ChatGPT.There are no details about the launch date, but the Solana Labs group believes that this initiative could motivate other networks to do the same.There is no doubt that the dominant topic in 2023 is artificial intelligence. What guided “machines” can achieve based on certain indications from humans has completely revolutionized today. ChatGPT is the best known tool that makes this possible.For this…
Google’s cloud services platform added 11 Blockchain companies to the Web3 Startups program whose objective is to help them accelerate their growth.The companies that have joined the Google Cloud program are: Alchemy, Aptos, Base, Celo, Flow, Hedera, Nansen, Near, Polygon, Solana and Thirdweb.The increase in popularity of blockchain technology together with the prevailing need to increase decentralization is pushing Web2 companies to start taking steps in favor of Web3.For those who may not know, Web3 is the vision of what the Internet of the future will be like. Instead of having a web controlled by big companies (like Google), seeks…
Hackers exploited a vulnerability in the At&T API and between $15 and $20 million in cryptocurrency have been stolen from affected users.Hackers have found a way to get hold of the keys to addresses that have an ATT.net, sbcglobal.net, bellsouth.net address.The hackers claimed that they not only have the entire AT&T employee database, but have also found access to the VPN.Security is essential for a good operation, and this does not only refer to the field of cryptocurrencies, but in general. However, in the ecosystem of digital assets, it does play a very important role: a failure can end in…
Mastercard has announced Mastercard Crypto Credential, a cross-border service designed to ensure that transactions between wallets are verifiable.Mastercard Crypto Credential uses CipherTrace technology and first cross-border use case of this service.There are multiple use cases that the Mastercard Crypto Credential can unlock, as consumer and business verification needs vary widely based on market and compliance requirements.With the advent of digital assets, traditional finance had two options: stay behind or adapt to this new financial system. Mastercard immediately understood this and not only began to support the crypto ecosystem, they also began to adopt its technology and their most recent announcement…
Bluesky and Nostr are two platforms similar to Twitter with the difference that they are decentralized and both have the support of Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey.These two platforms have had significant growth and are experiencing rapid growth, partly motivated by the constant changes that Elon Musk applies to Twitter.There is a saying that, in troubled rivers, fishermen gain, which is very accurate if we transfer it to the current circumstances in which the social network Twitter finds itself, especially after the tycoon and SEO of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, will take the baton of the platform and make (and…
According to Yaroslav Zheleznyak, Vice Chairman of the Fiscal Committee of Ukraine, the country’s regulators are working to adopt some of the provisions of the European Union’s Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) Law.MiCA is a legislation proposed by the European Commission in 2020 with the aim of maintaining financial stability and protecting investors.The idea is to establish standard regulations for cryptocurrencies, which provides greater legal certainty to the sector, as well as to investors.Yaroslav Zheleznyak, deputy chairman of the Tax Committee of Ukraine, iHe informed through his Telegram channel that The country’s regulators were working to adopt some of the…
TransUnion, one of the three largest credit bureaus in the United States, announced that it will offer credit scores for crypto loans.This service is provided thanks to TransUnion’s partnership with data security firm Spring Labs, and DeFi identity and compliance software developer Quadrata.Millions of people, for different reasons, are outside the international banking system. They do not have accounts or cards, much less are they able to access loans or some kind of facility to progress. Cryptocurrencies, and more precisely DeFi (decentralized finance) arrived to change it.The digital field allows, With the support of their own funds, users take credits…