May 17, 2024
Crypto

Someone spent $66,000 to inscribe data onto Bitcoin. No one knows what it says.

Published 1 minute earlier on Over the course of 332 transactions, an anonymous wallet spent about 1.5 BTC, worth about $66,000 at current prices, to inscribe almost 9 megabytes of encrypted data onto the Bitcoin blockchain.  The most expensive transactions cost thousands of dollars each in fees, though most of the transactions were closer to

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Crypto

Bulgaria ends investigation into crypto lender Nexo, finding no criminal activity

Published 1 minute earlier on The Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Bulgaria ended criminal proceedings against the crypto lender Nexo and has found no evidence of money laundering, tax crimes, computer fraud or other criminal activity.  The main reasoning behind the decision was that crypto assets are not considered financial instruments in the country

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Crypto

Ledger to change transaction signing process after exploit, promises to return funds

Crypto hardware wallet provider Ledger will enact changes to transaction signing processes after a Dec. 14 exploit in the Ledger Connect Kit software library. “We are aware of approximately $600,000 in assets impacted, stolen from users blind signing on EVM DApps,” Ledger wrote in a Wednesday X post. It’s “committing to work with the DApp

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