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Curve Finance warns its DNS has been hijacked again

Update May 13, 12:33 am UTC: This article has been updated to include more information from Curve Finance. Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Curve Finance has warned that a hacker has again hijacked its domain name system (DNS), sending users to a malicious website.   In the second attack on its infrastructure in a week, the “curve.fi […]

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Trump’s US-China trade deal could shed light on Bitcoin’s use case

Bitcoin’s potential price reaction to a trade deal between the United States and China could give insights into whether Bitcoin is being used as a safe-haven asset in the current market. Bitcoin (BTC) outperformed stocks and held up “incredibly strong” during a sharp sell-off on stock markets in April, following Donald Trump’s announcement of tariffs […]

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Stablecoin bill gets second chance with Northern Mariana lawmakers

Tinian, a small island in the US territory of the Northern Mariana Islands, could get a second chance at launching a stablecoin after the territory’s Senate voted to override the governor’s earlier veto of its stablecoin bill. On May 9, the Northern Mariana Islands Senate voted 7-1 to override Governor Arnold Palacios’ April 11 veto […]

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‘Dark stablecoins’ could emerge as regulations tighten

Censorship-resistant “dark stablecoins” could come in increasing demand as governments tighten their oversight of the industry.  Stablecoins have been used for various groups to store assets due to a lack of government interference; however, with regulations pending, that could soon change, Ki Young Ju, CEO of crypto analytics firm CryptoQuant, said in a May 11 […]

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Ledger secures Discord after hacker bot tried to steal seed phrases

Hardware wallet provider Ledger has confirmed its Discord server is secure again after an attacker compromised a moderator’s account to post scam links on May 11 to trick users into revealing their seed phrases on a third-party website. “One of our contracted moderators had their account compromised, which allowed a malicious bot to post scam […]