Brazilian Stock Exchange B3 Mulls Offering Ether Futures
B3, the Brazilian stock exchange, is considering extending its native cryptocurrency trading options to offer ether futures contracts to its customers. The exchange, which has been a pioneer in Latam offering crypto-related trading products, would be focusing on institutional investors who want to diversify their traditional or crypto portfolios with more options. Brazilian Stock Exchange […] Powered by...
North Korea’s Lazarus Group Exploited Defi Protocol Alex Lab for $4.3 Million, Probe Reveals
Bitcoin layer-two developer Alex Lab revealed that an investigation linked the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group to the $4.3 million exploit that occurred on May 16. Alex Lab has facilitated communication between the Singapore Police Force and relevant cryptocurrency exchanges as part of the ongoing investigation. Alex Lab Collaborates With Law Enforcement in $4.3M Hack Investigation […] Powered by...
India’s Digital Rupee Usage Drops Drastically After Initial Surge
India’s central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital rupee, has experienced a significant decline in usage, decreasing to a tenth of its peak in December 2023, according to sources involved in the pilot project. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) initially reached 1 million daily retail transactions with the digital rupee by incentivizing banks and […] Powered by...
TikTok Copyright Notices Up Again in 2023, Success Rate Collapses to 56%
Reports seem to vary but if servicing a billion users each month sounds like a lot, TikTok is on a mission to push way beyond that. Early January 2018, the platform acknowledged it had around 55 million global users then in December the same year, that figure had suddenly grown to 271 million. A year later, 271 million ballooned to over 500 million, then a year after that, over 700 million users were active on TikTok every month....
South Korean ISP ‘Infected’ Torrenting Subscribers with Malware
From a networking perspective, most Internet providers are generally not thrilled with BitTorrent users. Historically, torrent traffic has placed quite a burden on the network, which is one of the reasons why Comcast quietly began throttling torrent traffic many years ago. Another reason to limit torrent traffic is to reduce costs. BitTorrent users transfer large amounts of data that’s not always covered by cheap peering agreements,...
