Andrey Shevchenko

A Ukrainian hacker stole data in government databases and attempted to sell it for crypto.

Stateless clients research promises to make blockchain nodes lighter without sacrificing validation, but there are stumbling blocks in their cryptography.

A new Javascript library for Liquid could allow external developers to build a complete ecosystem around the heavily upgraded Bitcoin sidechain.

Preparations for a Coinbase stock market listing are in full swing, sources report.

The Bitcoin community was quick to point out a $150 million penalty paid by Deutsche Bank for serving Jeffrey Epstein.

The Vega Protocol claims to have found a solution to sustainably bootstrap liquidity for decentralized exchanges.

A veteran game developer discussed how and why the gaming industry can be decentralized at the Unitize conference.

The Aave decentralized finance protocol new feature lets users borrow money without posting collateral.

Bitmain is having a Schrödinger moment as official accounts make contradictory statements on payment details.

Meltem Demirors and Andy Bromberg spoke at a Unitize panel on the future evolution of Bitcoin and how geopolitics is beginning to enter the ecosystem.

China’s CBDC wants to displace the U.S. dollar, but Genesis Block’s Charles Yang believes it doesn’t offer a compelling alternative to USDT.

Ethereum’s 2020 DeFi boom came at the cost of its gaming ecosystem.

Tron becomes the fourth blockchain project to be assigned branded hashtags, outspending competition with five hashtags at once.

An issuance vulnerability resulted in the creation of an extra 5% of Ravencoin’s current supply.

The three-year old Common Reporting Standard is uncovering offshore assets on a massive scale, highlighting cryptocurrencies as a potential alternative.

Multi-blockchain explorer Blockchair has added a privacy score for each Bitcoin transaction with the goal of educating users on how to not reveal themselves.

Binance Coin is now the third crypto to receive a branded hashtag on Twitter, which appears to be in preparation for its three year anniversary.

A startup wants to use the concept of a governance token to reform freelance talent boards and align incentives between the platform and its users.

The COMP token distribution raised some questions on a potential reprisal against DeFi from the SEC, given certain similarities with traditional stocks.

Balancer hacked twice within 24 hours, though this time the sum is relatively small.

A spat between the Balancer and STA team following the $500,000 hack suggests that the DeFi protocol was aware of the weakness.

Framework Ventures’ co-founder believes Compound’s token launch jump started a trend of DeFi projects competing for yield as public interest and token prices rally.

Blockstream’s Liquid sidechain suffered a security incident where 870 BTC were briefly available to the company’s emergency recovery multisig contract.

Wirecard’s subsidiary that is responsible for issuing debit cards has been suspended as the company can no longer access customer funds.

Ethereum 2.0 developers agreed in a call to move up the launch of a milestone 0.12 testnet to Monday, to ensure all engineers are on deck for the genesis block.

A news website for the jihadist movement associated with ISIS has adopted Monero donations after having taken donations in Bitcoin for three years.

The New York Department of Financial Services is requesting comments on its amendment to the BitLicense that would help smaller companies be regulated.

Wirecard is now filing for insolvency as a sudden $2.1 billion hole in its balance sheet wipes out 32% of the supposed assets owned by the company.

One of the largest ponzi schemes in crypto history is still trying to launder its proceeds, but Ethereum congestion is making that difficult.

Many DeFi smart contracts can withdraw unlimited amounts of money from user wallets, potentially spelling disaster.