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Forensic analysis suggests an attacker took control of a whale’s multisig wallet minutes after creation and has been slowly draining funds since.
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Multisignature News
Multisignature is a scheme performed to protect an account from being compromised by a malicious user by allowing a group of trusted parties to sign a single document, mostly by producing a joint signature. Multisignatures are widely used in the cryptocurrency and fintech industries. Multisignature wallets are more protected from attacks than regular ones, due to the necessity of collecting the private data of several entities in order to hack them. Multisignature in Bitcoin, however, is technically not a multisignature, but just a protection with a number of additional distinct users’ signatures. There are a lot of multisignature Bitcoin and Ethereum wallets produced by third parties to provide supplementary protection for cryptocurrency users. Multisignature is often performed for corporate purposes to ensure a transaction is approved by management before initializing it.
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Ether price is down nearly 6% even though Bybit has been buying in bulk. Cointelegraph explains why.
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The Bybit hack has sparked debate between Bitcoin and Ethereum advocates, with Adam Back blaming EVM security flaws, while others point to multisig vulnerabilities.
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It will be an important test case for EigenLayer and other restaking protocols, which promise extra yield on staked tokens in exchange for securing additional networks.
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The exchange received emails from Liminal with the correct destination addresses, implying that Liminal’s system was breached, WazirX claimed.
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Internet Computer Protocol smart contracts will soon be able to etch Runes, trade BRC-20 tokens and enable Bitcoin-based DeFi functionality.
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Smart contract wallets promise many benefits to Ethereum users, including enhanced security capabilities and transaction programmability.
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A Yearn contributor said the value lost came from “strictly protocol owned liquidity” in the protocol’s treasury and that customer funds weren’t impacted.
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The “Off Exchange” trading system was launched by Fireblocks, allowing institutions to trade without fully relinquishing custody.
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Gitcoin’s project lead said the snafu has resulted in nearly half a million dollars of funds being locked in a one-way contract address.
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Chainlink critics have reiterated concerns about the oracle network’s supposed centralization after a subtle adjustment to its multisig wallet.
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin explained the “biggest reason” is because it has to be on a multisig, which is still “fairly difficult” to set up.
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Fireblocks will be added to the list of MetaMask Institutional custody technology providers, allowing its users to perform token swaps and stake ETH using the app’s dashboard.
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Security expert Jameson Lopp said some users lost Ethereum-based tokens because of the lack of a secure storage method.
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PactDAO co-founder Marisa Rando says the decentralization of mutual aid collectives is key to catalyzing activism and building stronger communities.
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