Asia Express – Cointelegraph Magazine
VibcryptoOur weekly roundup of news from East Asia curates the industry’s most important developments. 3AC creditors strike back On Sept. 29, Su Zhu, co-founder of defunct Singaporean hedge fund Three…
ConsenSys exec on MetaMask Snaps security: ‘Consent is king’
As malicious actors continue their attempts to steal users’ crypto assets, wallet provider MetaMask has developed a way to give users more insights into the transactions and interactions within the…
Art gallery in Dubai to educate artists on NFTs, Web3
The 37xDubai art gallery, which will be opened to the public later in October, aims to educate artists and art aficionados on nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and the broader Web3 ecosystem…
OKX exec says KYC will ‘raise the bar,’ bring real capital into crypto: Blockchain Economy Dubai 2023
While some areas of the crypto space focus on privacy and anonymity, others focus on raising the standards within the space and on bringing in traditional players and more capital…
THORSwap goes into ‘maintenance mode’ to counter illicit funds movement
THORSwap, a decentralized exchange (DEX) powered by multichain THORChain, has entered maintenance mode to prevent bad actors from moving illicit funds through the platform.On Oct. 6, THORSwap transitioned into “maintenance mode”…
SocialFi app Stars Arena dispels ‘coordinated FUD’ after patching ‘noob’ vulnerability
The team behind the new Friend.tech-inspired protocol Stars Arena has dismissed what it called “coordinated FUD” after patching an exploit that saw attackers escape with $2,000 from the Avalanche-based decentralized…
FTX exploiter moves $36.8M in Ether as Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial starts
The crypto wallet address linked to the FTX exploiter moved roughly $36.8 million worth of Ether (ETH) in the last 24 hours amid the ongoing court trials of the defunct…
Sam Bankman-Fried inner circle to testify today
A young entrepreneur who made mistakes while running a crypto empire or a liar who stole and used people’s money to enrich himself? In the first hours of Sam “SBF”…
Kraken set to acquire Dutch exchange BCM, eyes European expansion
United States-based exchange Kraken has announced a pending deal to acquire Netherlands-based cryptocurrency exchange Coin Meester B.V. (BCM) as it sets its sights on European expansion.While financial details of the deal…
Crypto VC funding falls to 3-year lows as market rout continues
Startup funding in the crypto industry has fallen back to Q4 2020 levels amid the ongoing bear market. According to an Oct. 5 report by blockchain analytics firm Messari, a total…