Ukraine Receives Over $50 Million In Crypto Donations and Cancels Planned Airdrop
Ukraine was able to raise over $50million in crypto donations after promising an airdrop to donors and rug pulling them. Crypto…
Ethereum
How to Read Smart Contracts Without Learning Solidity
In Decentralized Finance, code is law. Instead of legal documents, we have self-enforcing smart contracts. While contracts written in code enable the vast universe of DeFi, they also present a literacy issue. Legalese may be boring, but the average user can still puzzle through it with enough re-reading. In contrast, code is incomprehensible to the … Read more
A Crash Course on Ethereum
Uncovering what is behind the growth of DeFi, NFTs, and why Ethereum is the most widely used blockchain in the world.
LARGEST EVER Coinbase Bug Bounty: 250k
Twitter user Tree_of_Alpha earned 250k in the largest ever Coinbase Bug Bounty by finding a potentially “market-nuking” flaw. Tree_of_Alpha found an exploit in Coinbase’s Advanced Trading feature. This exploit allowed ANY person to sell ANY coin without owning it. Market-nuking indeed! The Discovery: Tinkering with UI Coinbase launched their advanced trading platform on November 3, 2021. The purpose was to integrate sophisticated … Read more
New Opensea Contract Exploited? Massive Hack In Progress
Updated Feb. 20th – On February 19th, several owners of high-value NFTs had their entire collection of Opensea-listed assets pulled out from under them by an unknown attacker. Either the new Opensea contract was hacked, or users were hit by a phishing attack. Any users who interacted with Opensea’s new contracts should consider revoking the … Read more
Basic Rug Protection: 5 Hazards To Watch For in DeFi
Ask anyone about a DeFi token or NFT project, and their answer will probably include “DYOR” somewhere. Telling someone to Do Your Own Research is useful for absolving yourself of blame for their aping, but little else. Smart contracts are complex beasts. Fully auditing a protocol yourself before interacting with it is simply not practical … Read more
Trouble in Wonderland: $BSGG Airdrop Falls Flat Amid Growing Concerns
Prior to its fall from grace earlier this year, Wonderland Money was pivoting to operation as a DeFi hedge fund. On the advice of treasury manager Sifu, the DAO invested $18,337,000 USD into Betswap.gg, a crypto-native betting platform, in exchange for $BSGG tokens. On February 12th, a $BSGG airdrop went live to all snapshotted $wMEMO, … Read more
SEC Fines BlockFi $100 Million For Offering Simple Crypto Yields
The SEC fined BlockFi $100mm for offering simple accounts with high yields on crypto. What does this mean for current account holders and…
Evmos: What to know about the “Rektdrop”
Evmos, Cosmos, and Blockchain Scaling If you care about blockchain scaling and modularity, Evmos is one of the most exciting new Cosmos ecosystem projects to watch. Scaling is one of the key issues surrounding the future of crypto and mass adoption. In contrast to Ethereum’s rollup-centric scaling strategy, the Cosmos ecosystem has an alternative approach … Read more
The Crypto Bowl
Pro Sports and Crypto partnerships continue to be an indicator of longterm growth even in volatile market conditions. As the market has continued to bounce up and down, one important narrative in the short term to look at is Crypto.com, Binance, FTX and other Crypto companies have laid out the most capital investment ever for … Read more