Crypto News

2022-08-15 05:13:20 Another Stablecoin Depegs From USD Parity, Polkadot-Based AUSD Loses 98% in Value

2022 has been the year of broken stablecoins as a myriad of dollar-pegged crypto assets depegged from their dollar value this year. On August 14, the Polkadot-based stablecoin alpaca usd (AUSD) dropped below a U.S. penny in value, only to bounce back to the $0.95 region hours later. Reports say that the Acala protocol was compromised and an attacker managed to mint 1.2 billion AUSD. Open / Comment

2022-08-14 07:19:04 Inflation in Spain reaches 10.8%, the highest it’s seen in 38 years.

Inflation in France reaches 6.1%, the highest its seen in 37 years. Open / Comment

2022-08-12 08:55:06 Blackrock started offering investments in BTC to large institutional clients

Previously: ARK Invest's Cathy Wood says BlackRock's crypto entry could more than double the price of bitcoin Open / Comment

2022-08-10 18:40:32 P2E in GTA 6?

Rumor has it that Rockstar Games is planning to introduce cryptocurrencies, stocks and NFTs into the gameplay of the next part of GTA. Supposedly the main character will receive in-game cryptocurrency as payment for completing missions from anonymous billionaires.

Recall that GTA 5 had missions related to stock markets Open / Comment

2022-08-09 15:46:12 ​​North Korean Hackers Target Crypto Job Seekers

Suspected North Korea state hackers are targeting cryptocurrency workers with a new phishing campaign. Malwarebytes threat intelligence researcher, Hossein Jazi, posted details of the campaign to Twitter. It appears to leverage a PDF containing details of the non-existent role of “engineering manager, product security” at crypto giant Coinbase. Open / Comment