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Mt. Gox Bitcoin Rehabilitation Plan Gets Final Approval From Trustee Board

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Time Stamp: November 17, 2021 3:25 AM - Modified On: November 17, 2021 - Published By:
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The Mt. Gox bitcoin rehabilitation plan, which would reimburse 150,000 BTC to victims of the exchange hack has gained final approval from the trustee board. The development marks one of the final steps before the Mt. Gox saga is finally put to rest.Sponsored Sponsored The rehabilitation plan for Mt. Gox has gained final approval from the trustee and has become final and binding, according to a notice published on Nov 16. The confirmation has been a long time coming, after news of a rehabilitation plan emerged in January 2021. The

Defi Hack: “stupid kid” nick name goes viral as BXH hack mystery unfolds

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Time Stamp: November 2, 2021 6:01 AM - Modified On: November 2, 2021 - Published By:
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The latest update in the $130 million Defi hack of the BXH protocol unveiled that the exploit took place due to a modification in the network’s administrative privileges, which led the attackers to use this privilege to transfer project assets. According to the Chinese Journalist, Colin Wu, BXH protocol irresponsibly consigned the authority of fund management to the attackers which further led to the most convenient hack in recent history. This has triggered the nickname “stupid kid” in the Chinese community for the protocol since BXH has the same initials

White hat hacker paid DeFi’s largest reported bounty fee

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Time Stamp: September 30, 2021 8:55 AM - Modified On: September 30, 2021 - Published By:
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Belt Finance, an automated market maker (AMM) protocol operating a yield optimization strategy on Binance Smart Chain (BSC), claims to have paid the largest bounty in the history of decentralized finance (DeFi) to a whitehat hacker who averted a $10 million bug crisis. Industry whitehat programmer Alexander Schlindwein discovered the vulnerability in Belt Finance’s protocol this week and reported the news to the team. For his efforts, Schlindwein received a generous compensation of $1.05 million, the majority of which ($1 million) was granted by Immunefi, with the additional $50,000 offered by

pNetwork suffers from cyberattack

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Time Stamp: September 23, 2021 7:15 AM - Modified On: September 23, 2021 - Published By:
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pNetwork, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, has recently announced on Twitter that its platform has been compromised and suffered from a major cyber attack.  “We’re sorry to inform the community that an attacker was able to leverage a bug in our codebase and attack pBTC on BSC, stealing 277 BTC (most of its collateral),” pNetwork tweeted.  But even if the platform came under attack, pNetwork clarified that all the other funds under its care remained unaffected. The company said that it has already identified the exact damages that were done

Crypto Hacker’s Data Vulnerable to FBI Through Palantir Glitch

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Time Stamp: August 27, 2021 11:40 AM - Modified On: August 27, 2021 - Published By:
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A glitch in the Palantir system allegedly allowed the FBI  unauthorized access to data on a crypto hacker case from 2019. Sponsored Sponsored The Peter Thiel-founded AI company, Palantir faced unwelcomed news.  A new report claims the artificial intelligence giant faced a glitch in their secretive software program used by the FBI. Such a mishap allowed the FBI unauthorized access to private data for over a year.  Clients of this power intelligence software include the CIA, US immigration agency ICE, and the FBI among others. Sponsored Sponsored The accusation came from a

Biggest DeFi Hack in History | This Week in Crypto – Aug 16, 2021

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Time Stamp: August 16, 2021 1:00 AM - Modified On: August 16, 2021 - Published By:
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The biggest DeFi hack in history takes an unexpected turn, Venmo introduces crypto cashback and can you guess where the Bitcoin Family hides their BTC? These stories and more this week in crypto. The Poly Network was the victim of a cyberattack from which $600 million in digital assets was stolen, making it the biggest DeFi hack in history. Poly Network called on crypto exchanges to blacklist any tokens coming from the hacker’s addresses, but in a strange turn of events, the hacker has since returned the stolen funds, claiming

Poly Network hacker returns less than 1% of the $600M theft

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Time Stamp: August 11, 2021 12:07 PM - Modified On: August 11, 2021 - Published By:
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These transfers have occurred across the three wallets associated with the Poly Network hacker across the Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain (BSC) and Polygon networks. Poly Network confirmed receipt of the returned funds via a tweet issued on Tuesday.Details from Etherscan show that $2 million worth of Shiba Inu (SHIB) and $616,000 in Fei USD (FEI) tokens are being returned.So far, we have received a total value of $4,772,297.675 assets returned by the hacker.ETH address: $2,654,946.051BSC address: $1,107,870.815Polygon address: $1,009,480.809 pic.twitter.com/bPFAQk4mvS— Poly Network (@PolyNetwork2) August 11, 2021Data from BscScan also shows the

Nugenesis Ecosystems – Upholding the Principles of Monotheism Financial Practices, Paving the Way for Future Application of Islamic and Non-usury Banking

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Time Stamp: July 19, 2021 6:38 PM - Modified On: July 19, 2021 - Published By:
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Islamic scholars have long had major issues with whether cryptocurrency is permissible, and is it equal or more appropriate to Islamic finance than Fiat?All Monotheism religions have strict rules around finance, and it historically defines currency as commodities with intrinsic value — gold, silver, metals, tradable products, etc.Some may argue that government-issued fiat currencies do not have any intrinsic value and may be incompatible with a careful interpretation of Sharia law. This would pose a problem for the burgeoning Islamic finance industry, which aims to produce financial returns in compliance