Abacus, one of the largest darknet marketplaces in existence, has seemingly and abruptly shut down. This sudden shutdown has users reeling and raised fears of a potential exit scam. The platform, which launched in 2021 under the name Alphabet Market, has rebranded and swiftly spiked to popularity, processing close to...
As crazy as that might seem, BlackRock has referred to it as a systematic risk factor in Bitcoin ETF applications. This should be a much-needed alarm bell for investors. We are staring down the barrel of a very real threat: the potential collapse of current encryption methods. That is why...
Now imagine you wake up tomorrow, check your OpenSea account, and… poof. Your Bored Ape? Gone. CryptoPunk? Vanished. NFT unplugged. Nothing but a digital black hole where your valuable NFT used to be. Thanks, Quantum! Sounds like a dystopian joke, right? The fast-approaching specter of quantum computing renders this NFT...
The world of blockchain technology is changing every day, and so are the threats to its security. Perhaps the most daunting of all these new and emerging threats is the onset of quantum computing. Quantum computers have very powerful processing capabilities. In practice, they can break the cryptographic algorithms that...
Now Abu Dhabi is making further moves to improve its digital infrastructure with the creation of a quantum-resistant blockchain. This initiative will position the public sector to better protect sensitive data and transactions from unacceptable risk from future quantum computing capabilities. The curriculum convenes industry experts across disciplines to develop...
Now everybody’s yelling their heads off about PENGU’s meteoric ascent, the 167% price spike, the skyrocketing trading volume. Solana meme coins reaching a $10 billion market cap? Sounds like a party. Pudgy Penguins NFT sales are up 400%? Even better! Before you dive headfirst into this icy pool of profits,...
An unsanctioned hacker managed to compromise the official XRPL node package manager. Then they infected it with malicious code designed to steal private keys. This attack, first illustrated by Aikido security researcher Charlie Eriksen, could have allowed thousands of crypto wallets to be hacked. The situation underscores the growing threats...
Okay, let's be honest. Every time I open up Twitter, it feels like I’m going to the NFTs are dead funeral, again. You'd think after the tenth or eleventh time, they'd at least spring for a better eulogy. Here's the thing: the NFTs aren't pushing up daisies because the idea...
