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The decentralized game publisher said their team has witnessed a significant rise in phishing attempts within their community and in the Arbitrum ecosystem. A decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) focusing on gaming has recently warned its users that some of its X accounts were compromised. The company reminded its community that they don’t have airdrop s, new mints or anything else planned.  In a tweet published on July 24, decentralized game publisher Treasure posted that their X accounts Playontreasure and Playbridgeworld were taken over by hackers. The organization warned users to refrain from interacting with links shared by the accounts. PSA Please do not interact with links shared by @PlayOnTreasure + @playbridgeworld at this time. The accounts have unfortunately been hacked and we are working to regain access. There is NO airdrop , new mint of TreasureTags, or anything else planned for today. Be safe. — Treasure (@Treasure_DAO) July 24, 2023 After working to r...

While total year-over-year losses to hackers dropped 58%, BNB Chain saw 119 security incidents leading to losses of around $70 million, followed by Ethereum, with 55 incidents netting hackers over $65 million. More than $300 million in digital assets were lost to crypto hacks and exploits in the second quarter of 2023, according to on-chain data compiled in the quarterly report by the blockchain security company CertiK.  In the report, CertiK showed that there were a total of 212 security incidents in the quarter. The firm noted that across the incidents, malicious actors drained a total of $313,566,528 from Web3 protocols. Compared to the second quarter of 2022, when hacks and exploits took $745 million, the security firm pointed out that there was a 58% decline in the amount lost. Despite the lower total amount recorded compared to 2022, the quarter saw an increase in the value lost to exit scams, which amounted to around $70 million in the second quarter of 2023. This is almos...

Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage Internal US Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) discussion documents, which were unsealed on June 13, have shed light on contradictions and concerns related to a statement made by Bill Hinman, the former director of SEC’s corporate finance division, regarding the classification of Ether as a security .  The documents, which feature edits made to Hinman’s 2018 speech, indicate that the SEC editors were cautious about the potential consequences of the statement, as it could solidify a position that might be challenging to modify down the line. Potential Locking of SEC’s Position In the edited documents, SEC comments express concerns about the risk of being locked into a specific position regarding Ether’s classification. The editors noted: “Even with the caveats in the sentence, it seems that it would be difficult for the agency to take a different position on Ether ...

SEC's recent charges against crypto exchange Kraken over its staking program have sent tremors through the crypto industry. Members of the crypto community are seemingly outraged over the recent charges laid against crypto exchange Kraken in relation to its staking-as-a-service program in the United States.  On Feb. 9, the United States Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) announced it had settled charges with Kraken over “failing to register the offer and sale of their crypto asset staking-as-a-service program,” which it claims is qualified as securities under its purview. Kraken agreed to settle the charges by paying $30 million in fines and to immediately cease the staking services to U.S. retail investors, though it would continue to be offered offshore. The move appears to have attracted the ire of not only the general crypto community, but also of investors, politicians, and industry executives. Cinneamhain Ventures partner and Ethereum bull, Adam Cochran called out SEC chie...