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Deribit is switching off the daily reserves check its customers could run

Deribit is retiring the daily proof-of-reserves check its customers could run themselves, after moving about 90% of client assets to Coinbase.

CryptoSlate and Deribit Insights 2 months ago · 5 min read
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NoOnes tells users to withdraw everything by Sunday

The platform now has two withdrawal routes left, bitcoin and USDT on Tron, weeks after saying an EU sanctions listing named a different company.

CryptoSlate 2 months ago · 5 min read
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Technology

Nine Firefox add-ons that showed football scores later carried wallet-stealing code

Socket found 40 malicious Firefox extensions. Nine had earlier lived on the same listing IDs as football and basketball score tools, reviews and all.

CryptoSlate and Socket Threat Research 2 months ago · 5 min read
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17,600 people declared £1.38bn in crypto gains to HMRC

HMRC's first crypto gains figures show 17,600 people declaring £1.38bn for 2024-25. All of it self-declared, with exchange data-sharing due in 2027.

HMRC via GOV.UK and CoinDesk 2 months ago · 5 min read
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Technology

Lightning node operators told to upgrade now or take nodes offline

Core Lightning has asked operators to install patched binaries and keep the details secret for 14 days. Most UK users of Lightning apps have nothing to do.

CryptoSlate and Decrypt 2 months ago · 8 min read
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The Bank of England is being told to encourage stablecoins, not approve them

A bill due before the Lords in September would oblige the Bank to have regard to stablecoin innovation. No issuer has been approved and nothing changes today.

Decrypt, with additional reporting from Cointelegraph 2 months ago · 5 min read
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Schwab plans to add Solana, Avalanche and Chainlink to its crypto platform

The broker named three tokens and one timeframe: 'coming months'. Nothing is tradeable yet, and Schwab Crypto remains a US-only retail product.

The Defiant and the Charles Schwab pressroom 2 months ago · 5 min read
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Treasury says $100m in crypto moved Iranian oil money

Treasury says one operator processed over $100m in crypto for Iranian oil sales since 2023. For UK holders the practical effect is broader address screening.

CoinDesk 2 months ago · 6 min read
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Technology

Cosmos Labs is telling blockchains to shut themselves down over a shared bug

Three networks were drained through the same Cosmos EVM code. Chains below v0.6.2 or v0.7.2 are told to stop, and no list of them has been published.

The Defiant 2 months ago · 7 min read
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Technology

Ledger has patched an Ethereum app bug that could sign the wrong transaction

Version 1.22.2 of Ledger's Ethereum app refuses a second signing request while a transaction is still on screen. Here's what to check before you sign again.

CryptoSlate 2 months ago · 8 min read