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Ripple Hack: A $80M DeFi Wake-Up Call on Trust and Human Error

Ripple Hack: A $80M DeFi Wake-Up Call on Trust and Human Error

$80 million is at risk. Not merely hypothetical numbers on a screen, but actual, real world people’s investments locked up in XRP Ledger’s DeFi applications. We discuss blockchain, smart contracts, and decentralization as if they were the unbreakable walls of a castle. This Ripple hack? This should be a shocking...

Crypto Exchanges on High Alert After Bybit Hack Raises Security Concerns

Crypto Exchanges on High Alert After Bybit Hack Raises Security Concerns

The cryptocurrency community is still reeling after a $1.5 million security breach at Bybit. Hackers have absconded with an astounding $1.5 billion in stolen Ethereum. In the aftermath, this incident has rocked the industry to its core. It’s ignited immediate demands for better security standards, with serious implications regarding the...

Bybit's $1.5B Hack: Crypto's Wild West Needs a Sheriff

Bybit's $1.5B Hack: Crypto's Wild West Needs a Sheriff

The recent news of Bybit getting whacked for $1.5 billion in Ethereum would seem like a surreal fiction headline. Despite its reputation as a crypto wild west, this scenario is somewhere between a stagecoach robbery in daylight and embarrassing highway robbery. While the internet remains a revolutionary, enormous, democratizing force—akin...

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