DeFi aggregator raided by five hackers on launch day

[ad_1] Fledgling decentralized finance protocol ForceDAO has had a rough start, with several incursions from hackers taking place just hours after it launched. The Ethereum-based yield aggregator had only just launched its airdrop campaign on April 3 when four malicious “black-hat” hackers managed to drain a total of 183 ETH worth approximately $367,000 at the … Read more

Users of top Indian crypto exchange report seeing '0' funds during outage

[ad_1] Major Indian crypto exchange WazirX experienced disruptions caused by system failures for more than four hours Sunday.  In a tweet at 5:24 PM UTC, WazirX CEO Nischal Shetty reported that the crypto exchange had “hit some internal limits” set by one of the infrastructure providers. The load on Wazir’s system reportedly created “a ripple … Read more

Supply crunch incoming? Bitcoin miners stop selling

[ad_1] Bitcoin continues to consolidate in the high $50,000 area, meanwhile, its fundamentals are strengthening and seem to point towards a price breakout. Analyst Ali Martinez has shared data from Glassnode to predict the timing for a new BTC price rally. According to the analyst, when the cryptocurrency surpasses the 1 million threshold in the … Read more