Monochrome Exchange Launches IEO for MCR Token Backing Multi-Asset Trading Platform
Crypto Worker Family Held Hostage in France; Attackers Force €40,000 Transfer
Blink Wallet Pauses Services After Attacker Drains Custodial Accounts
Visa Closes Memecoin Rewards Loophole, Grace Period Ends September 26
Grayscale Splits Zcash ETF Shares 3-for-1 After $233M Floods In Under a Month
Polygon Prepares Permissionless Burn of 100 Million POL Tokens
Coinbase and Payward File With CFTC for Single-Stock Perpetual Futures
Binance Launches 24/7 FX Perpetual Futures With Weekend Pricing
224 Victims Lost 274.6 ETH to Fake AI Bot Tutorials on YouTube
Ethereum Institutional Backs EIP-8198 to Cut Block Times for Institutional Use
XRP Whale Inflows to Binance Hit 6-Month High at 1.6B Tokens
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Crypto Worker Family Held Hostage in France; Attackers Force €40,000 Transfer
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Visa Closes Memecoin Rewards Loophole, Grace Period Ends September 26
Grayscale Splits Zcash ETF Shares 3-for-1 After $233M Floods In Under a Month
Polygon Prepares Permissionless Burn of 100 Million POL Tokens
Coinbase and Payward File With CFTC for Single-Stock Perpetual Futures
Binance Launches 24/7 FX Perpetual Futures With Weekend Pricing
224 Victims Lost 274.6 ETH to Fake AI Bot Tutorials on YouTube
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Monochrome Exchange Launches IEO for MCR Token Backing Multi-Asset Trading Platform
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Four masked suspects broke into a home in Vendin-le-Vieil, France on Saturday night and held a cryptocurrency worker's family captive until the father transferred approximately €40,000 in digital assets under duress, according to the Béthune prosecutor's office.
Blink Wallet Pauses Services After Attacker Drains Custodial Accounts
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