OKX chief innovation officer Jason Lau said that the new feature eliminates common DeFi headaches like slippage, MEV attacks and failed transactions. Crypto exchange OKX has integrated Uniswap Labs’ application programming interface (API) into its decentralized exchange (DEX) to allow gas-free trading through a feature called “Snap.”  OKX chief innovation officer Jason Lau told Cointelegraph...Continue Reading

Ethereum was the most targeted chain for hackers in 2024, accounting for 85% of the value lost in February. Over $200 million worth of cryptocurrency has been lost to hacks and rug pulls in 2024 year-to-date (YTD) across 32 individual incidents, according to a Feb. 29 research report by blockchain security firm Immunefi. The over...Continue Reading

The Chainalysis 2024 Crypto Crime Report highlights a $1.7 billion revenue surge in darknet markets and a rise in crypto-linked sanctions and new scam trends. The crypto industry continues to suffer from cybercrimes, with darknet markets being one of the two categories showing an increase in revenue in 2023, according to the latest report from...Continue Reading

The Seneca lending protocol was exploited through its ‘performOperations’ function, and over $6M of collateral was drained from it. Decentralized finance (DeFi) lending platform and stablecoin issuer Seneca Protocol has been exploited, according to a Feb. 28 statement on the protcol’s official X account. In a report seen by Cointelegraph, blockchain analytics firm CertiK estimated...Continue Reading

Antoni Zolciak, co-founder of Aleph Zero, explains that delisting privacy-centric cryptocurrencies like Monero is the industry’s way of responding to regulations, and only projects willing to adapt may survive. In episode 49 of Cointelegraph’s Hashing It Out podcast, host Elisha Owusu Akyaw and guest Antoni Zolciak, co-founder of Aleph Zero, delve into the complex world...Continue Reading

A Cornell Tech professor and blockchain luminary has written a cautionary novel about smart contracts gone rogue. Where do we draw the line between life and fiction?  Ari Juels is a chaired professor at Cornell Tech, a computer science faculty member at Cornell University and chief scientist at Chainlink Labs, a leader in decentralized oracle...Continue Reading

Chappyz, an AI-powered protocol that aims to increase conversational engagement in social media platforms, joins the Cointelegraph Accelerator program. Chappyz, a plug-and-play Web3 protocol, becomes the latest participant of the Cointelegraph Accelerator program. With over 5.35 billion internet users, it’s no wonder that social media has become the biggest phenomenon of the last decade. Each...Continue Reading

As AI becomes increasingly prevalent in education, concerns arise over children’s proficiency in navigating its complexities and potential pitfalls. Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere — it can rewrite famous novels, compose songs and create realistic videos. While older generations fear its takeover, the youth of today are embracing the technology.  A study from the Pew...Continue Reading

All crypto exchanges and trading platforms that have failed to file for license applications with the regulator by Feb. 29 must wind up their business in Hong Kong by May 31. Hong Kong has stopped accepting license applications from crypto exchanges as of Feb. 29 and will soon require all noncompliant trading platforms to close...Continue Reading

The government’s transfer occurred the same day Bitcoin breached the $60,000 mark for the first time in over two years. The United States government transferred $922 million worth of Bitcoin from two cryptocurrency wallets that held funds seized from Bitfinex in 2016. The U.S. government’s transfers occurred the same day Bitcoin (BTC) breached $60,000 for...Continue Reading