With the size of the cryptocurrency market today, combined with the number of high profile
hacks on crypto exchanges, there is a clear market need.
Not exact matches
Capital flowed back into bitcoin
on Tuesday amid reports that a major Japanese
exchange was planning to make a bid for Coincheck, the Tokyo - based
crypto platform that was recently
hacked.
Bitcoin prices are in freefall Wednesday
on speculation that major
crypto exchange Binance has been
hacked.
Bitcoin shed some of its recent gains today, dropping over 10 %
on the back of rumors that Binance, one of the world's largest
crypto exchanges by trading volumes, has been
hacked.
Finally, Japan's demand for stronger security
on exchanges actually bodes well for Bitcoin, since it may help restore Japanese investors» faith in
cryptos following the $ 530.0 - million Coincheck
hack.
The Binance
hack, SEC's new regulations for
exchanges, and penalties
on exchanges issued by the Japanese regulatory body have all jointly served to spark a widespread sell - off in
crypto markets.
China ordered a complete ban
on all initial coin offerings by pulling down the shutters of cryptocurrency trading
exchanges for containing the inherent financial risks associated with money laundering and
hacking of virtual wallets which has plagued the
crypto world since the very beginning.
Japan - based
crypto exchange Coincheck was
hacked on Jan. 26 and around $ 530 mln in altcoin NEM was stolen.
© Reuters Digital currency trading is big business in South Korea South Korea's spy agency believes that North Korea is behind
hacking attacks
on a
crypto - currency
exchange in the South, sources say.
In late January of this year, the
exchange suffered the most expensive
hack in the
crypto - sphere to date, losing some $ 530mln worth
on NEM.
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A popular
crypto exchange, EtherDelta got
hacked on Wednesday tricking users into directing their tokens to the wallet of the hacker instead of the authorized
exchange.
«[C] rypto investors and speculators have been through a number of
exchange hacks by now, likely recognizing that an
exchange hack involves a vulnerability in the application
on top of a protocol, as opposed to a vulnerability within the
crypto - protocols involved... the fundamentals of
crypto assets have not weakened, though we have yet another example of the need for further professionalization in
crypto application - infrastructure.»
Coincheck
hack, Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) conducted
on - site inspections of the 15 as - of - yet unregistered Japanese
crypto exchanges.
The past has shown us that
hacks of
exchanges do happen, and can have a massive negative impact
on the
crypto space.
In fact, losing money due to
hacks or operational issues
on exchanges is a much more common occurrence for
crypto investors than people may think.
Following its notable $ 530 million
hack, Japan's financial watchdog is reportedly probing into
crypto exchange Coincheck's finances through an
on - site inspection.
One of these is the «cross-chain atomic swaps,» which will partly solve the biggest threat
crypto investors face today — that is, the threat of
hacks and coin robberies
on centralized
crypto exchanges.
After the
hack attack
on Binance
crypto exchange, other
exchange platforms have been blocked in China.
A week after the
hack the NEM Foundation said no attempts had been made to trade the
cryptos on other
exchanges.
Added to this, resources spent
on «communication» could potentially detract from efforts to make the
crypto - industry more robust and secure as a whole, as was admitted by executives in the case of an
exchange Coincheck, which suffered a USD 400 million
hack last month.
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Crypto Exchanges Strengthen Self - Regulation Following Coincheck
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In the aftermath of the
hack, Japan's Financial Services Agency carried out
on - site inspections of 15 unregistered
crypto exchanges in the country, eventually sending business improvement notices to 7 and temporarily halting operations at 2 more.
The FSA is continuing in its efforts to crack down
on crypto exchanges and enforce regulations after the massive Coincheck
hack back in January.
The new information about ongoing
hacking attacks
on South Korean
crypto exchanges, reportedly sponsored by the North, comes days before the official start of Pyeongchang 2018 (9 — 25 February).