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📰 TOP NEWS
Crowdstrike update causes global IT disruptions, "Blue Screen of Death."
“Crowdstrike is an American company that provides cloud and cybersecurity services to Microsoft. Windows-based infrastructures have been disrupted, unlike decentralized infrastructures.
WazirX hacker converts stolen crypto to Ethereum.
“WazirX experienced a major exploit yesterday, losing over $230 million in crypto from a multi-sig wallet breach. Exchange paused withdrawals, investigating private key leaks and malicious contracts used in the attack.
Hong Kong launched its first stablecoin sandbox, which prohibited public funding.
“Hong Kong's stablecoin sandbox initiative demonstrates the intrest in regulating digital currencies without public investment risks.”
Italy's state bank issues $27.2M digital bond on Polygon.
“Italy's first digital financial transaction follows new FinTech decree law.”
📌 REMARKS OF THE WEEK
Source: Investing.com
🔐 CRYPTO UNLOCKS
Source: Token Unlocks
🎟️ EVENT OF THE WEEK
Bitcoin Conference 2024
Bitcoin Conference 2024 is an annual conference which will be in Nashville this year. It promises major announcements, networking, and expert talks on Bitcoin’s global impact.
Date July 25-27
💬 EXPERT OPINION
A lot of people automatically dismiss e-currency as a lost cause because of all the companies that failed since the 1990’s. I hope it’s obvious it was only the centrally controlled nature of those systems that doomed them. I think this is the first time we’re trying a decentralized, non-trust-based system.
📊 METRIC OF THE WEEK
Our researchers designed this metric with ❤️
GLOSSARY CORNER 51% attack occurs when a single entity or group controls more than half of the mining power in a blockchain network, enabling them to manipulate transaction confirmations, potentially double-spend coins, and prevent new transactions from being confirmed. | EDITOR’S CHOICE • The Internet of Money (book) • Bitcoin Mining (video) |
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