“Banner year” thanks to skyrocketing cryptocurrency values, vulnerable startups.
北朝鮮のハッカー集団は、2021年だけで総額450億円相当もの仮想通貨を盗んでいた
北朝鮮のハッカーが2021年にハッキングによって盗んだ仮想通貨が、総額3.95億ドル（約451億円）相当にもなることが明らかになった。これらのハッカーはすべて北朝鮮政府のために働いているとみられ、仮想通貨の窃盗が最重要事項になっていると指摘されている。
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North Korea hacked nearly $400M in cryptocurrency last year
North Korean hackers launched at least seven attacks on cryptocurrency platforms last year to steal almost $400 million worth of digital assets, according to a report by blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis. “From 2020 to 2021, the number of North Korean-linked hacks jumped from four to seven, and the value extracted from these hacks grew by […]
Here’s why CNET co-founder Halsey Minor is bullish on NFTs
Halsey Minor has lived many lives. One of the founders of CNET, Minor entered tech media at a time when the closest thing most of us had to the web was a spider spinning cobwebs on an old NES. Born in Charlottesville, Virginia, Minor worked for Merrill Lynch during the rise of the internet in […]
A peek into Web3 power player Animoca Brands
If you haven’t heard of Animoca Brands over the last year or so, you haven’t been paying close attention. With a long and growing list of digital entertainment, blockchain, and gaming properties, the eight-year-old, 600-person Hong Kong-based outfit has quietly become one of the most active participants in a world that more and more stakeholders […]
Mozilla、強い反発を受けて暗号資産による寄付の受付を一時停止 | TechCrunch Japan
Mozilla Foundationは、多くの人たちからの反発により、暗号資産で寄付を受け取ることを休止する。反対派の中には、Mozilla Projectの創始者もいる。 Firefoxブラウザーの開発を統括している同財団は米国時間1月6日に、暗号資産の環境への影響を議論し、暗号資産による寄付に対するこれまでの方針が「気候に関する同団体…
Can you build centralized islands in a decentralized ocean?
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. We’re getting back up to full speed this week, so Mary Ann and Alex along with Grace behind the scenes took on our Friday show. Next week Natasha and Chris are back, and […]
Mozilla Foundation hits pause on crypto donation following backlash
The Mozilla Foundation is pausing accepting donations in cryptocurrency following a backlash from scores of individuals including a founder of the Mozilla Project. The foundation, which oversees the development of Firefox browser, on Thursday acknowledged conversations around the environment impact that cryptocurrency potentially pose and said it is reviewing whether its current policy on crypto […]
How will the crypto selloff impact the NFT market?
What happens to both NFT activity and NFT prices when their backing asset, if we can call ether that, rapidly loses value?
Goldfinch raises $25M from a16z to power its DeFi lending protocol for borrowers in developing countries
For all of the excitement pulsing through the so-called web3 space in the past year, most of the heartiest sums of investor dollars have seemed to find their way towards products touching users in the United States, but an increasing number of startups are looking to tap opportunities in developing nations where existing centralized financial […]