Crypto Ecosystem Faces Security Challenges, Stablecoin Shifts, and DeFi Risk Exposures

Crypto Ecosystem Faces Security Challenges, Stablecoin Shifts, and DeFi Risk Exposures

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Recent news highlights significant shifts and concerns within the crypto space. Pornhub has announced a move from USDT to USDC for payouts, indicating a notable change in stablecoin preferences. Meanwhile, the DeFi sector is under scrutiny, with warnings about accumulating risks on high-yield tokens like STRC and LayerZero being implicated in money laundering activities by the Lazarus Group. The ongoing debate surrounding the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto continues, while broader reports detail a rise in general crypto scams and critical opinions on industry figures like CZ.

The recent documentary Finding Satoshi has claimed that Hal Finney and Len Sassaman are Satoshi Nakamoto. But did it really find Satoshi?

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A UAE-based WLFI investor has offered to broker "a fair resolution" between Justin Sun and the Trump-led project.

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Lazarus launders loot like lightning, while the bridges it uses, including LayerZero, respond in very different ways.

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DeFi yield farmers are leveraging Pendle, Morpho, xStocks, Apyx, and Saturn to amplify Strategy’s already ultra-risky 11.5% dividend on STRC.

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Protos breaks down the arguments over who’s to blame for the $14B meltdown sparked by Saturday’s $290M hack

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Pornhub is no longer accepting USDT for payouts and is switching to Circle-issued stablecoin USDC instead.

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Crypto scammers are reportedly posing as Iranian authorities to demand crypto for "clearance" to pass through the Strait of Hormuz safely.

The post Crypto scams are now a threat in the Strait of Hormuz, report appeared first on Protos.

CZ's book, Freedom of Money, includes 26 pages of so-called "principles." The problem is, they're not really principles. More... opinions.

The post CZ uses new book to share his ‘principles’ — they’re totally unhinged appeared first on Protos.