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When TradFi meets crypto: The transformation of global payments

Stablecoins have become blockchain’s first breakout use case.

Opportunities and challenges for decentralised exchanges

Decentralised exchanges (DEX) have evolved from niche financial experiments to trillion-dollar powerhouses.

A look ahead at 6 emerging security threats for crypto platforms in 2025

If you want to keep your crypto platform secure, you need to look beyond yesterday's risks at tomorrow’s crypto security trends. Hackers and fraudsters are constantly on the lookout for new ways to exploit...

3 Steps To Prevent Crypto Fraud - CoinCover

In our previous posts, we explored the rising cost of fraud, and the most dangerous types of crypto fraud. Now, let’s get practical. This final instalment provides a step-by-step framework to fortify your...

The rising cost of crypto fraud: a wake-up call for the industry

Usually it’s a good thing when numbers go up. For crypto platforms, rising transaction volumes mean more transactions, more customers, and more revenue. But there’s another number that’s been going up, and...

Is Biden's proposed crypto legislation good for the industry?

Anyone who follows American politics will know that Joe Biden has taken a cautious approach to cryptocurrency, focusing on consumer and investor protection. In 2022, he signed Executive Order 14067, ‘Ensuring...

FTX collapse: trust matters more than ever

Originally published in CCN, 22 November 2024

Why crypto’s bull market exposes security flaws

As featured in Finextra. 2024 is proving to be another volatile year for crypto. Since reaching a record high in March, the price of Bitcoin has fluctuated significantly. There is near-constant speculation...

ezBtc scandal: stop insider threats

Trust is everything to crypto exchange users. Unfortunately, there are still incidents where this trust is misplaced. Canadian exchange ezBtc made headlines for the wrong reasons after founder David Smillie...

What is the Bitcoin halving?

Bitcoin needs a mining process to create new Bitcoins. To do this, complicated math problems need to be solved that verify transactions in the currency. Miners are people who offer their computer space to host...

12 Days of Hackmas, 2023’s Largest Crypto Hacks

A staggering total of $1.8 billion worth of cryptocurrency was stolen using various hacking methods in 2023. Whilst this doesn’t match the $3.8 billion of crypto stolen in 2022, the biggest year for hacking...

Risk Review: Weekly hack update [08/12/2023]

From hacks to the latest security measures, our weekly hack update keeps you in the know on the latest threats in the crypto landscape.

Risk Review: Weekly hack update [24/11/2023]

The crypto landscape has witnessed a busy week of hacks, with private key compromises being the cause of many. Our weekly hack update keeps you in the know on the latest threats in the crypto landscape.