Daily Crypto NewsEDITION #430, 31 March 2022

Free the Apes!

Hey Moni Maker 🙈

Today, in 1901, the Mercedes' first car was manufactured. Yeah, imagine it! Just a car... but back then, it was a technological breakthrough! A very powerful and precise spit into eternity. We wonder if our technology will seem trivial to our grandchildren too. Most likely, yes. 

Digest. Let's go!

Elliptic is the kind of company that analyses blockchains. So, according to Decrypt, the guys reported scammers had stolen at least 35 NFTs from Bored Ape, Mutant Ape and Bored Ape Kennel Club collections in recent days. Almost $900,000... 

Scammers hack Twitter accounts and send out phishing links. The guys click on them, sign MetaMask, and the hard-earned jpegs are stolen along with the sid-phrase. 

Plz, be careful...

A new major hack took place on 23 March but was only spotted yesterday. This time Ronin was affected.

A specific criminal element took advantage of a vulnerability similar to the recent Wormhole hack to withdraw crypto worth around $625,000,000.

Axie Infinity co-founder Jeffrey Zirlin has already called it one of the biggest hacks in history. Some of the money has already been withdrawn to exchanges, but according to Zirlin - there is still a chance of recovering the funds and catching the hacker.

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The Opera browser has decided not to be shy, so it adds support for eight blockchains at once for easier access to dApps and services.

The list above includes Bitcoin, Polygon and Solana, StarkEx, Ronin, Celo, Nervos and Cosmos-based IXO. The news is heartening for a case where a lot is not a little.

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REKT. It means you're screwed. Refers to those who have suffered severe financial losses due to improper trading or investment. It can also refer to the asset itself, which is rapidly losing value.

And more you can find in our Glossary!

And you...buy Bitcoin! (it's a good time!)