Several hours ago, folks reported there was a malicious pop-up in CMC asking people to connect their wallet:


https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1lgf6jn/coinmarketcap_has_been_hacked_do_not_interact/


Fortunately, it's been removed. I'm guessing there will be another update from then once investigation is over:

Update: We've identified and removed the malicious code from our site.

Our team is continuing to investigate and taking steps to strengthen our security.

This is another reminder that even if we're on official website or any handle of a platform we use, there should be no blind trusting as exploits like this could happen to them.

It's very likely though that there are already folks who fell victim. Considering the popularity of CMC, I wonder how much victims lost.. 🤔

Yet another exchange joins in the party. I'm not sure if you all remember but there was also Crypto.com previously. I wonder how many more companies will jump in. 🤔

   Robinhood teams up with Kalshi for prediction markets
    A new standalone product has been released by the company this week
    Robinhood is only the latest platform to pursue prediction market expansion

With the Super Bowl now complete, elections way behind our backs, and college basketball season set to get underway on Thursday, Robinhood has announced that it is relaunching its prediction markets hub allowing users to place a prediction on the outcome of March Madness games.
March Madness is new opportunity for Robinhood

March Madness is one of the most wagered sports in the United States, with the American Gaming Association estimating that a total of $3.1bn will be wagered through the regulated gambling market in 2025 alone.

The prediction markets hub was launched as part of a partnership with KalshiEX LLC, an established company that is already offering prediction markets on a range of events, including politics, sports, and even court trials.

Robinhood has been looking to push past its traditional investment focus and into the world of prediction markets, which is finally happening, with GM of Futures and International at Robinhood, JB Mackenzie, welcoming the opportunity to see this through:

   "We believe in the power of prediction markets and think they play an important role at the intersection of news, economics, politics, sports and culture."

The prediction markets hub is a standalone product that is designed to specifically cater to people interested in sports, who wish to back an outcome. However, this type of content has faced a lot of pushbacks, first from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which wrestled with both Kalshi and Robinhood, and then from state-level regulators.

Keep in mind that this is only available in the USA. Further information for interested folks: https://robinhood.com/us/en/support/articles/robinhood-event-contracts/

It'll be interesting if big players start competing with polymarket and offer their product globally -- grabs popcorn.

What do you all think of the future of Prediction Markets?

So a company --a known one at that- seized the opportunity and got a prediction market licensed in the US.

IIRC, polymarket, the most popular prediction market had some friction with US regulators. US folks are banned in the platform, as well. Though, I've always thought plenty of them just used the good old VPN to bypass such unless they're a whale.



Because it's fully regulated, it's not gonna be as free as the popular polymarket. It's only for sports and will of course be curated.

In another source, there's a promotion with $1 million prize pool. I'm not sure of the deets about this though.

The company is also promoting the official roll out of its sports prediction markets with a special $1-million prize pool which is payable out in the Cronos Crypto Basket when you first sign up for Crypto.com and place your first Sports trade.

Quick link for anyone interested: https://crypto.com/sports

Serious question though, if you're from USA, would you try this? or just use the good ol VPN in other prediction markets. 🤔

It appears Turkey is looking to decrease the usage from their locals.

A couple of changes:

In line with these regulations, Binance.com will remain accessible from Turkey. However, there will be some adjustments to our services:

1. Language Options: Turkish language selection will be turned off gradually within 3 months  for Binance.com services.

2. Marketing Activities: All direct marketing activities for Turkish users will be completely halted.

For a country with 17% english speakers and low english proficiency index, removing the local language could be a big hit. They could still use the automatic translation from google for instance but at some point, they'd have to leave some stuff to faith because machine translation could have several inaccuracies. I can't speak about others but I wouldn't wanna second guess every action I make.

Nevertheless, at least, it's not a full blown restriction.

Good news for the people in India! Kucoin managed to get an OK from FIU-India.

What a pleasant news to read after all the exchange ban from playstore + appstore and OKX's exit. Hopefully, more will follow soon and India further relaxes their hostility so the industry can prosper.

Some plans tailored to local folks:

Accompanying KuCoin's registration with FIU, KuCoin proposes to undertake the following initiatives to better serve local Indian users.

1.Localized Payment Solutions: Collaborating with local banks and fiat partners to introduce unique and direct on-ramp and off-ramp services tailored for India. Meanwhile, KuCoin is also proposing to launch a partnership enrollment program to welcome more partners onboard and provide easier and more friendly service.
2.Strategic Investment Focus: Promoting investment and support for blockchain projects led by entrepreneurs with an India focus, aiding the sustainable growth of the local crypto ecosystem.
3.Regulatory and Security Alliances: Continuing to support regulatory and Government authorities to promote a secure and regulated industry landscape.
4.Partnerships for Education and Ecosystem: Partnering with educational institutions through KuCoin Campus to foster blockchain understanding and offer access to KuCoin's Web3, technology, and ecosystem resources, thereby nurturing the blockchain industry's development in India.
5.Glo-cal Strategy and Team Localization: Establishing a dedicated, localized team to better understand and serve the specific needs of Indian investors and users. Going "Glo-cal" underscores KuCoin's priority as going global with a localization focus.

If you have the app, please update it or if you want an extra peace of mind, uninstall it in the mean time.

So couple of hours ago CertiK tweeted they found a vulnerability in the OKX iOS App:

🚨 Attention! We urge users of OKX wallets to update their iOS app to the latest version immediately. Earlier this month, we identified and reported a critical Remote Code Execution (RCE)  vulnerability in the OKX iOS App,  leading to potential compromise of sensitive data and crypto assets. The OKX team responded swiftly and issued an updated version today.

which was shortly followed by OKX:

Thanks @Certik for the note.

We've completed the relevant upgrade & this is no longer an issue. We have verified that this did not impact any customer assets.

The fix has been deployed to iOS version 6.45.0 & we recommend you update the app asap.

Fortunately, so far, I haven't seen any user reports about damages especially since CertiK mentioned they discovered it "earlier this month" indicating this could have been weeks ago and update plus announcement were only released today.

In any case, people who have the app on iOS are encouraged to update it or uninstall ASAP.

It's scary to think that companies out there are still relying on SMS/phone numbers for securing important employee accounts. The article did mention MFA but why bother adding SMS/phone number? and who knows what is included in their MFA.

Kroll, who is facilitating claims for insolvent companies FTX, BlockFi, and Genesis Global Holdco, has confirmed that one of its employees was the victim of a SIM-swapping attack.

Hackers stole the Kroll employee's phone number and used it to gain access to some files with personal data of bankruptcy claimants.

Of course, the employee in question was a T-mobile user. If you're a T-mobile user, I suggest looking into all the sim swap accidents they've been in lol

In a statement today, Kroll says that a threat actor on August 19 targeted a T-Mobile account belonging to a Kroll employee and managed to steal the phone number of a Kroll employee.

Genesis affected users has had the following leaked: full names, physical addresses, email addresses, and debtor claim details. FTX claims no-sensitive data has been compromised but I'm not sure I trust it.

In any case, if you submitted a claim on kroll, be extra careful with phishing scams cause it's safe to assume perps are gonna attempt it a lot.

So I noticed the telegram channel linked in one of their help articles is now a totally different channel

The article:

... Follow us on social media
We update our social media with relevant news, outages, and known issues our users are experiencing. To stay up to date, follow us here:

• Twitter
• Telegram [https://www.t.me/bcpit]
• Twitter
• Instagram

Seeing how the group has a different name, my guess is blockchain.com's channel was deleted and someone took over the vanity invite link?

Which means the channel is completely useless and people are just prone to scams since I suspect someone will for sure impersonate blockchain.com in there.

Heads up.

If you try to register on paxful.com, you'll be greeted with the following message:

We’re back.

After a month away, we’re happy to announce that the Paxful marketplace is back online.

In early April, we faced a difficult decision to temporarily suspend the marketplace to protect all of our customers and Paxful’s future.

Throughout the suspension the Paxful Wallet remained fully operational for our users and the community were also offered a selection of peer-to-peer platforms to continue trading on.

Over the last month, our team has worked diligently to get the marketplace back online with the safety and security of users paramount.

We know it has been a difficult time for many of our users, who were understandably surprised by the sudden suspension, however, we are delighted to be back so that we can continue to serve millions of people without financial access.

Let’s keep building for the 100%.

However it wouldn't be the exact same team as I see the previous CEO advising people to stay away from it when asked.

I have resigned as ceo, withdrawn my funds and would not trade there ever again. Good luck

No way bro. Not going back. It is a disaster waiting to happen. My cofounder destroyed the company and everyone has left. Beware

I resigned as ceo and took out my funds. I will not be going back or trading there under any circumstances. No idea what will happen there.

Tbf, even without these tweets, I wouldn't deposit any money to them. AFAIK, a portion of funds are still frozen and even if we say they paid all of these back, it wouldn't mean the company is in good health. I'd tread cautiously o7

So I started using trezor with electrum and earlier whenever I open the third window--wallet, I kept getting the hardware not detected error. I tried to unplug and plug it in again which did nothing.

thoughts?

EDIT: thankyou @HCP

Just saw this hardware wallet thing today and was wondering what are everyone's thoughts about this. Is there actually any reason to choose this over nano s? The price diff isn't that much, just $12 and the ledger live isn't supported, there are fewer coins and no segwit 🤔🤔🤔

Check it here: https://www.blockchain.com/lockbox (There's currently a free express shipping)

[Our website]

Take a look at this, bunch of newbies with the same username pattern, necro-posting and spamming a referral link in Marketplace section. Since its prolly a bot, its very likely that the person/s behind them will come back with another accounts, will update this list when that time comes

List of users:

• li_sa_alisa_pU
• avtoban03_HW
• SperanskySSS_Vb
• Slate_gx
• Dobry_Panda_iC
• Astorot_T5[
• Alexander0007_7f
• AlexaKoro_Sl
• dzota_xB
• sooqablya1337_aZ
• Sasha_borziy_sX
• Phoereq_1s
• D72689_2W
• timothylol_YZ
• Sokol_92_SR
• RuslanOsterman_2Y
• frostwolf_f_rm

Quoting their latest post for example

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Today is the best day to start earning a lot. Our website

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Today is the best day to start earning a lot. Our website

The path from an office employee to a steep investor lasts 3 months. Check for yourself. Our website

Provide all your family money. Invest in Elirtex. Our website

Transparent investments - profitability of 180% for 3 months. Our website

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Investments with maximum payback: 180% profitability, contribution for 3 months, deposit from $ 30. Interesting? Learn more! Our website

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Profit on investing in promising startups. ConnectOur website

Provide all your family money. Invest in Elirtex. Our website

The path from an office employee to a steep investor lasts 3 months. Check for yourself. Our website

EDIT: A BIG THANKS TO LOYCEV!!!

I'm helping a good friend of mine!

So back when i used to test if viabtc is still working, I get them at https://www.blockchain.com/btc/unconfirmed-transactions
but when i tried clicking a txid now, i get this:

Oops!
We can't seem to find the page you're looking for

And yes I've already tried it using my phone and with a different browser (edge)

I just received their mail so I immediately accessed their .info site and there I was redirected to ---->> https://www.blockchain.com
The look and feel is still similar from the old one and I think that's good aye.

We're excited to officially unveil a new and unified Blockchain!

Earlier this month we announced that we would be consolidating blockchain.info into blockchain.com to create a seamless experience for our users.

Some of you remember way back in August 2011 when blockchain.info was created with the simple idea to make bitcoin transactions and its ecosystem more accessible. Seven years later, we're now the most trusted company in the industry, thanks to all of you.

With your help, we've done a lot over the years but still have a long way to go in building the future of finance. We know your needs are ever-changing, and we want to be prepared to offer you the end-to-end experience you've been waiting for. That starts today.

In addition to creating a single home for all of our existing products, we've been working hard at perfecting some new ones. In the coming months we'll be bringing you new and exciting products and features you've been hoping for, so keep an eye on our Twitter and Facebook pages.

In the meantime, you'll now find all of your .info favorites, including your wallet, on blockchain.com, which (we're excited to say) has a fresh new look! Find the new site for logging into your wallet below and bookmark it because this one's here to stay.

Sounds like this entire domain moving is only a start of something although I don't know what it is. Recently they launched this Blockchain Principal Strategies.
Read it here: https://blog.blockchain.com/2018/06/28/blockchain-launches-institutional-product-blockchain-principal-strategies/

I've been using mycelium since last year but stopped using it ever since i lost my phone. with things getting better now, i've bought a new phone and plans to transfer some
funds on mycelium again but when i was downloading it, i saw tons of bad reviews. what can you say about this? is this true? got any problems you encountered? is it still
trustable like it used to?

Business Insider is a page on facebook with 7.5 Million likes. it is stated that bitcoin will soar to over $20K on 2022 by cannibalizing gold.

i don't know where they got this idea, they just basically did a comparison about bitcoin and gold.  Either way what can you guys say about this?

view the whole video https://www.facebook.com/businessinsider/videos/10154847897019071/, it got 1.9K likes and 263K views at the moment.

Bibili kase ko ng laptop, Gusto ko yung pangmatagalan na.  (NOT FOR GAMING PURPOSES )