2022-02-09

Daily Digest – February 9th

• Department of Justice seizes $3.6 billion stolen from Bitfinex hack, Bitfinex surges 60%.

• Shiba Inu enters metaverse with ‘Shiba Lands,’ LEASH jumps 45%.

• Russia set to regulate crypto, Bitcoin donations to Ukraine NGOs soar.

• OpenSea delists CryptoPunks v1, Sotheby’s to auction 104 CryptoPunks.

The U.S. Department of Justice Recovers $3.6 Billion Stolen in Bitfinex Hack, Bitfinex Token Surges

One of the biggest crypto exchange hacks in history happened in August 2016 when 119,754 Bitcoin was stolen from Hong Kong-based crypto exchange, Bitfinex. The tokens were worth over $60 million in 2016, or a staggering approximate $5.2 billion at current prices...

Shiba Inu Prepares to Launch its Metaverse ‘Shiba Lands,’ LEASH Climbs 45%

With the metaverse now one of the hottest topics in the crypto space, the developers of the popular meme coin, Shiba Inu, announced that it would launch its own Metaverse project in 2022, dubbed The Shiberse.

Two weeks after revealing The Shiberse, the Shiba Inu Team has announced that virtual lands in its digital world would be coming to the Shiba community “very soon.”...

Google Cloud Adds Crypto Mining Malware Detection ToolIllegal cryptocurrency mining is one of the most common exploits of compromised remote storage accounts.

Argentine Collector Has the Green Light to Seize Digital Wallets of Defaulters

The Federal Administration of Public Revenues of Argentina (AFIP), did not rule out the possibility of seizing the funds of delinquent tax debtors deposited in virtual wallets.The AFIP has the green light to guarantee the collection of 24,000 million pesos (about US $226.5 million) in back taxes. The agency managed to identify around 9,800 delinquent taxpayers throughout the country...

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