Crypto hacks fall to $49.3 million in February as thieves change tactics to exploit user behavior: Blockchain Intelligence Company

Crypto-related losses are plummeting as hackers increasingly shift from complex technical exploits to manipulating user behavior, according to a new report from blockchain intelligence platform NOMINIS. According to the company’s monthly security analysis, losses from major cryptocurrency incidents last month were approximately $49.3 million, a significant decrease from the approximately $385 million recorded in January….

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Bitcoin’s kimchi premium goes on life support after South Korea targets Bithumb

South Korea’s move to suspend Bithumb over AML failures turns domestic compliance litigation into a market structure story. The crackdown on the country’s second-largest exchange threatens to alter retail flows, deepen venue concentration and reduce kimchi premiums, one of cryptocurrencies’ most-watched regional price signals. Compliance litigation hits plumbing market The Korea Financial Intelligence Service has…

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