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kev_nag

kev_nag

Retired, finally. I enjoy learning about crypto and sharing my discoveries. Also, I follow the News closely and enjoy discussing current events. I have no political agenda, but advance views based in reality with a slant toward real world consequences.


Uh-Oh Do. There's a Warrant for your Arrest!

14 Sep 2022 2 minute read 0 comments kev_nag

In May, what the Terra community first suspected to be a FUD attack became one of the most devastating market crashes in crypto history, triggering the loss of millions of assets from investors of TerraUSD (UST) — now renamed TerraUSD Classic (USTC)...

Facilitating the Trading of Illiquid Assets through Tokenization

13 Sep 2022 4 minute read 0 comments kev_nag

Tokenization is potentially the largest use case of blockchain and distributed ledger technology, whose value could exceed $24 trillion by 2027 […] Christian Dick and Christian Pohle analyzed the value proposition of tokenization for customers, fina...

Indian ED Unfreezes WazirX Bank Accounts

13 Sep 2022 2 minute read 0 comments kev_nag

In an announcement published today, (September 12, 2022), WaxirX reported: “After an in-depth internal investigation, WazirX noticed that most of the users whose information was sought by ED were already identified as suspicious by WazirX internally...

Huobi Exchange to Delist Seven Privacy Coins Due to Regulatory Pressures

12 Sep 2022 3 minute read 0 comments kev_nag

Founded in 2013, Huobi Group is a world-leading company in the digital economy industry, with a mission to make breakthroughs in core blockchain technologies and integration of blockchain technology with other industries. Surrounding the upstream an...

Last Shadow Fork Completes Successfully - Ethereum is Ready for the Merge

10 Sep 2022 2 minute read 0 comments kev_nag

My friends, only a few more days until the much hyped Ethereum ‘Merge’. “In the frenzied build-up to Ethereum’s much-anticipated merge, the network’s developers have deployed test after test to make sure everything goes smoothly when the second-large...

Thirty Million Recovered From Ronin Bridge Hack

9 Sep 2022 3 minute read 1 comment kev_nag

In a blog post published yesterday (September 8, 2022), blockchain forensics firm, Chainalysis, first noted: One of the most troubling trends in crypto crime right now is the stunning rise in funds stolen from DeFi protocols, and in particular cross...

Yup, Yet Another Exploit - This Time it's Avalanche's Nereus Finance as the Victim

8 Sep 2022 3 minute read 0 comments kev_nag

TL;DR: “An Avalanche-based lending protocol Nereus Finance is the latest victim of a smart contract exploit as the hacker walks away with a net $371K worth of USD Coin (USDC)” [Mansata, S. $371K Worth USDC Stolen in Avalanche Smart Contract Exploit....

Crypto Winter Socks In Another - Poolin to 'Pause' Withdrawls

7 Sep 2022 4 minute read 1 comment kev_nag

"Poolin, one of the largest Bitcoin mining pools by hash rate, has announced it has temporarily suspended Bitcoin and Ether withdrawals from its wallet service due to 'liquidity problems.” [Wright, T. Crypto miner Poolin pauses BTC and ETH withdrawal...

No Plan to Auto-Convert Tether...Yet, says Binance

6 Sep 2022 3 minute read 0 comments kev_nag

Auto-Conversion In an official statement Monday (September 5, 2022), crypto exchange Binance announced: In order to enhance liquidity and capital-efficiency for users, Binance is introducing BUSD Auto- Conversion for users’ existing balances and new...

Oxford Physicist Argues the Quantum Computing Industry is a Bubble Waiting to Burst

6 Sep 2022 4 minute read 4 comments kev_nag

Gourianov “Oxford quantum physicist Nikita Gourianov tore into the quantum computing industry this week, comparing the ‘fanfare’ around the tech to a financial bubble in a searing commentary piece for the Financial Times. In other words, he wrote, it...