Greetings crypto holders and traders,
It’s Monday again, and crypto space is back with some picturesque news. 40% of the world’s countries think of CBDC, crypto influencers get silenced in Great Britain and on TikTok, and finally – Playboy bunny jumps into NFT from Miami beach!
On today’s lists:
- Christine Lagarde says 80 central banks think about CBDC
- ChainSwap suffered another attack, losses up to $8M
- Crypto commercials block: TikTok and UK restrictions
- NFT news: PlayBoy, Twitter, LA Dodgers
- Tinder becomes a dangerous place for crypto holders
Christine Lagarde says 80 central banks think about CBDC
The president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, said that about 80 central banks worldwide are considering the issuance of their national digital currencies, known as CBDCs. It is 41% of all 195 countries that exist in the world today.
Lagarde also admitted that central bank digital currencies will not have such anonymity as their physical fiat equivalents.
The topic was addressed by another ECB board member earlier, claiming that the digital euro is capable of protecting user’s privacy better than privately issued stablecoins.
ChainSwap suffered another attack, losses up to $8M
DeFi platform ChainSwap (ASAP) experienced a second cyberattack during the 8 days.
The unidentified hacker exploited the critical smart contract vulnerability of the cross-chain platform, which led to $8 million worth of losses.
Wallets that interacted with Chainswap and funds from individual wallets were safe, ChainSwap confirmed. However, over 12 tokens were affected by the exploit and dropped in value.
As the cross-chain bridge, ChainSwap enables interoperability between different networks like Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain.
Crypto commercials block: TikTok and UK restrictions
NFT news: PlayBoy, Twitter, LA Dodgers
Tinder date used as a trap to steal crypto
Tinder dating app was used as a trap to steal cryptocurrency. As crypto custody startup Casa reported, one of its clients was lured into a fake date with a lady crypto trader, during which he was drugged and voluntarily revealed his passwords, including the ones from his crypto accounts.
The victim said his mobile phone was missing, he also noticed several attempts to withdraw Bitcoins from his crypto wallet. The man only lost a small part of his crypto holdings due to the multisig wallet setup.