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View More NewsSmaller Bitcoin transfers have reached levels not seen since the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX amid an ongoing suspected Coldcard hack.Bitcoin transfers below 1 BTC climbed to their highest daily level since November 2022 on Friday, with 39,600 BTC moved, according to data shared by CryptoQuant head of research Julio Moreno on Saturday.The figure was just 300 BTC below the 39,900 BTC transferred on Nov. 16, 2022, days after FTX filed for bankruptcy. “The Bitcoin plebs had not moved this amount of BTC in a day since the FTX collapse,” Moreno said, adding that he was encouraged to see users…
Crypto holders used to focus on diversifying their coins. Now, following a $70 million Coldcard exploit, they’re being told to diversify their wallets as well.On Saturday, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, known as CZ, asked crypto holders to split their funds across multiple wallets following a major security failure in popular Coldcard hardware devices.“Even hardware wallets can have bugs. Even old wallets (with long history) can have bugs. How to mitigate? Split your funds in a few wallets maybe? This has a different set of risks. Nothing is 100%. Stay informed. Stay SAFU!,” he said. On July 30, some bitcoin users…
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Note: the following review contains plot spoilers.In the opening lines of his poem Ithaka, Constantine P. Cavafy (1863–1933), the second-most famous Greek poet to make his theme the perilous homecoming of the Trojan War hero Odysseus, wroteAs you set out for Ithakahope your road is a long one,full of adventure, full of discovery.Laistrygonians, Cyclops,angry Poseidon—don’t be afraid of them:you’ll never find things like that on your wayas long as you keep your thoughts raised high,as long as a rare excitementstirs your spirit and your body.(The translation is from Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard’s 1975 compilation, C.P. Cavafy, Selected Poems.) Christopher…
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