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View More NewsOn Thursday as well, Specter Analyst, another blockchain intelligence platform, said on Thursday that “It appears there may be a phishing attack targeting Polymarket users, with estimated losses of $2.94M so far.”One of the victims of the hack, Ash, on X wrote that his wallet had been hacked and had no idea why at the time. Ash also shared his and the attacker’s wallet addresses.Polymarket has suffered other security breaches recently. In March, blockchain investigator ZachXBT highlighted a suspected security breach. He said over $520,000 was reportedly drained from two smart contracts on the Polygon blockchain. Polymarket then said the…
This week, guest host Eric Boehm is joined by Financial Times columnist and economist Soumaya Keynes to discuss her new book, How to Win a Trade War. They examine Donald Trump’s tariff policies, whether trade wars can ever be won, and why Keynes believes that simply saying no one wins a trade war is no longer enough. She explains how China’s economic model challenged the old rules-based trading system and why many policymakers now see Beijing as a unique economic rival. They also discuss the collapse of the World Trade Organization’s dispute-settlement system, the growing role of national security in trade policy,…
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It’s fitting that the embattled Keir Starmer resigned as prime minister of the United Kingdom almost exactly a decade after the Brexit referendum. More than anything else, it was that vote, on June 23rd 2016, which created Britain’s current political reality—a reality of which Starmer is just the latest victim.Perhaps the most ironic impact of Brexit is the fact that the United Kingdom has finally become a European country. By this I don’t mean that we’ve suddenly learned how to cook good food, or we’ve all become bilingual, or have embraced the siesta. We’re no more culturally European than we…
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Latest developments: Trent Van Epps says Ethereum’s long-term decentralization strategy is entering a critical transition phase.Van Epps said he left the Ethereum Foundation after…
The chair of the Spanish National Securities Market Commission reportedly said that there would be no extensions or waivers for crypto companies that did…
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Stablecoin issuer Tether is winding down Alloy by Tether and its gold-backed, overcollateralized aUSDT stablecoin after just two years to focus on products and…
The Federal Reserve stood pat on Wednesday, keeping its benchmark interest rate steady while policymakers monitor economic data and inflation progress that’s grown complicated…