The US has linked North Korean hacker groups Lazarus Group and APT38 to the $625 million cryptocurrency heist targeting players of the popular decentralized blockchain-based game Axie Infinity.
Click here to learn more about the Axie Infinity crypto heist.
In other news, Indrea Kempis, Mexico’s Nuevo León State Senator, has introduced a bill that includes a provision to include virtual assets such as the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) to be used as currency and circulated in Mexico.
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cryptocurrency prices
The global crypto market cap is down 2.75 percent to $1.87 trillion as of 8:50 a.m. According to Coinmarketcap data, global crypto volume fell 4.67 percent to $77.32 billion.
Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s oldest cryptocurrency, was trading at $40,035.54, down 3.28 percent over the past 24 hours. Ethereum (ETH) was also down 3.21 percent at $3,026.94.
“Bitcoin, ether and other major cryptocurrencies have all fallen amid ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty. For the market to show bullish countertrend signals, weekly closes need to be above $40,000,” says Gaurav Dahake, CEO and Founder of Bitbns.
Among other major coins, Cardano (ADA) fell 3.92 percent to $0.9405, Algorand (ALGO) traded down 3.09 percent to $0.732, Binance Coin (BNB) is up 2.24 percent Back down $415.45, Solana was also down 4.89 percent to $100.71, and Polkadot (DOT) was trading down 2.18 percent at $18.00.
Today’s top gainer was CyborgShiba (CBS), which is up 1313.18 percent to $0.000003131. The top loser was Conqueror
(CONQ), which fell 64.64 percent to $0.00285.
Today, the FBI has attributed the North Korea-based Lazarus Group to the Ronin Validator Security Breach.
More details: https://t.co/ktAp9wn1Op
— Ronin (@Ronin_Network) April 14, 2022
Prices for meme coins and DeFi
However, Dogecoin (DOGE) is up 1.73 percent to $0.1434. The volume to market cap ratio is 0.09417. Rival Shiba Inu (SHIB) is down 2.59 percent to $0.00002587.
Dogelon Mars (ELON) was down 3.57 percent to trade at $0.0000008079, Floki Inu (FLOKI) was also down 4.55 percent at $0.00003024 and Samoyed Coin (SAMO) was down 3.4 percent at 0.01954 $.
In the DeFi segment, YFI (yearn.finance) traded down 2.51 percent at $18,884.02. However, Terra (LUNA) was also down 8.46 percent to $81.62. Avalanche (AVAX) was also down 3.95% to $77.82, but Uniswap (UNI) was up 0.66% to $9.77 and Aave (AAVE) was down 1.85% to $174.17.
Latest update
“Through our investigation, we have been able to confirm that North Korea-affiliated cyber actors Lazarus Group and APT38 are responsible for the theft,” the FBI said in a press statement. “The US is aware that the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) is increasingly relying on illegal activities – including cybercrime – to generate revenue for its weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs while attempting to evade tough US and UN sanctions a Treasury Department spokesman said, according to a report by Al Jazeera.
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