Balancer is set to compensate the victims of the $450,000 exploit it recently suffered, and to reward a white hat hacker that submitted, in May, a bug bounty report to the firm describing the exploit that was used against it.
Binance is reportedly finalizing a deal to buy a majority stake in the cryptocurrency startup Swipe, in a move that could see it move one step forward to launch its own crypto debit card, the Binance Card.
Researchers have warned a new type of attack against Bitcoin’s Lightning Network could create “chaos” and allow attackers to steal funds.
Top stories in the Crypto Roundup today:
- DeFi Protocol Balancer to Compensate Victims of $450,000 Exploit
- Binance Reportedly Finalizing Deal to Buy Majority stake in Swipe
- New Lightning Network Attack Could Create ‘Chaos’, Researchers Warn
At the time of writing, bitcoin (BTC) is trading at $9,121.76 (0.43%) with a daily Top Tier volume of $1.87 bn. As for ether (ETH), it is trading at $226.11 (1.45%) with a daily Top Tier volume of $603.79 million. The MVIS CryptoCompare Digital Assets 10 Index is currently tracking at 2,973.04 (-0.82%).