The story is valid,The east African nation has emerged as a haven for Chinese bitcoin miners, who were forced out of their home country after Beijing imposed a crypto ban.
The flaw was fixed as of 4.2.5, released yesterday, which all Mastodon server administrators are advised to upgrade to as soon as possible to protect users of their instances.
Taproot Assets (formerly Taro) is a new Taproot-powered protocol for issuing assets on the bitcoin blockchain that can be transferred over the Lightning Network for instant, high volume, low fee transactions. At its core, Taproot Assets taps into the security and stability of the bitcoin network.
in summary
1)Taproot Allows assets to be issued on the bitcoin blockchain
2)Leverages taproot for privacy and scalabililty.
3)Assets can be deposited into Lightning channels
4)Assets can be transferred.
Binance froze $4.2M of XRP from hack on Ripple co-founder’s wallet.
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance froze $4.2 million worth of XRP from the $112 million hack on Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen’s personal wallet on Jan. 31, making it the largest hack of 2024 so far.
In a post on social media platform X, Binance CEO Richard Teng revealed that the exchange froze the address of the exploiter and thanked on-chain sleuth ZachXBT and the Ripple team for their coordination and help.
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Thomas Silkjær, the head of analytics and compliance at the XRP Ledger Foundation, responded to Teng’s post, claiming it was the foundation that first investigated the issue.
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