Nigerian court defers bail for ailing Binance executive to October

A Nigerian court has postponed the decision on the bail application for detained Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan until Oct. 9. Judge Emeka Nwite issued the ruling on Sept. 4 after hearing arguments from both Gambaryan’s lawyer, Mark Mordi, and the prosecuting counsel, Ekele Iheanacho, who opposed the bail request. New bail application On Sept. 2, Gambaryan’s […]
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Bitfarms refutes ‘misleading claims’ made by Riot Platforms in open letter

Bitcoin miner Bitfarms issued a statement addressing what it called misleading claims by rival Riot Platforms amid ongoing tensions over the latter’s amended acquisition proposal. In the Sept. 4 press release, Bitfarms emphasized that Riot’s proposal is not about corporate governance but rather an attempt to acquire it at a discounted price. The firm further […]
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Kamala Harris turns to Coinbase for crypto campaign donations, CFO reveals

Coinbase CFO Alesia Haas revealed that Vice President Kamala Harris‘s campaign is using Coinbase Commerce to accept crypto donations, Fortune reported Sept. 4. Haas made the revelation during a conversation with Citigroup‘s director of payments, Peter Christiansen, at the lender’s 2024 Global TMT Conference in New York. According to Haas: “[Kamala] is accepting crypto donations. She’s […]
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Penpie exploited for $27 million in reentrancy attack

Yield protocol Penpie got exploited for $27 million on Sept. 3 after a malicious agent explored a vulnerability in the protocol’s smart contracts. Penpie is a yield protocol on Pendle that aims to boost rewards for users on the network. Reentrancy exploited In a Sept. 4 breakdown, blockchain security firm Hacken explained that the attacker […]
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