For years, the crypto industry operated in a regulatory gray area, leading to devastating incidents like the FTX collapse and the Terra Luna crisis. But now, the tide is turning, and fast. Governments and institutions worldwide, particularly in the European Union with MiCA and DORA, are introducing comprehensive regulatory frameworks aimed at bringing clarity and
Introduction to Hacken Ecosystem Welcome to Hacken, a blockchain security auditor dedicated to making Web3 safer for businesses and individuals worldwide. Since 2017, leading Web3 projects, including the Ethereum Foundation, MetaMask, BNB Chain, and Polygon, have entrusted us with their security, alongside 1,500 others. Beyond empowering innovation and guiding crypto regulation, we are committed to
Proof of Reserves is a verification method that allows cryptocurrency exchanges and other custodial services to publicly show that they hold sufficient assets to cover all user deposits. Learn more with Hacken.
Who is Lazarus? Discover how North Korea’s hacking group uses every malicious tactic to steal your digital assets.
The blockchain world faces numerous security threats that emerge at an alarming rate and adapt to new and evolving environments. Among these, the honeypot scam is a particularly popular form of fraud. In February 2024, a single cybercriminal executed multiple honeypot scams, successfully stealing approximately $3.2 million from victims. This incident involved at least nine
Ever since the existence of Bitcoin, a digital innovation world has been enabled, and digital currencies and technological solutions have appeared based on decentralized and peer-to-peer principles. Bitcoin was envisioned for use in payments, but as it grew, issues about scalability also increased to a large extent. Scalability issues in the Bitcoin network today include
Blockchains have emerged as independent ecosystems of global financial activity. Ensuring the blockchains’ availability, validity, and security are the consensus mechanisms that extend to the transactional foundations within the blocks of the blockchain. For PoS, which has become the most popular consensus mechanism, the amount of staked capital is the determining factor that proportionally increases
Learn how DePIN democratizes infrastructure management using blockchain technology and crypto rewards. Explore its potential and challenges.
Bitcoin network is secure, decentralized, but not scalable. Explore how Layer 2 solutions (Lightning, Stacks, Liquid, Rootstock) unlock Bitcoin-native trading and dApps.
