Web3 & Crypto

Chains, wallets and the infrastructure behind them

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85 crypto wallet extensions were tested for privacy leaks. MetaMask isn't fixing its

KU Leuven researchers found wallets that keep tracking your address after you 'revoke' access, and cross-site leaks in 23 of 36 tested. Most vendors patched. MetaMask called it a known issue.

Sam Okafor · 11h ago · 6 min

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Web3

8,000 devices, $220,000 stolen — the malware was hiding inside actual Steam games

Five Steam-published games doubled as crypto-stealing malware for nearly two years before the FBI made an arrest. The games had real names, real store pages, and real players. Here's how the scheme worked.

Sam Okafor · 1d ago · 5 min

Web3

17 major banks just went live on a Swift blockchain. It has nothing to do with crypto

HSBC, UBS, Citi and 14 other banks are now running tokenized deposits through a new Swift-built shared ledger. It's not a cryptocurrency, it's not public, and it's not for you yet — here's what it actually is.

Sam Okafor · 2d ago · 6 min