Safeheron Fortnite Dispatch|JAN 15 '23
01/16/2023

- A vulnerability of Google Chrome and Chromium-based browsers allows for the theft of sensitive files, such as crypto wallets and cloud provider credentials.
- German financial watchdog BaFin warns of Godfather malware attacks on about 400 crypto and bank apps.
- The Web3 Twitter marketing platform Twity has a security vulnerability in its system and the Telegram account of the technician was leaked.
- Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (NYSE: MCB) announced that it will fully exit the crypto asset-related vertical.
- GoLogiq and GammaRey sign a definitive share exchange agreement for a $320 million merger of the two fintech companies.
- South Korea’s Woori Bank plans to launch a metaverse banking branch for small businesses in the first half of 2023.
- The blockchain subsidiary of South Korean anti-virus software company AhnLab has launched a Web3-focused ABC wallet.
- Shopify has supported millions of merchants to sell and mint Avalanche NFTs through their online stores.
- Delaware Bankruptcy Court Judge has approved the sale of four key units of FTX including LedgerX, Embed, FTX Japan and FTX Europe.
- Turin-based cryptocurrency exchange Young Platform has secured the license as a digital asset service provider to operate in France.
- Financial Stability Board (FSB) expects to publish the final reports on the framework for the international regulation of crypto-asset activities in July 2023.
- Hong Kong’s financial services firms are in the preparation of the groundwork to enable their retail clients to trade virtual assets in the coming months.
- El Salvador passed a law for the issuance of digital assets and created the National Digital Assets Commission.