Cryptocurrency can offer investors diversification from traditional financial assets such as stocks and bonds. While crypto markets have a shorter history than stocks or bonds, crypto prices appear uncorrelated with other markets. That can make them a good source of portfolio diversification.

Eric Schiffer warns the $6.3 billion Binance hack signals a coming "bloodbath of AI hacking" as cybersecurity threats grow more sophisticated.

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NEAR Protocol, with a market cap of $6 billion, has become the top AI crypto. Its closest rival is Bittensor, with a market cap of $3 billion. A distant third is Venice Token, with a market cap of $1 billion.

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, said Thursday it’s investigating reports of a potential security issue as its founder said the incident “does look like a hack on Binance.” It wasn’t immediately clear the extent of the damage hackers might have been able to accomplish and Binance had not explicitly confirmed

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Following last week's attack on the world's largest crypto exchange Binance, that the technology was growing and would become closer to mainstream banking systems.

The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has been hit by a cyberattack affecting an estimated $6. 3 billion in digital assets, the company said.

S. Korea may delay cryptocurrency taxation for a 4th time, with lawmakers and industry groups calling for stronger regulations before implementation.

Along the way, Binance bought a large cryptocurrency wallet, funded a kind of digital currency called a stablecoin, partnered with an Israeli payments processor, courted the Trump family and surpassed rivals — including Coinbase and FTX — to become the largest exchange in terms of trade volume.