Today in Crypto: Hackers Blackmail Automaker for $2M in Bitcoin, Paxful Kicks Out Ethereum, Uniswap Partners with MoonPay for Bank Card Crypto Purchase
Source: AdobeStock / gesrey Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. __________ Security news Hackers have stolen user and car-sales data from the Chinese electric-vehicle maker Nio and are blackmailing the company, asking for $2.25 million in bitcoin (BTC) in return for not releasing the data, Bloomberg reported, citing the automaker. The company added that it had reported the incident to regulators and pledged to take responsibility for any potential damages to customers. Ethereum news Peer-to-peer crypto marketplace Paxful removed ethereum (ETH) from its platform, with CEO Ray Youssef writing on Twitter: “We finally kicked ethereum off our marketplace. 11.6m humans safer. Integrity over revenue.” His statement cited several concerns about the project, such as a lack of security and decentralization. DeFi news Decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap partn