Hackers took off with $570 million worth of Binance’s BNB token after they exploited a blockchain “bridge” that links two chains associated with the token, Binance disclosed on Friday. It’s one of the largest hacks in a year during which thieves have already stolen more than $1.9 billion in cryptocurrencies, according to the blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. “An exploit on a cross-chain...
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Stripe in Talks to Raise Up to $3 Billion From Current Investors

Less than a week after telling employees that it would evaluate a public offering over the next year, payments giant Stripe is moving quickly on a deal to raise as much as $3 billion from its existing investors. The talks, which have heated up in recent days, are likely to value the company at between $55 billion and $60 billion, according to one person involved in the potential deal....
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