Thousands of Solana wallets drained in attack using unknown exploit

[RealDude]

Your Keys, Not Your Coins ​

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...lets-drained-in-attack-using-unknown-exploit/

 

[GeneralGogol]

Crypto going to replace banks any day now...

 

[troubled soul]

Wallet have some problem...better to use no third party app ...this incident remind us that even you can not trust third party non custodian wallet

 

[RealDude]

Hardware wallets are not effected, yet.

 

[latindev]

Hardware wallets are not effected, yet.

And won't be.

The problem with cryptos is that everybody think they can actually be their own bank when is not true. When a friend of mine ask me to enter into crypto and I know he's just looking yield and knows nothing about security I always say "don't do it"

 

[Martin Everson]

Solana-hacked crypto could be claimed as a tax loss: Experts​

https://cointelegraph.com/news/solana-hacked-crypto-could-be-claimed-as-a-tax-loss-experts
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Australian, Canadian & U.K. crypto investors may potentially claim hacked crypto as a tax loss, but U.S. investors will miss out, according to tax experts.

For unlucky crypto investors looking to turn lemons into lemonade — it turns out that digital assets lost during an exploit or hack can potentially be claimed as a tax loss, provided you live in the right country, experts told Cointelegraph.

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Now this will give people bad ideas surely .

 

[RealDude]

So long, Solana? Ether rival clobbered by FTX crash​

Solana, a poster coin of the crypto future, is in trouble.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/...ther-rival-clobbered-by-ftx-crash-2022-11-15/

 

[OffshoreMonero]

Now this will give people bad ideas surely .

The new form of boating accident, perhaps? lol

 

[myhand]

For unlucky crypto investors looking to turn lemons into lemonade — it turns out that digital assets lost during an exploit or hack can potentially be claimed as a tax loss, provided you live in the right country, experts told Cointelegraph.

That's good, now we need a list of countries where this is possible and allowed.