Ankr
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Ankr and Matter Labs hope the partnership will “lower the barrier of entry” for enterprise blockchain technology
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Ankr says it’s requesting background checks for staff after trillions of crypto tokens were illicitly minted by a rogue former employee
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“We were able to minimize any damage,” Ankr team says, but Helio Protocol customers may disagree
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Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said his exchange would be freezing withdrawals related to the recent hack
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The hacker tricked customer service for Ankr’s DNS provider into giving them access to Ankr’s domain registrar
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“I think what we’ve seen is there’s literally no vertical that doesn’t need this,” Ankr Head of Product Josh Neuroth said
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Collaboration marks the latest in a string of blockchain-related initiatives for tech-focused basketball team.
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