
The firm’s Shenzhen location will undergo a similar layoff in terms of percentage. Dovey Wan, a prominent Chinese crypto diehard, claimed that Bitmain’s Beijing office will only house 300 staffers, compared to the 1,000+ pre-layoff. Interestingly, the company failed to disclose the exact details of this pertinent industry happening. Company spokespeople explained that the heavyweight, once valued at over $10 billion dollars, was looking to make “some adjustment to our staff this year.” Trying to sweeten the bitter statement, it was explained that the layoffs were aimed at “auxiliary” arms. In a statement given to the South China Morning Post, it appears this internal adjustment have been confirmed.

If downloaded, the malicious application would request for users to input a 2FA code, which was siphoned to the attacker, subsequently allowing Bitcoin (BTC) to be snatched. Via the use of the attack vector, the bad actors netted 200+ BTC, valued at ~$800,000 at the time of writing. Electrum Wallet Breached, 250+ Bitcoin Stolen: On Thursday, reports arose that Electrum Wallet, a popular open-source project founded in mid-June 2011, was breached in a “clever attack.” Per ZDNet, who broke the news, hackers purportedly added dozens of “malicious servers” to the Electrum network, so when a user issued a transaction, a hacker-backed server would reply with an error message asking victims to visit a fraudulent GitHub repository (repo).

However, it hasn’t been all sunshine and rainbows, as the Electrum Wallet came under attack, while Huobi and Bitmain laid off employees. The Litecoin Foundation divulged a sponsorship with the UFC, while Bitcoin’s Lightning Network continued to swell.
#ELECTRUM LTC SERVER DID NOT ANSWER FULL#
While the holiday spirit was in full swing over the past week, the crypto industry maintained its unrelenting drive for growth and adoption.
