Interpol Ties $122.5M Crypto Wallet to Romance Scam Ring
A 20-year-old's cryptocurrency wallet processed more than $122.5 million in suspected romance-scam proceeds over 10 months, Interp...
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Circle’s refusal to ‘burn and reissue’ stolen USDC angers prosecutors, report
Prosecutors in Wisconsin and New York are growing frustrated with stablecoin giant Circle after it repeatedly ignored law enforcem...
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Why Bitcoin ATMs are becoming the last stop in America’s $11B crypto scam pipeline
Crypto scams start online with a fake bank alert, a cloned voice, a romance message, or a tech-support pop-up. Then, the last inst...
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Cardano’s wallet hack exposed the user layer holding its on-chain government together
EMURGO said it is stepping down from its role in Pentad, the five-member group coordinating Cardano's infrastructure funding, to f...
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Criminal Complaint Against Circle Puts USDC Freeze Policy Under a Microscope
A criminal complaint filed by Wisconsin prosecutors against Circle, the company behind USDC, has put an uncomfortable question bac...
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Hong Kong regulator orders crypto platforms to implement anti-phishing measures within 12 months
Hong Kong's directive enhances crypto security, potentially reducing phishing risks and increasing accountability, impacting globa...
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Crypto hack losses fall below $1 billion in H1 2026 despite record attack volume: Immunefi
Crypto hacks hit a record 207 incidents in H1 2026, but losses fell to $972M as DeFi exploit damage dropped 74% from 2022, per Imm...
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AscendEX Collapse: MiCA Deadline, Failed Financing, and Empty Hot Wallets
AscendEX has ceased all operations effective July 1, 2026, and told users it cannot guarantee full recovery of their balances, rai...
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Interpol operation exposes $122M crypto wallet tied to romance scam laundering
Interpol said a suspect's crypto wallet processed over $122.5 million in 10 months as authorities uncovered the scheme during a gl...
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A 20-Year-Old's Crypto Wallet Moved $123M in Romance-Scam Cash: Interpol Says
The two Thai arrests were part of Operation First Light, a 97-country sweep that logged 5,811 arrests and intercepted $293 million...
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Trader loses $1M to onchain scammers via phishing token approval
The rise in onchain phishing scams highlights the urgent need for enhanced security measures and user education in decentralized f...
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Aave V4 Clears Formal Verification as Certora Confirms Core Protocol Security and Solvency
Key Takeaways: Certora has officially validated the core smart contracts of Aave V4, such as the Liquidity Hub and Spoke modules....
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Bull Bitcoin Files Landmark Legal Challenge to Annul France’s DAC8 Crypto Data Surveillance Rules
Bitcoin Magazine Bull Bitcoin Files Landmark Legal Challenge to Annul France’s DAC8 Crypto Data Surveillance Rules Bull Bitcoin ex...
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Cardano founding entity EMURGO steps down from Pentad governance role after wallet exploit
The exploit, which leveraged a flaw in the wallet's address generation system, drained roughly 16 million ADA worth about $2.4 mil...
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SEC Retail Fraud Unit Puts Crypto Scam Crackdowns Back In Focus
The SEC is not stepping away from retail-facing crypto enforcement. Its new Retail Fraud Working Group puts scams, microcap promot...
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SecondFi is shutting down after Cardano wallet exploit
Cardano wallet firm SecondFi says it will not resume “normal operations” and will instead focus solely on “returning assets to aff...
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New SummerFi DeFi exploit shows AI automation now sits above smart contract risk
Summer.fi's automated vault incident has put delegated DeFi yield back under pressure after Blockaid said on July 6 that its explo...
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Single address votes 99.9% to drain BONK treasury of $21M
The treasury of Solana-based memecoin project, BONK, has been drained of over $21 million, via a malicious governance proposal. A...
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