Employee of Indian Exchange Arrested in $44M Crypto Hack, Malware Blamed
Indian police have arrested an employee of the crypto exchange CoinDCX in connection with a $44 million cryptocurrency theft but d...
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SEC’s Paul Atkins “Most Crypto Isn’t a Security”
Atkins unveiled Project Crypto, a sweeping regulatory overhaul that promises to drag SEC policy out of the analog age and into an...
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Solana Faces Ethereum Scam Woes as TD Sequential Hints at Bullish Breakout
Solana (SOL) is staging a potential comeback, rebounding 1% to $187.43 after triggering a TD Sequential buy signal at $178. This t...
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CoinDCX Software Engineer Arrested After $44 Million Crypto Exchange Hack
A software engineer at India’s largest cryptocurrency exchange has been arrested in connection with a $44 million theft that rocke...
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$ENA Leaps 18% as Arthur Hayes Adds Millions – Can Bulls Breach the $0.68 Wall?
Ethena ($ENA) shot up by 18.0% in the past 24 hours, trading at $0.6864, as whales piled in. But with $4 million in longs gone, ca...
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CoinDCX Employee Arrested Over $44M Exchange Hack
Police said hackers duped the employee into installing malware on his office computer using a fake freelance job offer.
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CoinDCX employee arrested in connection with $44M crypto hack: Report
CoinDCX operator Neblio reportedly filed a complaint against software engineer Rahul Agarwal after discovering that his credential...
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Crypto Scammer Gets Prison Time for Swiping NFTs, Coins via Hacked X Accounts
A 22-year-old cybercriminal is going to prison after making nearly $800K by hijacking prominent X accounts to share NFT-swiping sc...
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Hyperliquid Blames API Traffic Surge for Delays in Orders, Denies Hack
Hyperliquid, a decentralized exchange operating on its own Layer 1 blockchain, experienced over 30 minutes of trading downtime on...
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Is Kyrgyzstan Fueling Russia’s Sanctions Evasion Through Crypto?
As sanctions tighten around the Russian economy, the Kremlin is finding new ways, through crypto, to route funds and access dual-u...
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SuperRare $730,000 exploit was easily preventable — Experts weigh in
A critical access control bug in SuperRare’s staking contract — easily detectable by unit tests or even ChatGPT — allowed an attac...
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Major Breach Study Reveals Widespread Leaks of Bank Statements, SSNs, and Crypto Keys
A new study has revealed the extent of sensitive information leaked through ransomware attacks and data breaches, including key fi...
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CoinDCX Founder Denies Coinbase Acquisition Talks Following $44 Million Hack
The exchange's CEO Sumit Gupta stated that CoinDCX is "not up for sale," amid talk of a Coinbase acquisition deal.
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China’s Z.ai Scoffs at US Sanctions, Launches Supercharged AI With $1.5B War Chest
Z.ai’s new open-source models rank third globally, as the firm eyes a Hong Kong IPO and navigates around U.S. export controls.
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$17 Million in XRP Allegedly Stolen From Widow of Country Music Legend George Jones
Kirk West, a former lover of Nancy Jones—widow to George Jones—was arrested Friday in Nashville for the theft of XRP and cash.
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Breaking: SuperRare Staking Contract Hit by $730K Exploit—$RARE Token Unscathed
The NFT marketplace SuperRare’s RareStakingV1 contract was exploited, allowing attackers to drain 11.9M RARE tokens.Importantly, t...
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Cyprus Police Probe Crypto Heist: Over $448,000 Vanishes After Email Hack
Cyprus law enforcement is investigating a complaint from a 48-year-old man who claims to have lost over $448,000 in digital assets...
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Russian Entities Using Kyrgyzstan’s Crypto Industry to Evade Sanctions: Report
TRM Labs found that Russia-linked activity accounts for almost all of Kyrgyzstan’s cryptocurrency industry.
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