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A recent social media post by President Santiago Peña announcing the enactment of bitcoin as Paraguay’s legal tender, shook the cr...
Key Takeaways: $530 million in crypto allegedly laundered through U.S. banks by Russian national using Tether (USDT). Defendant us...
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A new report from Bitget, SlowMist and Elliptic highlights the severity of deepfake scams, urging both individuals and organizatio...
Evita Pay founder Iurii Gugnin is accused of turning his crypto firms into a "covert pipeline" for sanctioned Russian entities.
On June 4, followers of the Houston Museum of Natural Science (HMNS) witnessed something that upset conventional wisdom about soci...
Key Takeaways: Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña had his official X account compromised, leading to the spread of a false announc...
Following a damaging protocol vulnerability in May, Sui decentralized exchange Cetus is back online with a compensation plan.
The South American country is also not starting a strategic BTC reserve. Hackers asked readers to send the asset to a Bitcoin addr...
The incident highlights the vulnerability of digital platforms in disseminating misinformation, potentially impacting national and...
A crypto investor lost $2.6 million in hours, falling victim to a zero-value transfer scam, a type of address poisoning scam.
A multi-agency investigation traced illicit funds to a suspected $123 million crypto laundering operation hiding behind a security...
Key Takeaways: Argentina’s Anti-Corruption Office ruled that President Milei did not breach ethics laws by endorsing LIBRA. LIBRA’...
Affected Cetus liquidity pools were replenished using a combination of recovered funds, cash reserves, and a $30 million USDC loan...
Cetus Protocol has relaunched just two weeks after a significant hack that compromised its concentrated liquidity market maker poo...
Key Takeaways: Crisis Averted: Cetus Protocol, a prominent DEX and liquidity protocol on the Sui network, has secured a $500,000 e...
Fake airdrops are designed to drain users’ funds from their wallets. You need to be well-versed in airdrop scams to protect your c...