How a Scammer Stole $300,000 Worth of Crypto by Impersonating Uber Drivers
The man would say his phone had stopped working, borrow his victim's phone, and then empty their Coinbase account, according to police.
Archive context
Older archive item. Useful for background and entity history, but not a fresh market-moving signal.
Why this matters
This cryptocurrency story adds another data point to the current market tape and is useful when read alongside nearby source coverage.
Original source
Read on DecryptRelated market context
Bitget’s Hot and Cold Wallets Hit in Suspected Hack Worth More Than $180 Million
Crypto exchange Bitget appears to have suffered a major, still ongoing, wallet breach on Thursday afternoon. A newly created addre...
Kalshi’s AI ad turned an Asian YouTuber into ‘a white dude’
An AI ad for crypto prediction market Kalshi stole a YouTube video by popular Asian content creator Elliot Choy and “turned him in...
Who is Ronald Spektor? New York Coinbase Scam Mastermind That Stole $15.9M
Everyone is asking the same question today. ‘Who is Ronald Spektor?’ Spektor, 23, of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, was sentenced on Se...
Bitget’s hack just got $36 million bigger, and now there’s a bounty on the stolen crypto
Bitget has raised the estimated value of assets taken in its Sept. 24 breach to $387.5 million as exchanges and security firms mob...
Alpen says AI identified Liquid’s $320M BTC exploit in an hour. Could a payout limit have stopped it?
On September 6, 2026, Liquid’s federation released roughly 3,996 BTC after its network accepted L-BTC that lacked Bitcoin backing....
Ethena Starts Backing USDe With Tokenized Stocks on Binance, Its First Equity Basis Venue
Ethena Labs will start backing its USDe synthetic dollar with tokenized U.S. stocks, naming Binance as the first venue for extendi...