Australian Cybercrime Squad Charges Man in $3.5 Million Crypto Scam
Australian detectives have dismantled a major investment scam that defrauded over 190 elderly and vulnerable victims of $3.5 milli...
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3 Solana platforms to shutter following devastating $40M hack
Solana DeFi aggregator Step Finance says it was “unable to secure a viable outcome” after a $40 million treasury wallet breach in...
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Uniswap founder slams scam crypto ads after victim 'lost everything'
Uniswap founder Hayden Adams highlighted a case where a victim lost a “mid-six-figure” portfolio to a fake top search result posin...
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Hacker returns $21M in Bitcoin stolen from South Korean authorities: Report
Local media reported that the stolen 320 Bitcoin was returned to a wallet controlled by authorities, with the unknown hacker seemi...
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Moonwell hit by $1.78M exploit as AI vibe coding debate reaches DeFi
The exploit saw the Moonwell protocol exploited for $1.78 million after cbETH was mispriced at $1.12 instead of about $2,200, inte...
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Figure Technology suffers data breach, exposing personal customer details
ShinyHunters hackers leaked user data after a social-engineering attack on a Figure employee and the company reportedly refused to...
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Fugitive Mastermind of $73M Crypto Scam Sentenced to 20 Years by US Court
A fugitive crypto scam operator Daren Li was sentenced in absentia to 20 years in prison and three years of supervised release for...
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Scammer Sentenced to 20 years for $73M Scheme as Investors look to BMIC’s Verifiable Protection
What to Know: The 20-year sentence in a $73M pig butchering case highlights how sophisticated social engineering now underpins maj...
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Phantom Chat Feature Targeted in Fresh Bitcoin Phishing Wave: $BMIC Offers Security
What to Know: Phantom’s in-app Chats expand social attack surface; scammers exploit hype and speed to route users into phishing li...
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SEAL and Ethereum Foundation Partner to Combat Wallet Drainers: Security-First Investors Switch to $BMIC
What to Know: The Ethereum Foundation and Security Alliance are effectively standardizing threat intelligence to combat wallet dra...
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Phantom Chat under scrutiny after $264K address poisoning loss
Phantom Chat is under scrutiny after a phishing attack drained $264,000 in Wrapped Bitcoin, renewing concerns over wallet UX and a...
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Crypto scam mastermind gets 20 years for $73M pig butchering scheme
A US court sentenced Daren Li to 20 years in prison for leading a $73 million crypto pig butchering scam targeting American invest...
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Address Poisoning Scams Drain Millions as Crypto Attacks Surge
Crypto users lost tens of millions of dollars in January to address poisoning and signature phishing scams, as attackers exploited...
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Popular Tesla Investor Shares The Major Problem After Bitcoin Fell Below $70,000
Ross Gerber, a renowned Tesla investor and Co-founder of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management, has identified the prim...
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Address poisoning recently cost 2 victims over $62M alone: Scam Sniffer
Analysts have warned that Ethereum’s Fusaka upgrade has made address poisoning cheaper, as malicious actors can carry out dust att...
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Why privacy coins often appear in post-hack fund flows
Privacy coins often appear after hacks, but they are only one link in a longer laundering chain that includes swaps, bridges and o...
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BlackRock’s IBIT Shatters Volume Records as $BMIC Targets Quantum Security Shift
What to Know: BlackRock’s IBIT reaching $10B in volume signals a massive transfer of Bitcoin from retail hands to institutional ho...
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Toobit Exchange Review 2026: Is This Platform Legit or a Scam?
Toobit is a global no-KYC crypto exchange that offers advanced trading features such as futures trading with 200x leverage, copy t...
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