Founders of troubled major crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC) and their families “have received threats of physical violence,” according to seemingly a screenshot of an email, shared by Su Zhu, the co-founder of the fund, today. He tweeted for the first time since June 15, sharing what appears to be an email from…
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Users of Uniswap (UNI), the largest decentralized exchange (DEX) operating on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, have fallen victim to a sophisticated phishing attack, reportedly losing over USD 8.1m worth of assets. Meanwhile, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) falsely alarmed about the incident, claiming that the protocol itself was exploited. … Read More: Uniswap Users Fall Victim…
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A Venezuelan police agency says it has caught criminals who have allegedly stolen cryptoassets from pensioners by misusing the Patria crypto remittance platform…. Read More: Venezuelan Crime Gang Was ‘Stealing Crypto from Retirees’ Read more »Pay, Trade, Buy Bitcoin with Credit Card
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The hacker who exploited Crema Finance, a concentrated liquidity protocol built on the Solana (SOL) blockchain, has reached a compromise with the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol to return the majority of stolen funds while keeping some as compensation. The team announced today that “after a long negotiation,” the hacker returned ETH 6,064 (USD 7.19m) and…
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The Spanish police force has announced that it will invest in tech platforms that will help officers catch drug traffickers who make use of cryptoassets. According to El Español, officers who patrol the Strait of Gibraltar – the waters that wash Morocco, Spain, and Gibraltar – have spent almost USD 115,000 on two blockchain analysis…
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Crema Finance, a concentrated liquidity protocol built on the Solana (SOL) blockchain, has lost over USD 8.7m worth of crypto assets in a flash loan attack that drained its liquidity reserves. The protocol’s official Twitter account confirmed the hack on Sunday and announced the temporary suspension of the service as they started an investigation…. Read…
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A South Korean telecommunications giant has claimed that SIM swap-type crypto attacks are on the rise in the country – and has predicted a rise in all crypto-related crime cases in the second half of 2022. The claims were made by SK Shieldus, part of the SK Group, which owns SK Telecom – one…
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Dogecoin (DOGE), the world’s largest meme coin in terms of market capitalization, is being used by illicit actors in the “most serious types of crime,” according to a recent report from blockchain analytics firm Elliptic. The report states that as dogecoin gained popularity as a means of payment for legitimate goods, it has also…
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reportedly launched a string of inquiries into the activities of numerous crypto exchanges, striving to determine whether the businesses have adequate safeguards in place to prevent insider trading…. Read More: US SEC Launches Probe into Insider Trading Safeguards of Crypto Exchanges – Report Read more »Pay,…
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