Ethereum address poisoning spike, ‘wallets aren’t ready’ says researcher
Researcher Andrey Sergeenkov told Protos about his researc on Ethereum’s scaling improvements and a $63.3M spike in address poisoning losses.
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Huione Group head ‘Boss Xi’ reportedly arrested then released
Reports claim to show the arrest of “Boss Xi” in Cambodia yesterday, with rumors of his release later circulating on Telegram and X.
These AI chatbots are happy to help you run a crypto scam
We tested popular chatbots, including Grok, Meta, and DeepSeek, to find out which would generate materials for use in a crypto scam.
Zora updates coin guidelines after ZachXBT calls out Sahil collab
Zora is “hiding” sketchy coins under new rules after it's team was ridiculed for promoting a fake Tyson Fury account tied to a known scammer.
Coinbase says staff leaked customer data, refuses to pay $20M ransom
Coinbase countered the blackmail attempt by announcing a bounty for anyone with information that may lead to the arrest of the attackers.
Abandoned DeFi websites used to host crypto wallet drainers
The DeFi website scam relies on former users of now-defunct projects coming back to remove previously deposited funds.
Scoop: California law allows scammer to add six Tether execs to startup
Chinese national Sun Yunfeng lied about Tether execs, including Stuart Hoegner and CFO Giancarlo Devasini, working at his firm.
Single Chinese ‘pig-butchering’ operation made $100M in USDT, report
The Myanmar-based compound that houses the USDT-powered pig-butchering scam is "likely home to thousands of trafficked workers."
Canadian hacker found with over 700 bitcoin sentenced to 20 years
Sebastian Vachon-Desjardins was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in NetWalker, a Russia-based bitcoin ransomware group.
Who is BitBoy Crypto and why does everybody hate him?
BitBoy Crypto took undisclosed payments for promoting ICOs and scams on YouTube with research showing most of the tokens tanked.