Pig butchering is creating entirely new industries
Pig butchering is expanding so quickly that it's given rise to two entirely new industries: escrowing and selling hostages.
Mark Toon
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— DeFi, MEV Capital
Four months on, MEV Capital falls victim to $4B DeFi daisy chain implosion
Almost four months have passed since the disassembly of a DeFi daisy chain, which saw the value of the "yield vault" sector drop by over $4B.
— China, Justin Sun
‘Chinese Instagram’ Rednote bans Justin Sun’s accounts
TRON founder Justin Sun has already seen his TRON Inc. stock continue to crater this week, and now his Rednote account has been banned.
— Justin Sun, Tron
Justin Sun’s TRON stock is dying
TRON Inc. has essentially become a vehicle for Justin Sun to purchase hundreds of millions of TRX tokens to prop up his personal crypto.
Chinese banks freeze accounts over crypto memos
Chinese nationals are reporting that putting "Bitcoin," “Dogecoin” or “USDT” in the memo field of a transfer causes the account to be frozen.
— China, Stablecoins
China’s Regulation 42 forces Tether to kill its CNHT stablecoin
Tether has never been in a better place than it is right now, at least in the US. But in China, it's a very different story.
Crypto Capital Corp’s $850M collapse linked to Israeli mafia cocaine ring
Crypto Capital Corp wound down after $850M was seized sometime between late 2018 and early 2019, but the ramifications continue to be felt.
Mother of Olympics TV host kidnapped for bitcoin ransom
Nancy Guthrie, the mother of Today host Savannah Guthrie, was kidnapped on February 1 and her family now face paying a $6M BTC ransom.
The DAO hacked again, but this time it’s the good guys
After last week's news that leftover funds from The DAO would go to Ethereum security, a further 50 ETH has been rescued.
Venezuela-focused neobank Kontigo pays back users after $340K USDC hack
Kontigo, which allows Latin American users to dodge inflation by using "digital dollars" has been forced to reimburse over 1,000 accounts.