— 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.
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— 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.
Prosecutors find drafts of secret deal linking Milei to LIBRA, Hayden Davis
The advisory agreement between Davis and Milei was discovered on a suspect's phone during the country’s ongoing LIBRA investigation.
— 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.
Nobitex users rush for exit after Tehran airstrikes crash Iranian currency
Iran’s largest crypto exchange, Nobitex, is experiencing issues with its Tether/Toman trading pair during a 700% surge in outflows.
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.
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.
DeFi exploiter targets lending protocols with oracle tricks
Ploutos Money used the BTC/USD price for USDC, leading to $400K of ETH being lent against just $8 of collateral.
Largest BNB treasury crashes 95%, blames CZ investment vehicle
Shares of CEA Industries had already lost 98% of their 2018 peak by the time it pivoted into a BNB treasury stock. Then it got even worse.
Tom Lee’s ETH losses at Bitmine exceed FTX customer losses
Bitmine Immersion Technologies Chairman Tom Lee has lost more of his investors’ money buying ETH than FTX lost on behalf of its customers.