US says Chinese firms using crypto to sell fentanyl chemicals to cartels
The US indicted two China-based pharmaceutical firms for allegedly selling fentanyl precursor chemicals to Mexican cartels for crypto.
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DeFi lending platform Compound Finance hijacked again
The Compound incident is the latest in a string of website hijackings that have also affected Maple Finance, OpenEden and Curvance.
Crypto leaked by South Korean tax officials stolen a second time
The person behind the $5M crypto theft confessed to South Korean police and returned the funds — before they were stolen again.
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.
Game developer Sillytuna reports losing $24M of crypto in UK ‘wrench’ attack
Despite being widely reported as an “address poisoning” attack, the victim described a violent robbery and appealed for help recovering funds.
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Strategy dumps 3,500 BTC in largest sale… yet—by Protos Staff
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Open USD is lying about its 149 partnerships, report—by Protos Staff
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OUSD stole Hyperliquid’s homework — then hit Circle with it—by Protos Staff
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How Michael Saylor replaced ‘bitcoin’ with ‘credit’—by Protos Staff
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World’s biggest clearinghouse didn’t need to XRP to go round the clock—by Protos Staff
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DeFi drama: ENS governance battle, EF cuts and Gnosis reboot—by Protos Staff
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Strategy’s STRC hit another all-time low today—by Protos Staff
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Tornado Cash DAO faces ‘malicious’ governance attack, researchers warn—by Protos Staff
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New research questions if Hal Finney was really Bitcoin’s second user—by Protos Staff
