An anonymous blockchain investigator, ZachXBT, has identified a suspicious transfer including 3,520 Bitcoin, whose value is estimated at around $330.7 million, signaling a major threat. The transaction was carried out on April 28, shifting the funds from a potential victim’s wallet to another address bc1qcry…vz55g. After this transfer, the funds
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) released its annual report on April 23. The report mainly focused on complaints and frauds in the crypto sector and losses that occurred due to it in 2024. As per the report, over 140,000 complaints were registered in 2024, estimating
It was Karma’s revenge in the crypto space as the hacker who stole 2,930 ETH worth about $9.6 million from zkLend has lost it all to a phishing scam. The attacker, attempting to launder the funds through Tornado Cash, later ended up sending everything to a fake version of Tornado
As the cryptocurrency market is expanding and presents new financial prospects, it is tragically also a tool utilized in plenty of scams and frauds. Scams are nothing new; they are always the same kind of deception which individuals come across, but in different forms. Because scammers are often changing their
It is just the second month of 2025 and the crypto universe witnessed another massive hack. Decentralized money lending protocol zkLend was hacked and lost over $4.9 million in assets. On February 12, blockchain security firm Cyvers revealed in their X post that ZkLend was exploited on the Starknet network
WazirX Announces Recovery Plan, a WazirX scam? WazirX has announced a recovery plan for users affected by the $230 million hack that hit the exchange in July 2024. Under this plan, victims will receive 85.25% of their portfolio value as recorded on July 18, with the first round of distributions
Another day, another vulnerability was exploited in cryptocurrency. BNB Chain’s Four.Meme launch platform has faced a major security breach. The attackers targeted the growing liquidity in meme tokens and swiped $183k worth of assets. Four.meme is a memecoin launch platform based on the BNB chain. It was launched in July
Thai police collaborated with Chinese authorities to freeze $2.5 million in Tether (USDT) linked to a high-profile scam operation. The suspects, two Chinese nationals, Ye Wanyou, 29, and Li Weijie, 30, were arrested on February 5 at a Bangkok residence. These two are reportedly said to have attempted to erase
Pump.fun is making headlines again for receiving a cease and desist letter by Burwick Law and Wolf Popper. This is because some meme coins on the platform use law firm logos and names without any official permission. Pump.fun is Solana’s meme coin launchpad used to create and launch meme coins.
Solana DEX aggregator Jupiter’s X account has been compromised to promote fake memecoin. Jupiter Mobile’s X account announced the official update. On Thursday, the platform team announced that the hackers had compromised the main Jupiter exchange account. They warned the users not to click on any link. In addition, the
