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Community·Security

Nigerian Man Admits Laundering $2.5M in Crypto from US Romance Scams

June 27, 2025

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced that Charles Uchenna Nwadavid, a Nigerian national, has pleaded guilty in a Boston federal court to stealing more than $2.5 million from six victims through romance scams and laundering the funds through cryptocurrency accounts he controlled. Nwadavid,

Defi·Security

Fuzzland Reveals Insider Behind $2M UniBTC Hack at Bedrock

June 26, 2025

Web3 security firm Fuzzland has confirmed that a former employee leveraged insider access and deployed malware to exploit Bedrock’s UniBTC protocol, leading to $2 million in losses. The company emphasized that no customer data was compromised in the breach. In an official X post, Fuzzland disclosed details concerning a security incident that occurred in September

June 26, 2025

Nobitex Hack Unmasks Months of Hidden Bitcoin Movements

Global Ledger, a blockchain intelligence firm, has revealed that long before the

June 26, 2025

zkLend Shuts Down After $9.5M Hack and Token Delisting Woes

zkLend, a decentralized lending platform built on Ethereum’s layer-2 network Starknet, has

Bitcoin·Blockchain·Community·Defi·Ethereum·Markets·Memes·Regulation·Security

Crypto September Bloodbath: A Non-Stop Rollercoaster of Hacks and Heists

Crypto in September 2024 feels less like a financial revolution and more like open season for cybercriminals. Seriously, we’re only three weeks

September 22, 2024

Blockchain·Community·Memes·NFTs·Security

Flap Back Into the Future: Is Flappy Bird’s Comeback a Web3 Feathered Fraud?

Flappy Bird is soaring back into the gaming scene, apparently this time with a side of Web3! But the Web3 part of

September 22, 2024

Regulation·Security

Germany Shuts Down 47 Crypto Exchanges Linked to Money Laundering

Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) and the Attorney General’s Office in Frankfurt have shut down 47 cryptocurrency exchanges tied to money

September 20, 2024

Blockchain·Security

BingX Exchange Suffers $26 Million Hack, Suspends Withdrawals

BingX, a Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange, has confirmed a hack resulting in an initial loss of $26 million. According to blockchain security firm

September 20, 2024

Policy·Regulation·Security

Worldcoin Pilots Facial Recognition for Enhanced Security

Worldcoin has introduced a new facial recognition feature, Face Auth, within its World App digital wallet. In a statement yesterday, the organization

September 20, 2024

Road 2 Crypto·Security·Technology

US Federal Prosecutors Charge Fraudster Duo in $230M Crypto Theft

Federal prosecutors on Thursday formally charged two fraudsters with crypto theft amounting to more than $230 million in cryptocurrencies. This move was revealed

September 20, 2024

Security

Security Breach Hits Banana Gun Users with $1.9 Million Loss

Users of the Telegram-based cryptocurrency trading bot Banana Gun were affected by a security breach yesterday, resulting in the theft of nearly

September 20, 2024

Road 2 Crypto·Security

Another Security Breach: Decentraland X Account Compromised

The official X account of Decentraland, the virtual reality platform, was hacked on Wednesday. According to an X post by the company,

September 20, 2024

Regulation·Security

German Authorities Infiltrate Tor Network to Identify Darknet Users

Law enforcement agencies have reportedly begun infiltrating the Tor network, successfully deanonymizing users in certain criminal investigations. According to reporters from ARD

September 20, 2024