LONG READ: How John Karony went from visionary to convicted fraudster
The SafeMoon saga, in all its low-rent absurdity and sheer incompetence, may be the perfect encapsulation of crypto’s maximum-fraud era. Source link
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North Korea likely got Lazarus to work days after warship fiasco
Crypto sleuth ZachXBT revealed North Korean hackers likely stole $5.2M in crypto by infecting the victim with malware. Source link
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ANALYSIS: Mapping Donald Trump’s growing crypto empire
Donald Trump and his family have rapidly grown their collective cryptocurrency businesses, using access to the president as an incitement. Source link
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Interpol target ‘Madam Ngo’ arrested over $300M crypto scam
Ngo Thi Theu was part of a 1,000-strong organization that promised 20-30% returns but prevented victims from withdrawing any earnings. Source link
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Coinbase helps bust $20M spoofing case
Coinbase refused to pay a $20 million ransom after a separate data breach. A class-action lawsuit accuses Coinbase of withholding key risk information. The FCA fined Coinbase $4.5 million for compliance failures tied to the breach. A global spoofing scheme that siphoned off more than $20,000,000 in cryptocurrency by impersonating Coinbase has been dismantled with
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Hyperliquid leaderboards confuse traders as HYPE hits all-time high
Hyperliquid leaderboards appear to rank an enviable list of traders by their supposed profits, but that ranking is misleading. Source link
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MicroStrategy has lost half its BTC premium in 6 months
For more than six months, Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy has failed to attain a new high on its BTC premium per share. Source link
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TRUMP token -15% since dinner as 40% of guests dump by dessert
Donald Trump’s memecoin offered brief utility as a way to gain access to a dinner. Now that the event has passed, the token is crashing. Source link
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Changpeng Zhao says WSJ was paid to smear him
The Wall Street Journal described Binance’s former CEO as a “fixer” for Donald Trump’s crypto firm. Changpeng Zhao said it was a paid smear. Source link
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Crypto malware creators allegedly infected their own PCs
The US says that the individuals who created the DanaBot malware inadvertently infected their own computers and leaked their data. Source link