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Ordinals Finance carries out $1M exit scam
The project is not officially associated with Bitcoin's Ordinals protocol.
Mike Dalton 1 min read
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Spanish police dismantled a crypto scam organization that bagged over $110M
The international scam organization convinced people to invest between $275 and $1,100 in non-existent cryptocurrencies.
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KuCoin’s Twitter account hacked – exchange says it will reimburse victims
KuCoin users lost $22,600 while interacting with a malicious post promoting a fake giveaway during the 45 minutes of KuCoin's Twitter breach.
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Ethereum block explorer Etherscan adds anti-scam feature
The site will hide zero-value transfers to protect against address poisoning attacks.
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MetaMask warns of fake token launch campaign
There is no upcoming airdrop or snapshot on March 31, the project says.
Crime
North Korean hacking group APT43 found to rely on cryptocurrency crime
The group carries out phishing attacks, steals credentials, and relies on cloud mining.
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Launch Zone, BSCex suffer contract vulnerability — over $7M drained
The vulnerability was detected by crypto sleuth Scam Sniffer, who claims over 34,000 addresses are at risk.
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Ontario court documents describe kidnap, ransom, torture of $41M crypto scammer
Extravagant spending by Aiden Pleterski occurred after the accused raised $41 million to fund a non-existent crypto investment fund.
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Crypto scams, exploits down 71% YoY as $370M lost since January
Euler Finance, BonqDAO, and CoinDeal recorded the highest losses with $196 million, $120 million, and $45 million, respectively.
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