Crime
Study: iPhone and Android users at the risk of losing their crypto through fake apps
Malicious players now use fake websites with ads placed on legitimate sites to distribute their malicious apps.
Oluwapelumi Adejumo 3 min read
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Hacks
Hacker steals $1.8M worth of crypto and NFTs from DeFiance Capital founder
This proves yet again that even the most experienced crypto enthusiasts are not immune to cyberattacks.
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Facebook sued in Australia for fake crypto ads
Facebook says these crypto ads violate its policies and its working to curb their spread.
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NFTs
Here’s how onXRP protects your NFTs against duplication and data-loss
Recent partnership between Pastel and onXRP create the first-of-its kind NFT marketplace with enhanced duplication and data loss protection.
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Friendly fraud warning as resurgent travel businesses explore new crypto horizons
Travel firms that embrace crypto can also be hopeful of progress on the payment fraud front.
People
Jake Paul earned over $2 million by promoting pump and dump crypto schemes
All the crypto projects Jake Paul have either been abandoned or have lost over 90% of their value.
Scams
UK’s FCA investigated 300 crypto firms in 2021
United Kingdom’s FCA received over 16,000 inquiries about possible scams between April to September last year. The watchdog received more than 16,400 inquiries about possible scams between April to September last year. Crypto scams were the majority of these. This led it to investigate potential crypto scam businesses, opening 300 cases.
NFTs
Only 1 out of 10 NFT owners never experienced a scam, study shows
A recent survey uncovered that half of NFT owners lost access to their digital collectables before, and investigated which NFT wallets are believed to be the safest.
NFTs
Users deride $70M NFT project Pixelmon following reveal of its ‘art’
Pixelmon developers claimed that “a horrible mistake” was the reason why $10,000 NFTs turned into Crypto Twitter's laughing stock.
