Scams
Why Bitcoin ATMs are becoming the last stop in America’s $11B crypto scam pipeline
FBI and IC3 data show how online coercion can end at a kiosk before anyone can stop the transfer.
Liam 'Akiba' Wright 5 min read
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Legislation
Florida’s new crypto ATM law makes scam refunds the cost of doing business
HB 505 tests whether caps, receipts, warnings, and conditional refunds can shift fraud costs onto kiosk businesses.
Contributor
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Spot the crypto scam before you hit send
Microsoft’s latest malware warning shows how clipboard hijackers and fake “loopholes” can reroute crypto transfers, turning a routine send into an irreversible loss.
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Regulation
US Treasury’s $10B scam warning shows why crypto is racing to police itself
A new DeFi security coalition is trying to turn cybersecurity into an industry standard as AI-enabled social engineering, North Korea-linked hacks and Washington scrutiny expose the limits of audits alone.
Regulation
Congress moves to rebuild crypto crime task force after DOJ dismantled its dedicated crypto team
The bill avoids market regulation while trying to rebuild federal coordination for hacks, tracing, and victims.
DeFi
The next big DeFi exploit will start before the code is deployed
A new malware campaign targeting crypto developers shows how attackers can move upstream, stealing GitHub tokens, SSH keys, cloud credentials, wallets, and environment variables before a protocol ever ships vulnerable code.
Hacks
THORChain exploit turns emergency chain halt into a DeFi trust test
A suspected multichain THORChain exploit and emergency halt have shifted attention from the immediate loss figure to DeFi’s cross-chain trust model.
Scams
Ripple insider warns XRP holders as fake airdrop scams surge across XRPL
The warnings come as XRPL activity, institutional tokenization projects and XRP market interest give fraudsters more narratives to exploit.
Scams
OpenAI’s new image model shows why crypto scams are about to get much worse
A crypto founder says he nearly got hacked after joining what looked like a Microsoft Teams call with a familiar Cardano Foundation contact.
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DeFi
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