Chainalysis: Cryptocurrency scammers’ earnings almost halved in 2022
Chainalysis, an analytics company, reported that in 2022, the total amount of funds received by cryptocurrency scammers decreased from $10.9 billion to $5.9 billion.. That is, the criminals lost 46% of their income. One of the main reasons was not the decrease in ...
DeFi protocol Platypus loses $8.5 million due to instant loan attack
The Platypus decentralized finance protocol based on the Avalanche blockchain was attacked, during which the hacker managed to steal about $8.5 million worth of crypto assets. The Platypus platform reported that the attacker took out an instant loan using a logical err ...
Cryptocurrency scammers’ earnings nearly halved, according to Chainalysis
Chainalysis reported that in 2022, the total amount of funds received by cryptocurrency scammers decreased from $10.9 billion to $5.9 billion. That is, the criminals lost 46% of their income. The main reason was not the decrease in the number of frauds in the industry, but the f ...
Developed a withdrawal plan for users Cryptocurrency exchange Bitslato
Bitzlato employees wrote on their social networks for the period February 15, 2023, part of the funds that were on the Bitzlato hot wallet is still with French law enforcement officers. Bitzlato does not leave attempts to return funds and appeal against the arrest of servers in France. ...
The answer to the most vulnerable places for hackers has been found: where hacker attacks in the crypto industry are aimed
In 2022, the largest number of hacker attacks in the cryptocurrency industry was committed. In total, crypto firms have lost almost $4 billion, according to Chainalysis, an analytics firm. Chainalysis provides data on attack statistics on cryptocurrency projects for 2022, when a record num ...
Do not trust Algorand Rally (ALGO) for what reasons
The price of the ALGO token of the Algorand project in November 2021 captured its historical maximum at the level of $2990 and since then there has been a decrease, moving under a small resistance line. The price hit a low of $0.16 and has since started the current uptrend. Wh ...
EminiFX CEO Reveals $250 Million Fraud
Eddie Alexander, CEO of cryptocurrency trading platform EminiFX, pleaded guilty to one case of commodity fraud and agreed to return $248.8 million.In one case of merchandise fraud, Eddie Alexander, who is the CEO of cryptocurrency trading platform EminiFX, pleaded guilty ...
South Korea imposes sanctions against North Korean hackers
The government of the Republic of Korea has blacklisted four individuals and seven organizations from North Korea, which, according to the authorities of the South, are associated with the theft of crypto assets. Seoul Sanctions Target Individuals Suspected of ...
The Information: Microsoft closed the Industrial Metaverse project
Microsoft Corporation closed the project of creating a service to provide services to large companies in the Industrial Metaverse, writes the Information portal, citing its sources.. The entire team - 100 people - have already been fired. According to the source, t ...
The authorities of the Emirate of Dubai banned transactions with anonymous cryptocurrencies
The Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) has banned the use of “anonymity-enhancing” cryptocurrencies such as Monero, Dash or Zcash. This follows from a document published on Tuesday, February 7, on the VARA website. According to the rulebook, anonymou ...