Actors
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Scams
Tether Initiates New ‘Voluntary Wallet-Freezing Policy’ To Combat Sanctioned Actors
Tether, the largest stablecoin issuer in the world, has launched a new wallet-freezing policy that aims to combat activity connected…
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Blockchain
Blockchain congestion and transaction queues actually deter ‘nefarious actors’: Study
Researchers from Florida Atlantic University and the University of Mississippi recently published research indicating that blockchains with “full” blocks —…
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Scams
Bad Actors Deployed Over 500 Scam Crypto Assets on Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer-2 Prior to Launch: Surveillance Firm
A crypto surveillance firm says black hat developers have placed hundreds of malicious tokens on Coinbase’s newly launched Ethereum (ETH)…
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Scams
Criminal Actors Posing As NFT Developers in Crypto Phishing Scams, Warns FBI
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is issuing a warning to investors saying that criminals are posing as developers of…
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Regulation
Despite good faith actors, crypto is ‘rife with fraud; rife with hucksters,’ says Gensler
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler reiterated his concerns about the cryptocurrency sector, saying it is “rife…
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Scams
Bad Actors Hack Twitter Account of the Sandbox CEO, Posts Fake Airdrop of SAND Tokens
The CEO and co-founder of the popular blockchain-based metaverse platform The Sandbox (SAND) just fell victim to bad actors who…
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Blockchain
Mastercard launches Web3 user verification solution to curb bad actors
Blockchain Global financial services giant Mastercard has launched a new Web3 solution aimed at enhancing user verification standards and “reducing…
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Scams
U.S. Treasury Department Claims Criminals and North Korean ‘Cyber Actors’ Use DeFi To Launder Money
The U.S. Department of the Treasury released a new report on Thursday outlining what it argues are the illicit finance…
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