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Coinbase data breach spills offline as victims get scam mail
The fallout from Coinbase’s recent data breach has reached a troubling new phase as victims report receiving fraudulent physical letters…
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Trader loses $2.5M USDT after falling for address poisoning scam twice
A crypto trader lost over $2.5 million worth of Tether (USDT) after falling for the same scam twice within hours.…
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How an insider-led breach sparked a costly scam at Coinbase
Alliance DAO contributor Qiao Wang has detailed a sophisticated social engineering scam targeting Coinbase users amid the firm’s insider-led data…
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Rising ‘share-seed-phrase’ scam targets crypto holders, Binance CEO warns
Binance CEO Richard Teng has warned the crypto community about a rising scam called “share-seed-phrase.” In a Feb. 18 post…
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Trump family’s memecoin launches spark frenzy of scam tokens
The official President Donald Trump memecoin called TRUMP launched on Jan. 17 and soared to a $72 billion market valuation…
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SEC charges three people for impersonating securities brokers in $2.9 million Bitcoin-related scam
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged three individuals on Dec. 11 with impersonating securities brokers and investment advisers to…
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Australia’s ASIC shuts down 615 crypto scam sites amid $1.3 billion fraud surge
Australia’s Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has shut down 615 crypto scam websites over the past year, according to an…
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Hamster Kombat – The Next Big Thing or Scam?
Exciting and promising up-and-coming projects are nothing new in the crypto market — but how many of them can boast…
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Billionaire Mark Cuban Says Gary Gensler Could Cost Joe Biden the 2024 Election Amid Rise of ‘Scam Coins’
Billionaire celebrity investor Mark Cuban says the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) hostile approach to crypto could be a…
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DOJ Charges Two Chinese Nationals for Allegedly Laundering Proceeds of $73,000,000 ‘Pig Butchering’ Crypto Scam
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is charging two Chinese nationals for allegedly running a pig butchering crypto scam and…
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