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NFT scammers made off with $1.3 million in solana after a 'rug pull' despite the project creators being vetted
The creators of "Big Daddy Ape Club" NFTs took 9,136 solana from would-be collectors despite being …
Isabelle Lee
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'Squid Game' token goes offline after skyrocketing 75,000% - and that means the 'scam' is over, CoinGecko says
A cryptocurrency inspired by "Squid Game" jumped 75,000% as buyers crowded in, but dead links to it…
Camomile Shumba
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5 crypto scams to know before you start trading coins
Scammers use various techniques to rob crypto investors. Here are five scams to know and how to avo…
Carter Kilmann
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Narendra Modi's Twitter account hacked with Bitcoin post — 'India has officially adopted bitcoin as legal tender'
"The Twitter handle of PM @narendramodi was very briefly compromised. The matter was escalated t…
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Monero’s ‘Fluffypony’ joins Ross Ulbricht and Arthur Hayes behind bars — but for a non-crypto crime
The former developer of privacy-oriented cryptocurrency Monero, Riccardo Spagni — also known online…
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About half of the crypto donation campaigns for Ukraine were scams, says blockchain research report
"They raised anywhere from a couple of hundred dollars to a couple thousand, before being taken dow…
Phil Rosen
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A crypto project that raised $60 million overnight using a dog meme saw all of that money go missing in what may have been a phishing attack
The ANKH token's price effectively went to zero in the wake of what appears to be a phishing attack…
Carla Mozée
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Hackers target bestselling NFT artist Beeple's Twitter account and make off with $438,000 from followers through a phishing scam
"Stay safe out there," the NFT artist told his followers after the targeted scam. Beeple in 2021 so…
Carla Mozée
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Bitcoin briefly crashed 87% to about $8,000 on Binance's US crypto-trading platform
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao tweeted: "Expect very high volatility in #crypto over the next few month…
Natasha Dailey
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Indian PM Narendra Modi's hacked Twitter account told 73.4 million followers that the country would distribute 500 bitcoins among its citizens
The now-deleted tweet said that India had accepted bitcoin as legal tender, and posted a link to a …
Matthew Loh
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There's already a meme coin named after Elon Musk's new Twitter handle - and it jumped 825% in its 1st day of trading
"We are LIVE and BOOMING!," said the community behind the newly launched Lorde Edge coin.
Carla Mozée
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The Wonderland DeFi community is scandalized after a Twitter user outed an anonymous executive with ties to one of the largest crypto Ponzi schemes in history
Wonderland's token, TIME, plummeted to an all-time low of $335 Thursday, down from its November pea…
Phil Rosen
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Mozilla cofounder accuses the internet browser company of partnering with 'planet-incinerating Ponzi gifters' by accepting crypto donations
Jamie Zawinski tweeted "f--- you and f--- this" at Mozilla's announcement about the donations, sayi…
Katie Canales
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A Lil Tay crypto coin was released the day after her verified Instagram reported that the 15-year-old influencer had died
Lil Tay's ex-manager Harry Tsang told Insider he had plans to release a cryptocurrency coin but den…
Julie Gerstein
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Why crypto is so annoying
Despite its rise in popularity, talk of cryptocurrency still rubs many people the wrong way. Blame …
Hillary Hoffower
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Crypto scams are preying on vulnerable people. Many victims are deceived online, including an elderly woman who lost thousands.
An Indiana-based woman was only able to recover a fraction of the money she lost to a man who convi…
Zahra Tayeb
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From anti-phishing phrases to two-factor authentication – here’s how Kucoin keeps your account secure
This is the first article of our brand-new educational series: #ThinkBeforeYouInvest campaign, whic…
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A man in Germany said he fell for a fake Elon Musk crypto scam that cost him $560,000
A man in Germany was tricked into sending 10 bitcoins - worth more than $500,000 - believing that E…
Mia Jankowicz
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Scientists found more than 1,000 AI spam bots trying to scam people and steal their social media profiles and regulators can't keep up
Social media is being flooded with spammy AI content. Research by Indiana University details how ar…
Shubham Agarwal
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Who is Coffeezilla, the crypto detective who says he got Sam Bankman-Fried to admit to fraud?
Meet Coffeezilla, the engineering student-turned-YouTuber who says he got Sam Bankman-Fried to admi…