Eastern Europe leads illicit crypto‑transaction volumes, Chainalysis finds
Chainalysis specialists analyzed illicit cryptocurrency transactions from July 2020 to June 2021.Overview of recent events related to fraud in the cryptocurrency and blockchain market.
Eastern Europe leads illicit crypto‑transaction volumes, Chainalysis finds
Chainalysis specialists analyzed illicit cryptocurrency transactions from July 2020 to June 2021.
Hacked DeFi Protocol Cream Finance to Reimburse $18 Million in Damages
The developers of the decentralized Cream Finance protocol will reimburse affected users for losses resulting from the recent flash loan attack.
Phishing attack on NFT project nets hacker over $1 million
Messari analyst Chase Devens was among the victims of a phishing attack on the Aurory Project NFT drop on the Solana blockchain. The attacker drained wallets of crypto and NFTs worth more than $1 million.
Collector pays $335,000 for Banksy NFT; authenticity of the work questioned
An NFT collector, Pranksy, purchased a work allegedly attributed to the anonymous Banksy. He paid 100 ETH (about $335,000 at the rate prevailing at the time of the deal). A few hours later, he received a duplicate token.
Analysts: Token-fraud volume in Russia reaches 2.2 billion rubles
The volume of fraud involving digital assets in the first half of 2021 totaled $1.5 billion, two to three times higher than in the same period in 2020. This was reported by analytics firm Zecurion.
Media: Co-founders of the Finiko pyramid scheme have been declared internationally wanted
The Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan granted the petitions for arrest in absentia of three Finiko pyramid co-founders — Marat and Edward Sabirov, and Zygmunt Zygmuntovich.
DeFi project xToken suffers second attack in a year; losses estimated at $4.5 million
The DeFi project xToken team reported a breach of the protocol. Users' losses are estimated at $4.5 million.
In Venezuela, a man is suspected of staging his own kidnapping to steal $1.15 million in Bitcoin
Venezuelan authorities are searching for a 23-year-old man who allegedly orchestrated his own kidnapping to steal bitcoins worth $1.15 million. This was reported on Instagram by Douglas Rico, head of the police department for scientific, criminal and forensic investigations.
Hackers drain more than $18m from Cream Finance DeFi protocol
The decentralised Cream Finance protocol was attacked via a flash loan and lost more than $18 million.
Two Russian women lose more than 8 million rubles to cryptocurrency scammers
A 63-year-old woman from Voronezh was swindled by criminals who promised profits from cryptocurrency trading, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.We use cookies to improve the quality of our service.
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