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After $50M USDT Theft, Binance’s CZ Pushes Wallets to Block Poison Addresses by Default
Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has renewed calls for stronger, industry-wide defenses against address poisoning scams. In a recent post,…
Hollywood Director Convicted After $11M Netflix Funds Diverted to Crypto Bets
Hollywood director Carl Erik Rinsch was convicted in Manhattan federal court for defrauding Netflix of $11 million intended…
Major Binance Alert to WhatsApp Users: Details Here
Binance is the world’s largest crypto exchange, boasting a user base of over 280 million people. That popularity,…
CoinGecko CEO Warns of Fake Crypto Summit Scam Using Booking.com
Bobby Ong, the co-founder and CEO of cryptocurrency data platform CoinGecko, has issued a public warning about a…
US Seeks Forfeiture of $14.2B Bitcoin Linked to Pig-Butchering Kingpin Chen Zhi
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a civil forfeiture complaint to take control of about 127,000…
XVS price turns bullish as Venus Protocol recovers funds stolen from phishing scam
The platform has recovered the assets and returned them to the victim. The attack happened on September 2,…
XVS price slips after $27M Venus Protocol phishing attack
A Venus network user suffered massive losses after authorizing a malicious transaction. The perpetrator took seconds to drain…
Federal Judge Declares EminiFX a Ponzi Scheme, Orders $228M in Restitution
EminiFX, a cryptocurrency investment platform that once claimed to revolutionize automated trading, has been officially declared a Ponzi…
Bitcoin Darknet Giant Abacus Vanishes – Was It a Massive Exit Scam?
Abacus Market, once the largest Bitcoin-enabled Western DNM, has abruptly disappeared, leaving its vendors and buyers in limbo…
The many faces of crypto crime and the relentless cat-and-mouse chase
Welcome to Slate Sundays, CryptoSlate’s new weekly feature showcasing in-depth interviews, expert analysis, and thought-provoking op-eds that go beyond…