Telegram-based dark markets rapidly filled the gap left by Huione Guarantee after the $27 billion marketplace disappeared on May 13, according to a June 23 Elliptic report. Elliptic noted that Telegram banned thousands of Huione Guarantee channels and usernames once researchers traced billions of USDT-denominated sales to pig-butchering scams. However, data shows that merchants immediately […]
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The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The teen reportedly received $200,000 from a social engineering theft while out on bond, then gambled it all away nine minutes later.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
A new wave of cyberattacks shows the DPRK is exploiting the crypto industry’s recruitment funnel, using fake LinkedIn job offers, deep‑fake Zoom calls, and backdoored interview files to access Web3 developers’ wallets and repositories. With seasoned developer talent already thinning and open‑source protocols increasingly reliant on individual contributors, the stakes have never been higher. North […]
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North Korea’s hackers has reportedly stolen nearly $2 billion from centralized crypto exchanges over the past year. Blockchain security researcher Tay Monahan attributes a significant portion of those funds, around $1.8 billion, to a series of major hacks targeting centralized crypto trading platforms like Bybit, DMM Bitcoin, WazirX, Phemex, and BingX. Despite setbacks such as […]
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More than 300 victims identified in a scheme that resulted in more than $1 million in losses, the New York officials said.
An international law enforcement effort has dismantled one of the world’s largest and longest-running criminal marketplaces on the darknet, arresting its suspected German operator in Spain and seizing millions in illicit assets, according to a June 16 press release. The takedown, coordinated by the Frankfurt Public Prosecutor’s Office, Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), the […]
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Venture capital firm Paradigm has filed an amicus curiae brief in support of Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm.
South Korean firm Haru abruptly closed withdrawals in 2023, which allegedly led to $650 million losses from 6,000 investors.
Kraken's survey found that 31% of respondents saw advancements in security could help protect digital asset funds.
Gotbit Consulting LLC, a prominent cryptocurrency market maker, was sentenced in federal court for criminal charges related to a multi-year scheme to manipulate digital asset trading volumes, according to a June 13 press release. Aleksei Andriunin, the firm’s 26-year-old founder and CEO, was sentenced to eight months in prison and one year of supervised release […]
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The Ethereum Foundation has donated $500,000 to support Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm's defense.
Gotbit founder and CEO Aleksei Andriunin was sentenced on Friday to eight months in prison and one year of supervised release.
Hong Kong is stepping up its fight against crypto-related money laundering by working with the University of Hong Kong (HKU) on technology-driven solutions, including improved tracking of virtual asset flows. The new effort was revealed in a government statement on June 12, following a four-day workshop focused on enhancing anti-money laundering (AML) strategies. Collaborative effort […]
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While Solana is up just 5% over the past year, global sentiment around the altcoin is bullish due to its potential technical capabilities to outperform its main rivals in performance. Solana’s Firedancer validator client, expected to leave testnet in 2025, is demonstrating transaction-per-second capabilities exceeding one million in test environments, a development aimed at solving […]
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Iurii Gugnin, a 38-year-old New York resident and Russian national, was arrested and arraigned Monday on charges related to the alleged scheme.
Argentina’s Anti-Corruption Office has determined that President Javier Milei did not violate any ethics laws when he promoted the Solana-based LIBRA memecoin in February. In a resolution issued on Friday, the office declared that Milei’s Feb. 14 X post constituted a personal statement rather than an official announcement as a public servant. Therefore, Milei’s post […]
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The ‘Bitcoin Family’ has completely overhauled its security measures amid rising cases of crypto-related kidnappings, according to a CNBC report. The family, which sold all their belongings in 2017 to invest in Bitcoin (BTC) and now travels around the world, has taken extreme measures amid a rise in perceived threats. This includes storing parts of […]
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The fallout from Coinbase’s recent data breach has reached a troubling new phase as victims report receiving fraudulent physical letters in the mail, exploiting their exposed personal information to advance a credit protection scam. The Block founder Mike Dudas sounded the alarm in a social media post on June 5, warning that he received a […]
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The BidenCash marketplace was used to buy and sell stolen credit cards as well as related personal information.
US law enforcement agencies seized 145 domains and crypto linked to BidenCash, a darknet marketplace known for selling stolen credit card data, and personal information, according to a June 4 statement. The takedown followed a court-approved investigation that targeted the platform’s infrastructure. The seized domains now redirect users to a server controlled by the authorities, […]
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Venezuela’s government has arrested at least 20 moderators of the popular Instagram page “Monitor Dólar,” accusing them of terrorism, money laundering, and fraud for publishing the widely used parallel exchange rate, Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello has reported.. The sweep, which began in night‑time raids on May 29, revives tactics last seen during the country’s 2013‑18 hyper‑inflation […]
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BidenCash operators allegedly used the platform to simplify the process of buying and selling stolen credit cards and personal information.
Moroccan police have arrested a dual-national French-Moroccan man wanted for an alleged connection with a series of kidnappings in France that targetted individuals with crypto holdings, Reuters reported on June 4, citing a source familiar with the case. According to the source, Moroccan police identified the man as Bajjou Badiss Mohamed AmiDe, who is 24 […]
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A 24-year-old man said to be a mastermind behind the recent crimes was taken into custody in Tangier, authorities said.
Badiss Mohamed Amide Bajjou, 24, was arrested in northern Morocco in connection to a recent spate of crypto-linked kidnappings in France.
Secret knowledge, sudden split: the crypto exchange faces mounting legal and regulatory heat for a four-month silence over a breach affecting at least 69,000 customers. Coinbase was alerted as early as January 2025 that hackers had siphoned tens of thousands of customer records from one of its overseas support vendors, but the exchange waited until […]
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Cybercriminals are adopting increasingly deceptive tactics to target crypto users, with some now posing as blockchain security companies. Their aim is to steal assets and implicate their victims in the process, making it harder for them to seek redress. This evolution comes amid a sharp rise in crypto-related losses. In May 2025 alone, hackers and […]
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The young suspects were "lured by money and then caught up in a situation that is beyond them," a defense attorney told Le Monde.