How hard is it to spot a crypto scam? According to SEC Chair Gary Gensler, it’s not nearly as difficult as it might sound. Speaking to the U.S. Army during a Twitter Spaces earlier this month, Gensler …
South Korea to deploy cryptocurrency tracking system in 2023
The Ministry of Justice in South Korea announced plans to introduce a crypto-tracking system to counter money laundering initiatives and recover funds linked to criminal activities. The “Virtual …
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Cryptocurrency might be the greatest Ponzi scheme of all time
The seemingly limitless innovations that are springing out of information technology have created enormous opportunities for all kinds of predatory behavior uninhibited by social regulation. …
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OracleSwap Hacked: Private Keys Exposed
OracleSwap, a decentralized exchange (DEX) protocol on the Songbird Network, has recently become the subject of concern among its users and the wider decentralized finance (DeFi) community. The …
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Phantom Wallet Claims It Thwarted Over 18K Attacks
After the latest high-profile NFT hack, this time taking down tech entrepreneur Kevin Rose, the security advantages of self-custody wallets were making the rounds on Crypto Twitter again. On …
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Bithumb Offices Stormed In Coin Manipulation Investigation
Bithumb offices in South Korea were stormed on Thursday by local authorities investigating token price manipulation, media house Yonhap news reported late yesterday. The crypto exchange is one of five …
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U.S. says it ‘hacked the hackers’ to bring down ransomware gang, helping 300 victims
The FBI on Thursday revealed it had secretly hacked and disrupted a prolific ransomware gang called Hive, a maneuver that allowed the bureau to thwart the group from collecting more than $130 million …
How the Feds Could Regulate Crypto (and Why All Is Not Lost for Investors)
Each day seems to carry with it a new, ominous headline propounding the imminent demise of cryptocurrency. The death of Bitcoin has been predicted more than 450 times as of this writing. And yet, it …
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Most Criminal Cryptocurrency Funnels Through Just 5 Exchanges
For years, the cryptocurrency economy has been rife with black market sales, theft, ransomware, and money laundering—despite the strange fact that in that economy, practically every transaction is …
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Hackers Take Over Robinhood Twitter Account To Promote Scam
Cybercriminals hacked the Twitter account of the Robinhood exchange on Wednesday. In a now-deleted tweet, the hacked account was used to promote a scam offering crypto tokens and NFTs on the Binance …
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