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$160 Million Rug Pull? – Crypto Staking Platform Freeway Halts Withdrawals Citing ‘Unprecedented Volatility’

25.10.2022
UK-based crypto platform Freeway halted withdrawals on Sunday due to, as they claim, never-before-seen levels of volatility - but some argue that this is in fact a rug-pull. "Has anyone been able to withdraw over the recent days," members have been asking in Freeway's Telegram channel, with many...

Mango Market exploiter brags after rug pulling Mango Inu 'shitcoin'

24.10.2022
Avraham Eisenberg is at it again, following up his exploit of Mango Markets by deploying a new 'shitcoin' named Mango Inu to purportedly swipe liquidity from bot traders

CNN Shutters Vault NFT Marketplace, Prompting Rug Pull Accusations

11.10.2022
Holders of the cable news network's NFTs said they were disappointed by promises of long-term utility

NFT Projects Keep Getting Their Discord Servers Hacked - Here’s Why

8.9.2022
In an unexpected development, non-fungible token (NFT) fraud watchdog Rug Pull Finder (RPF) has been successfully targeted by a smart contract exploit that allowed two persons to seize more than 450 NFTs, as per the entity. RPF offers its customers assistance which includes services related...

NFT watchdog Rug Pull Finder gets its own NFT giveaway exploited

5.9.2022
Rug Pull Finder's NFT contract was abused to allow two scammers to mint 450 NFTs instead of one per wallet

Another DeFi Exploit, GameFi Rug Pull, and Accidently Closed Exchange - Beware of Risks in Crypto

31.8.2022
In a matter of 24 hours, a DeFi platform lost millions of dollars in a hack, developers of a play-to-earn (P2E) GameFi project apparently rug-pulled their investors, and a Solana (SOL)-powered exchange mistakenly shut itself down - all reminding us of risks in the crypto space. According...

Polygon-Based Web3 Game Dragoma Supporters Fall Victim to $3.5M Rug Pull: PeckShield

8.8.2022
The website of the newly launched Dragoma token has been deleted and its social media channel erased

Bollywood A-lister-backed GARI token plunge sparks rug pull rumors

5.7.2022
GARI token was launched by Salman Khan, an A-list celebrity from Bollywood, with an aim to help Indian creators monetize their content over a short video application Chingari

Tether CTO: Terra wasn’t a rug pull, it was a poorly designed ‘castle of cards’

20.5.2022
“It was clear to me, it was clear to many that I know that it was a bad idea,” said Tether and Bitfinex CTO Paolo Ardoino

Feds Seize $34 Million in Crypto From Unidentified Florida Man

5.4.2022
On April 4, 2022, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Attorney’s Office of South Florida revealed that law enforcement seized $34 million in crypto assets from an unidentified man living in Florida. According to the DOJ, the man allegedly conducted more than 100,000 sales on darknet...

NFT Rug Pull: DOJ Charges Two People in Million-Dollar Scheme to Defraud Investors

26.3.2022
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged two people allegedly behind a million-dollar non-fungible token (NFT) “rug pull” scheme. They abandoned the NFT project within hours after selling out, deactivated the website, and transferred over $1 million in crypto to the wallets...

Nifty News: David Beckham’s DigitalBits, CoinSpot’s NFT marketplace, and more

25.3.2022
Crypto companies continue to ramp-up marketing efforts with sports stars, with Beckham the latest to partner with blockchain provider, DigitalBits

DOJ cracks down on 'rug pulls', charging Frosties NFT project founders

25.3.2022
“You can’t solicit funds for a business opportunity, abandon that business and abscond with money investors provided you,” stressed IRS-CI Special Agent-in-Charge Thomas Fattorusso

US Justice Dept. Charges 2 in NFT Money-Laundering, 'Rug Pull' Scheme

24.3.2022
"They pulled the rug out from under the victims," law enforcement said of the creators of the Frosties NFT collection

Adult Film Star Lana Rhoades Deletes Twitter Account After NFT Project Was Criticized

26.2.2022
Adult film star Lana Rhoades is being criticized for her non-fungible token (NFT) project called “Cryptosis,” after $1.5 million of ethereum from the mint was withdrawn from the project’s wallet. The crypto withdrawal took place after Rhoades told her fans that the NFTs would...

Coinbase Pulls Buying Instructions for Three Coins Amid Rug Pull Warnings

11.2.2022
US crypto exchange Coinbase has decided to scrap 'how to buy' instructions for a minimum of three crypto tokens following the emergence of rug pull warnings indicating that investors’ cybersecurity and funds were in danger. Rug pulls happen when crypto developers unexpectedly drop a project...