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Mango Markets exploiter said actions were ‘legal,’ but was it?

18.10.2022
A crypto lawyer believes the Mango Markets exploiter Avraham Eisenberg could still face consequences despite users supposedly agreeing not to pursue legal action

Crypto Boutique Law Firm Roche Freedman Removed From Class Action Against Tether

14.10.2022
After a Manhattan federal judge blasted Roche Freedman LLP founding partner Kyle Roche’s public statements, the judge has removed the crypto boutique law firm from the market manipulation lawsuit against Tether and Bitfinex. The recent hearing has shown that U.S. district judge, Katherine...

How Market Manipulation Led to a $100M Exploit on Solana DeFi Exchange Mango

12.10.2022
A rogue crypto trader utilized millions of dollars to manipulate the prices of Mango’s MNGO tokens on the namesake decentralized exchange (DEX)

Report: Zimbabwe Tertiary Learning Institution Developing Central Bank Digital Currency

12.10.2022
Harare Institute of Technology, a Zimbabwean higher learning institution, is reportedly developing a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Quinton Kanhukamwe, the institution’s vice chancellor, said the digital currency is expected to help eliminate vices such as currency manipulation...

$100M drained from Solana DeFi platform Mango Markets, token plunges 52%

12.10.2022
The platform’s treasury was drained of over $100 million worth of cryptocurrency after an attacker manipulated price data of its native token to take out loans against their holdings

Market manipulation claims will be hardest 'nut to crack' in Bitcoin ETF approval — WisdomTree

30.9.2022
“We’re all kind of watching this and seeing what’s going to happen,” said WisdomTree's Will Peck on spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds in the United States

GMX Falls Concerning AVAX/USD Price Manipulation

22.9.2022
GMX, the popular decentralized derivatives exchange, recently faced a sudden 20% drop in value, falling below $40, concerning the price manipulation of AVAX/USD. Despite the crypto market facing issues overall, the factors accounting for GMX’s fall differ. Several analysts turned to Twitter...

GMX DEX Falls Victim to $400k Price Manipulation That Made Use of its No Slippage Feature

19.9.2022
The decentralized exchange (DEX) GMX has fallen victim to an exploit by a large and sophisticated trader who reportedly was able to “siphon all the liquidity” from its avalanche (AVAX) market and profit from the manipulated price.... Read More: GMX DEX Falls Victim to $400k Price Manipulation That...

Decentralized exchange GMX suffers $565K price manipulation 'exploit'

19.9.2022
A founder of a DEX competitor to GMX said on Sept. 2 that an exploit could be pulled off on GMX which could leave GLP holders short. 16 days later, it happened

Analyst says 40% of users in most Web3 games are bots — Here’s how to avoid being fooled

1.9.2022
In DApps, daily active users is an easy metric to manipulate. Let’s review a few ways to cross-reference the authenticity of the metric

Tokenomics not Ponzi-nomics: Influencing behavior, making money

28.7.2022

‘A Damaged Brand’: Former Celsius Employee on the Crypto Lender’s Mismanagement and Alleged Token Manipulation

20.7.2022
Former Compliance and Financial Crimes Director at crypto lender Celsius, Timothy Cradle joined CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover” to discuss the platform’s alleged questionable practices

Binance Wash Trading Behind Huge Bitcoin Volume Surge, Incentives Being Removed, CZ Says

11.7.2022
The removal of some trading fees on the major crypto exchange Binance is believed to be the reason behind a surge in trading volume on Friday that ended up barely moving the price at all. Now, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has announced steps to combat so-called wash trading on his exchange....

Inverse Finance exploited again for $1.2M in flashloan oracle attack

17.6.2022
No user funds have been affected by the exploit, but Inverse Finance has incurred a debt and offered the attacker a bounty to return the stolen funds

'NFTs May Be New, but This Criminal Scheme Isn't': Ex-OpenSea Head Arrested for NFT Insider Trading

2.6.2022
Nathaniel Chastain, former Head of Product at OpenSea, the largest non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace, has been arrested and charged with wire fraud and money laundering in connection with insider trading in NFTs. On Wednesday, prosecutors in New York’s Southern District accused...

Skyrocketing Retro Game Price 'Manipulation' Controversy Goes To Court

13.5.2022
The market frenzy leading to record-breaking prices for retro games appears to have slowed since last year, but frustration over the collectible grading firm at the center of the spike hasn’t. Earlier this week a number of Wata Games customers filed a class action lawsuit attempting to put an...

DeFi Lending Protocol Fortress Loses All Funds in Oracle Price Manipulation Attack

9.5.2022
Fortress, decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol with an algorithmic money market and a synthetic stablecoin, has suffered an oracle price manipulation attack that resulted in the loss of all of its funds. "Fortress has been hit with what we believe is an oracle manipulation attack...