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Bitcoin of America to halt operating unlicensed crypto ATMs in Connecticut
23.5.2023
The Department of Banking highlighted that Bitcoin of America failed to obtain a license as a money transmitter to operate Bitcoin ATM kiosks in the state
New Religious Cryptos Pump - Are They Scams? God, Mary, Baby Jesus Coins Top Crypto Gainers Today
22.5.2023
Three new meme coins with a religious theme were listed on Uniswap today, May 22nd - $GOD, $MARY and $BABYJESUS - making the top crypto gainers list on DEXTools.
Each has a low DEXTscore and some warnings under the contract details section of their DEXTools links - exercise caution when buying...
Binance Australia partner hints at rising ‘scams’ after debanking exchange
19.5.2023
Cuscal, the company that handles AUD on-and-off ramping for the exchange, declined to comment specifically on why it decided to pull support for Binance Australia
Australian ‘Big 4’ bank begins trial for cryptocurrency payment blocks
18.5.2023
One of Australia’s Big Four banks announced efforts to combat crypto fraud activities aimed at reducing losses from scams
Serial Phishing Scammer Uses a Mix of Laundering Techniques, Including Coin Swaps and a Mysterious OTC
16.5.2023
Attacker behind a fake HitBTC website might have stolen $15M worth of crypto from multiple scams and phishing attacks
Can you recover stolen Bitcoin from crypto scams?
16.5.2023
Recovering stolen Bitcoin from crypto scams is challenging due to the anonymous nature of blockchain transactions and jurisdictional issues
GREED Token Is Not a Crypto Scam, but a Lesson on How to Get Scammed Amid Meme Coin Mania
15.5.2023
Despite multiple warnings from Voshy, the meme coin's creator, speculators turned over Twitter permissions to get access to the token. They got a valuable lesson in account security
Irish newspaper apologizes for misleading AI-generated article
15.5.2023
A daily newspaper in Ireland released a statement saying it was “deliberately deceived” to believe the identity of a guest writer that turned out to be AI
To catch a scammer: Kraken builds fake crypto account to ‘bait’ fraudsters
11.5.2023
A call-center scammer impersonating President Joe Biden attempted to steal what they thought was $450,000 worth of Bitcoin from a streamer — instead, chaos ensued
Philippines Law Enforcement Busts Crypto Scam Center, Over 1,000 Human Trafficking Victims Rescued
10.5.2023
Over 1,000 human trafficking victims were recently rescued from a “fraud factory” in Mabalacat, a town located nearly 90 kilometers northwest of Manila, Philippines law enforcement has said. Michelle Sabino from the Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group said trafficking...
Blockchain security firm freezes $160K stolen in Merlin DEX 'rugpull'
5.5.2023
CertiK has contacted law enforcement in the U.S. and U.K. to find the pseudonymous operators
UK government targets fraudsters with new ban on cold calls for crypto
3.5.2023
The U.K. government plans to introduce laws to reimburse victims of authorized crypto fraud and work with Ofcom to prevent phone number "spoofing."
April’s crypto scams, exploits and hacks lead to $103M lost — CertiK
1.5.2023
The month was particularly bad for exploits, with the amount lost accounting for half of the total crypto exploited so far in 2023
YouTube helps recover hacked channel that attempted XRP crypto scams
30.4.2023
YouTube’s swift intervention ensured damage control by preventing XRP hackers from interacting with the channel’s subscribers
Tencent Cloud to reportedly offer deepfake creation tool at $145
29.4.2023
Tencent Cloud’s deepfake creation service can analyze and train itself on three-minute videos and 100 voice clips to produce a convincing deepfake video within 24 hours
Not funny: Comedy club NFT debacle teaches lesson in transparency
28.4.2023
What started with a comedy club would later become a notorious case of legal loopholes and frustration for the nonfungible token community
One crypto wallet launched 114 dodgy memecoins in two months
27.4.2023
According to ZachXBT, one alleged scammer in particular launched around 114 projects in the past 45 days alone
Web3 Security Startup Shield Raises $2.1M in Pre-Seed Funding
20.4.2023
The company, a member of a16z’s Crypto Startup School, aims to create a security standard across Web3 projects through its API, Discord Bot and certification program
Australian crypto scams increased by over 162% with nearly $150M lost
18.4.2023
While the total figures are “alarming,” crypto scams accounted for 7.1% of the total $2.08 billion stolen from Australians in 2022
Etherscan Reconfigures Blockchain Explorer Settings to Filter Out Potential Scams
10.4.2023
Zero-token value transfers will no longer be visible by default as a way of preventing “address poisoning” hacks