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Friendsies NFT creators deny 'abandoning' project amid rug pull allegations

22.2.2023
The Friendsies NFT collection responded to accusations it was behind a $5 million rug pull after announcing a “pause” of the project

Friendsies NFT Collection Deletes Twitter After 'Pause' Announcement Spurs Rug Pull Accusations

21.2.2023
Prominent NFT influencers such as generative artist Jen Stark and Rug Radio host Farokh were named as early promoters of the project, which raised millions from its initial drop

Logan Paul Named in Proposed Class Action Suit for CryptoZoo ‘Rug Pull’ After CoffeeZilla Expose

3.2.2023
A suit filed in U.S. Courts in Texas alleges fraud, breach of contract, unjust enrichment, violation of deceptive trade practice law, and negligence over a token sale for a Web3 game that never materialized

US Arrests ‘Mutant Ape Planet’ NFT Creator in $3M ‘Rug Pull’ Scheme to Defraud Crypto Investors

11.1.2023
The U.S. government has arrested and charged the creator of “Mutant Ape Planet” non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for allegedly defrauding crypto investors. “The purchasers were ‘rug pulled,'” the Department of Justice (DOJ) described, adding that millions of dollars...

Developer of ‘Mutant Ape Planet’ NFTs Arrested, Charged With Fraud for Alleged $2.9M Rug-Pull

5.1.2023
The developer of the Mutant Ape Planet non-fungible token (NFT) collection – a knock-off of the popular Mutant Ape Yacht Club NFT collection – has been arrested and charged with fraud for allegedly perpetrating a $2.9 million rug pull

Defrost Finance Denies Rug Pull Allegations Amid $12M Exploit

30.12.2022
The group says it’s retrieved all the funds after offering a bounty to the hacker

Defrost Finance breaks silence on ‘exit scam’ accusations, denies rug pull

28.12.2022
Defrost Finance had not publicly commented on the rug-pull accusations in the media, until now

Defrost Finance Hacked in Attack Some Say May Have Been a Rug Pull

25.12.2022
The total value of funds locked on the protocol had dropped to less $93,000 on Dec. 25 from about $13 million, Defi Llama data show

Crypto Adds Unsavory Footnote to Dreadful 2022: Year of the Rug Pull

23.12.2022
Fraudsters deployed over 117,000 scam tokens from January through Dec. 1, a 41% increase over the full 2021, according to study from Solidus Labs

Minxie Launches NFT Project That Aims to Provide the Untapped Creator Economy With Solutions Through Blockchain

15.12.2022
PRESS RELEASE. “NFTs aren’t dead, they are going to be everywhere” says Tina Lou, Head of Marketing at Minxie, “and, actually, the bear market is the best thing that could have happened to them”, she continues, “We’ve weeded through scams and rug-pulls and the projects left standing are truly...

$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

Bitcoin price skirts $19.3K amid fear over 'mother of all rug pulls'

29.9.2022
Volatility has yet to make an appearance on hourly timeframes as the clock ticks down to the September close

Rug Pulls Were Rampant In August But Slightly Decreased On Previous Months - Report

8.9.2022
Rug pulls, a type of theft which occurs when owners of a crypto project flee with the funds collected from their investors, dominated Web3 world-based scams and exploits in August, with 33 out of the 44 recorded exploits deemed rug pulls and exit scams, according to a recent report released...

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...