Sam Bankman-Fried’s Trump Pardon Bid Reopens Crypto’s Darkest Chapter
Trump publicly rejected the idea months ago. Sam Bankman-Fried filed the request anyway.
Alex Reeve · 5 min
Crypto Rails Act as Kill-Switches for Southeast Asia Scam Compounds
Coinbase crypto freeze of $3M, Meta Facebook Instagram scam removal of 1.4M accounts, and Starlink disruption demonstrate how…
Alex Reeve · 2 min
CFTC Charges Google Engineer with Insider Trading with ‘AlphaRaccoon’ Polymarket Scam
Michele Spagnuolo faces federal charges after allegedly turning Google's 2025 "Year in Search" data into $1.2 million in…
Alex Reeve · 4 min
Superhuman AI Coding Agents Break DeFi’s Security Model
Developer Manuel Aráoz warns the industry can’t survive machine-scale attacks; risk analysts counter that "moronic" take by citing…
Alex Reeve · 4 min
South Korea Smashes First Solana Rug Puller Under New User Protection Law
Prosecutors indict "EtherFather" for CATFI meme coin fraud; move marks historic first application of criminal statutes to decentralized…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
Fake Uniswap Google Ads Drain $400K in Phishing Exploit
Scammers weaponize sponsored ads to clone the DeFi interface; security researchers identify two wallets holding the stolen assets.
Alex Reeve · 3 min
U.S. Places $10M Bounty on Burma’s Scam Compound Cash
State Department targets the financial engine of the Tai Chang network as Southeast Asian "pig butchering" rings drain…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
One Platform to Rule the Underground: Xinbi’s $1.2 Billion Shadow Empire
Xinbi Guarantee captures nearly 100% of the illicit crypto guarantee market as Huione and Tudou networks collapse under…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
201 Arrested as INTERPOL Smashes MENA Cyber-Scam Cartels
13 nations unite to neutralize phishing-as-a-service platforms and dismantle human trafficking rings forced to run digital investment scams.
Alex Reeve · 3 min
THORChain Halts Swaps After Investigators Flag ~$10M Multi-Chain Exploit
Node operators trigger emergency pause as ZachXBT identifies unusual Bitcoin and Ethereum outflows; RUNE drops 13 percent.
Alex Reeve · 3 min
Federal Prosecutors Indict Tennessee Trio for California Crypto Kidnapping Spree
Suspects alleged to have used zip ties and firearms to drain $6.5 million from San Francisco and Los…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
Binance AI Security Systems Block approximately $10.53B in Fraudulent Transactions
Exchange deploys 100 internal models to neutralize deepfakes and automated phishing; phishing rates drop eightfold since early 2025.
Alex Reeve · 3 min
Hacker Returns 90% of Stolen Renegade Dark Pool Funds After Bounty Offer
Arbitrum V1 breach concludes within 45 minutes of protocol offer; developers pledge full user restitution as V2 infrastructure…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
Australian Police Seize $4.1M In Bitcoin In Major Darknet Marketplace Bust
Strike Force Andalusia uncovers cryptocurrency linked to illegal online drug and weapons trade in Sydney suburb.
Alex Reeve · 3 min
Aave Makes Significant Progress Recovering From Kelp DAO Exploit
Protocol completes attacker liquidations and secures court approval to reclaim $71 million in frozen ETH.
Alex Reeve · 3 min
‘GothFerrari’ Receives 78-Month Sentence for $250M Crypto Heist Role
A California-based defendant served as a primary physical enforcer for a transnational criminal ring that combined high-stakes social…
Shannon Hayes · 3 min
TrustedVolumes Suffers $5.87 Million Exploit on Ethereum
An independent liquidity provider serving major DeFi aggregators lost $5.87 million in digital assets, marking the second such…
Shannon Hayes · 3 min
Aave Pushes Back, Files Emergency Motion to Unfreeze $71M in KelpDAO Exploit Funds
Protocol argues stolen assets must return to victims, not older North Korea judgments.
Alex Reeve · 3 min
KelpDAO Victims Wait Behind North Korean Terrorism Judgments
A New York federal court halts the Arbitrum DAO from releasing $71 million in frozen exploit funds, prioritizing…
Shannon Hayes · 3 min
Latest Ethereum Wallet Drains Reveal New Danger in Crypto
Long-dormant wallets lose $760,000 as attackers exploit the expiration of 2018-era security standards.
Alex Reeve · 3 min
U.S. Jury Convicts Three in $215M Nigerian-Linked Email Fraud Scheme
A federal jury in Toledo convicted three men for their roles in an international business email compromise network…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
Global Scam Center Takedown Leads to 276 Arrests as FBI Charges Alleged Pig-Butchering Managers
A joint operation by the FBI, Dubai Police and Chinese Ministry of Public Security dismantles nine crypto fraud…
Shannon Hayes · 4 min
Mashinsky Agrees to $10 Million Payment, $4.72B Celsius Judgment, Suspended
Former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky will pay just $10 million to settle civil fraud claims while the vast…
Shannon Hayes · 3 min
Judge Kaplan Denies Sam Bankman-Fried’s Bid for New Trial
U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan rejected Sam Bankman-Fried’s motion for a new trial, ruling that three proposed witnesses…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
China Blocks Completed $2B Meta Deal with Manus
Beijing orders unwind of finalized acquisition and maintains exit ban on founders, signaling tighter control over Chinese-origin AI…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
Warning: Robinhood Email Flaw Enables Perfect Phishing Attack
Attackers send real emails from Robinhood’s servers with valid DKIM, SPF and DMARC signatures using Gmail dot trick…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
Litecoin Privacy Upgrade Backfires: MWEB Zero-Day Forces 13-Block Reorg, Hits Cross-Chain DeFi
A vulnerability in Litecoin’s Mimblewimble Extension Blocks privacy feature allowed attackers to push invalid transactions, forcing a 13-block…
Shannon Hayes · 3 min
Zondacrypto Collapse Exposes EU License Loophole as CEO Flees to Israel
Poland’s largest crypto exchange operated for years with $330 million in Bitcoin it could not access while holding…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
France Crypto Kidnappings Surge via Tax Data Leaks
French authorities document one cryptocurrency-related kidnapping every 2.5 days in 2026, with criminals buying target lists directly from…
Shannon Hayes · 3 min
Lazarus Group Targets Crypto Execs with ‘Mach-O Man’ Native macOS Malware
Fake Telegram meeting invites push one Terminal command that hands North Korean hackers wallet seeds, exchange cookies, and…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
Stablecoin Issuer Circle Faces Lawsuit Over Drift Protocol Freeze
Stablecoin issuer Circle confronts class-action litigation as investors allege negligence in the failure to stop $230 million in…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
Fake Ledger Live App on Apple App Store Drains $9.5 Million
Malicious clone impersonating Ledger Live app steals seed phrases from more than 50 victims and routed funds through…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
Drift Protocol Loses $285 Million After Council Compromise
A six-month infiltration campaign bypasses Solana smart contracts by deceiving keyholders and deploying code-level malware.
Alex Reeve · 3 min
US Prosecutors Gut Crypto Volume Engines in Market Maker Purge
DOJ indicts ten executives at Gotbit and Vortex for systematic wash trading as Singapore assists with high-profile extraditions.
Alex Reeve · 3 min
Tether Freeze Exposes ‘Shadow Dollar’ as New US Sanctions Weapon
The unilateral freezing of $182 million in Venezuelan assets proves that Tether offers Washington faster control over rogue…
Shannon Hayes · 3 min
Warning: Tether (USDT) Now Powers Venezuelan Oil Exports
The sanctioned nation has effectively replaced SWIFT with USDT stablecoin, processing 80% of its crude revenue via blockchain…
Shannon Hayes · 3 min
Trump Rejects Bankman-Fried Pardon Despite Disgraced Founder’s New Pivot
The President-elect confirmed his stance in a New York Times interview, ending Sam Bankman-Fried’s strategic attempt to align…
Shannon Hayes · 2 min
Lummis Now Questions DOJ, Seized Samourai Bitcoin Seems to Exit Reserve
The Wyoming Senator alleges the liquidation of assets from privacy wallet developers Samourai, violates a 2025 Executive Order…
Shannon Hayes · 3 min
New MetaMask Phishing Scheme Mimics 2FA Updates, Collects Seed Phrases
Security firm SlowMist warns of a sophisticated social engineering operation that weaponizes “mandatory” security updates to harvest wallet…
Shannon Hayes · 3 min
Wrench Attack: Crypto Violence Surges in Lockstep With Market Cap
New analysis shows physical theft outpaces hacking as criminals target the "soft" human holding the private key.
Shannon Hayes · 3 min
New Third-Party Breach Exposes Ledger Customers Data, Reopens Privacy Wounds
The e-commerce provider confirmed unauthorized access to personal contact information while clarifying that payment data and Ledger hardware…
Shannon Hayes · 3 min
Flow Kills ‘Code is Law’ Myth When It Resets Ledger To Reverse $3.9M Exploit
The network rollback suggests that for major IP partners, transaction finality is secondary to balance sheet protection.
Shannon Hayes · 3 min
Sun Doubles Down on ‘Ready to Go’ $1B FTX Rescue in Resurfaced Clip
Tron founder Sun doubles down on 2022 bailout narrative, framing a self-interested liquidity bid as a missed opportunity…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
North Korean Hackers Steal Record $2B Crypto in 2025
State-backed North Korean hackers pivot to centralized exchanges, driving a 45% surge in illicit revenue despite executing fewer…
Shannon Hayes · 3 min
Burwick Laywer Reveals Death Threats as Pump.fun RICO Case Escalates
The class-action attorney says harassment spiked after a federal judge admitted 5,000 pages of internal chat logs into…
Shannon Hayes · 3 min
Solana ‘Rigged Casino’ Lawsuit Gets New Life
Federal judge permits second amended complaint alleging insiders used Jito MEV tools to front-run retail traders.
Alex Reeve · 3 min
‘New Phenomenon’: Billions in PH Flood Control Funds Laundered via Crypto
The investigation into the plunder of billions in PH flood control funds uncovers a sophisticated digital laundering operation…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
Shiba Inu Now Escalates Shibarium Bridge Hack Investigation to FBI
The Shibarium Bridge hack investigation shifts to federal enforcement as developer Kaal Dhairya promises to attach K9 Finance’s…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
New Report: Trump Crypto ‘Corruption’ Scheme Enriched President and Family
House Democrats have released a sweeping staff report detailing alleged Trump crypto corruption, claiming the administration generated $11.6…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
Lazarus Group Tied to Latest $36M Upbit Hack
South Korean authorities suspect the state-sponsored Lazarus Group orchestrated the theft of 54 billion won in Solana assets…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
New Security Alert: Crypto Copilot Chrome Extension Skims Solana Swaps
Cybersecurity researchers have identified Crypto Copilot, a malicious browser extension actively skimming funds from Solana traders by injecting…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
New $11M Wrench Attack Hits Sam Altman Ex Partner’s Home
A brutal wrench attack in San Francisco left a tech investor tortured and robbed of $11 million at…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
US Soldier Enables North Korean IT Worker Scheme Hitting 136 Companies
Active-duty U.S. soldier among 5 who pleaded guilty helping North Korean IT workers infiltrate 136 US companies using…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
New Hyperliquid Hit: Same Flaw, $5M Loss
Hyperliquid suffers $5 million loss in POPCAT crash—the third time attackers exploited identical liquidity flaws using meme coins…
Alex Reeve · 4 min
Bangkok Crypto Scam Raid: 15 Arrested in Sealed Warehouse
Thai police arrested 15 Eastern European nationals operating a cryptocurrency investment fraud website from a windowless Bangkok warehouse…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
UAE Bitcoin Ban: No, But New Law Regulates Wallets, Marketing
A new UAE law stops short of a Bitcoin ban but imposes a sweeping licensing regime on crypto…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
Dubai Court Affirms Global Freeze on $456M in TrueUSD Fraud Case
The landmark ruling upholds a worldwide injunction against assets allegedly diverted from the stablecoin’s reserves by a Hong…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
She Zhijiang Extradition Forces Spotlight on Crypto and Cybercrime
The landmark extradition of the alleged kingpin shines a light on the illicit financial flows and digital asset…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
Speeding Lamborghini in Moscow Claims Life of Russian Crypto Executive
Alexey Dolgikh, a 35-year-old Russian crypto executive, has died in a high-speed Lamborghini crash in Moscow, according to…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
Why Romance Scammers Are Now Using Crypto to Steal Millions
Six arrests expose how fake dating profiles funnel millions into crypto wallets beyond borders.
Alex Reeve · 2 min
New Crypto Scam: Fake Hyperliquid App on Google Play Exposed
A fraudulent app posing as Hyperliquid slipped past Google Play’s defenses, sparking warnings for crypto users. Blockchain investigator…
Alex Reeve · 2 min
Russian Children Alive After Novak Couple Slain in Crypto Extortion Plot
Two underage children were located unharmed in Dubai after their parents are killed in a high-stakes crypto extortion…
Alex Reeve · 2 min
$500M in Suspicious Bittrex Transactions Found, Researcher Flags
Court-submitted financial records for the defunct crypto exchange Bittrex contain data points that a researcher says are statistically…
Alex Reeve · 4 min
New India Stablecoin: Polygon and Anq Develop Rupee-Backed ARC
India’s strategic entry into the global stablecoin race is marked by the development of ARC, a rupee-backed stablecoin…
Alex Reeve · 2 min
How to Do Real Crypto Due Diligence Before Buying a New Token (2025 Guide)
In a market flooded with hype and half-truths, real crypto due diligence is the only edge investors have…
Alex Reeve · 4 min
Balancer DeFi Hack: $128M Exploit Extends Across Chains
One of DeFi’s largest multi-chain breaches of 2025 exposes systemic vulnerabilities in Balancer’s V2 architecture.
Alex Reeve · 2 min
Another Crypto Tragedy: Thodex Founder Found Dead in Turkish Prison
Faruk Fatih Ozer, founder of the collapsed Thodex crypto exchange, was found dead on the morning of November…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
SBF Claims New Evidence Could Overturn FTX Fraud Verdict
The convicted founder of FTX is attempting to use the crypto bull run to challenge the FTX fraud…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
Buterin Issues Warning on the Limits of Blockchain Security
The Ethereum co-founder shared a post about blockchain security, reminding users that while a 51% attack cannot break…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
Trump Pardons CZ, Critics Cry Foul Now
The decision follows a reported $2 billion investment into Binance linked to a Trump-affiliated stablecoin, fueling sharp criticism…
Alex Reeve · 4 min
WazirX to Relaunch Trading with New 85% Recovery Plan
After a 16-month shutdown caused by a devastating hack, India’s largest crypto exchange is betting on a court-approved…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
Latest MELANIA Token Drama: Lawsuit Eyes Solana’s Meteora in Alleged $100M RICO Pump-and-Dump
A sweeping class-action lawsuit accuses Solana’s Meteora and Kelsier Ventures of orchestrating a $100 million memecoin pump-and-dump scheme…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
K9 Finance Relaunches Liquid Staking on Shibarium After Bridge Exploit
The key DeFi feature, liquid staking on Shibarium, is being restored with new security measures following a costly…
Alex Reeve · 2 min
Astra Nova $10M Meltdown: Crypto Now Asking: A Hack or A Rug Pull Disguised as One?
The Astra Nova $RVV token’s October 18 launch turned into a $10 million collapse, sparking a fierce debate…
Alex Reeve · 4 min
Europe’s New Crackdown Dismantles SIMCARTEL Behind 49 Million Fake Accounts
A cross-border sting has broken apart a sprawling SIMCARTEL that powered fake identities, market manipulation, and digital fraud…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
Trump Now Reportedly Considers Pardon for Binance Co-Founder CZ
A potential presidential pardon for Changpeng Zhao, the former Binance CEO, is reportedly under consideration in the White…
Alex Reeve · 4 min
Ukraine’s Crypto Star Kostya Kudo Dies in Latest Market Meltdown
The tragic death of prominent Ukrainian crypto influencer Konstantin Galish, found dead by suicide amidst a record market…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
$5B Bitcoin Exposed: Germany Missed Movie2K’s Hidden Crypto Fortune
Authorities missed 45,860 BTC during a 2024 seizure. The criminal treasury remains untouched on the public ledger.
Alex Reeve · 2 min
A New Predator Is Stalking Crypto’s Old Guard: Qubic’s Threat to Dogecoin
A new predator is stalking the crypto landscape—and its next target is Dogecoin. Qubic, an AI-focused blockchain project,…
Alex Reeve · 3 min
Monero’s Decentralization Tested: Kraken Responds to 51% Mining Pool Surge
Monero’s decentralization just got its toughest stress test yet. A single mining pool surged past the critical 51%…
Alex Reeve · 4 min
How AI-Fueled Crypto Scams Drove $12.4B in Fraud Losses
Artificial intelligence has become the primary engine for digital asset fraud. Scam losses reached $9.9 billion last year…
Alex Reeve · 3 min