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The Sui community has voted to unlock over $160 million in frozen assets following a major exploit of Cetus, a leading decentralized finance protocol on the network. In a May 29 post on X, Sui (SUI) confirmed that validators representing…
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Nearly $58 million in USDC has been frozen in connection with the LIBRA memecoin scandal, deepening the legal and political fallout from one of this year’s biggest crypto scandals. On May 29, blockchain analytics firm Arkham reported that Circle, the…
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The Sui Foundation has stepped in with a secured loan to help decentralized exchange Cetus fully compensate users affected by a recent $223 million exploit. In a statement posted on X on May 27, the foundation said the loan will…
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Cetus, the main decentralized exchange and liquidity protocol on Sui, has announced a $5 million reward for information that identifies the hacker in the $223 million hack that happened on May 22, 2025. The Cetus team said in an update…
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Cetus Protocol, the largest decentralized exchange on the Sui blockchain, is offering a $6 million bounty to the hacker behind a massive $223 million exploit that occurred on May 22. In a May 22 follow-up statement accompanied by an on-chain…
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Australian authorities have seized more than $4.5 million in assets from a Queensland man, who was linked to the 2013 theft of 950 BTC from a French crypto exchange. In a May 18 statement, AFP-led Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce said…
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Bitcoin
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12 more individuals have been charged in a RICO crypto theft case that allegedly netted over $263 million. A four-count superseding indictment unsealed this week in the U.S. District Court have added twelve new defendants to the RICO (Racketeer Influenced…
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Bitcoin
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An elderly American has been identified as the victim of a $330.7 million Bitcoin theft—one of the largest crypto heists on record—according to blockchain investigator ZachXBT. The attack, which occurred on April 28, involved the theft of 3,520 BTC through…
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ZKSync has recovered over $5 million worth of tokens after a hacker accepted a 10% bounty in exchange for returning 90% of the stolen assets. On Apr. 23, ZKSync announced on X that the hacker had cooperated and returned the…
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Ethereum
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The hacker behind KiloEx’s recent $7.4 million exploit has returned $1.4 million worth of USDT following days of silence. The update was shared by blockchain security firm PeckShield in an Apr. 18 post on X, confirming that funds linked to…
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BNB
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The zkLend exploiter lost all 2,930 ETH in a phishing scam while trying to launder the stolen money using what they thought was Tornado Cash. According to a Mar. 31 post on X by Consensys-backed De.Fi Antivirus Web3, the attacker…
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To improve security in the cryptocurrency sector, Coinbase Institutional has made its multi-party computation cryptography library publicly available. MPC technology lowers the risk of theft or illegal access by allowing multiple parties to sign transactions without disclosing their private keys.…
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North Korea’s Lazarus Group continues its crypto laundering operations, moving illicit funds while deploying new malware to target developers and steal digital assets. On Mar. 13, blockchain security firm CertiK detected a deposit of 400 Ethereum (ETH), worth around $750,000,…
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North Korea’s Lazarus Group has reportedly laundered all the 499,000 ETH, roughly $1.39 billion, stolen from the Bybit hack in just 10 days. According to a Mar. 4 post on X by on-chain analyst EmberCN, who has been tracking the…
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The hacker behind the $1.4 billion Bybit exploit has already laundered more than 50% of the stolen Ethereum, primarily using THORChain to swap ETH for Bitcoin. According to blockchain analytics firm Spot On Chain’s Feb. 28 post on X, the…
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Crypto-focused neobank Infini has reportedly suffered a $49.5 million exploit, with stolen funds being swapped to DAI and used to purchase ETH. CertiK first flagged suspicious activity on Feb. 24 at 3:18 am UTC, noting unauthorized transfers from an Infini-related…
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