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Binance Helps Indonesian Authorities Recover Funds in Crypto Fraud Bust

Crypto exchanges Binance and Tokocrypto collaborated with Indonesian law enforcement to crack down on a crypto scam, seizing $200,000 in stolen assets. “During the investigation, multiple individuals involved in managing…

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Cambodian Firm Receives $150K in Crypto From North Korean Hackers

A major payments firm in Cambodia, Huione Pay, received over $150,000 in cryptocurrency from a digital wallet used by the North Korean hacking group Lazarus, according to blockchain data reviewed…

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Chainalysis: $100 Billion in Illicit Crypto Funds Traced Since 2019

Crypto analytics firm Chainalysis has previewed an in-depth report on money laundering within the crypto space, providing insights into tracing illicit funds and advanced identification techniques. The firm discovered that…

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FBI Warns of Fake Firms Promising to Recover Lost Cryptocurrencies

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has alerted the public to “an emerging criminal tactic” targeting investors who have already fallen victim to cryptocurrency scams and seek to recover their…

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Binance Helps Btcturk With Hack Investigations — Freezes Over $5.3M in Stolen Funds

Turkish crypto exchange Btcturk has suffered a cyber attack which caused unauthorized withdrawals from the platform. Crypto exchange Binance is assisting Btcturk with investigating the breach and has already frozen…

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$333 Million in Bitcoin Vanished from FTX Days Before the Company Filed for Bankruptcy Protection

While it’s widely reported that hundreds of millions of dollars in Ethereum-based tokens were siphoned from the FTX wallet after the company filed for bankruptcy on Nov. 11, 2022, another…

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Harmony’s $100M Hack Was Due to a Compromised Multi-Sig Scheme, Says Analyst

On June 23, 2022, the Harmony development team announced that $100 million was siphoned from the Horizon bridge, and the organization explained it was working with national authorities and forensic…

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Chainalysis Study Shows ‘Criminal Whales’ Hold $25B in Digital Assets, Entities Represent 3.7% of All Crypto Whales

According to research published by Chainalysis, criminal entities hold more than $25 billion in cryptocurrencies. The blockchain intelligence firm’s study shows that there was a significant increase in crypto balances…

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British Court Orders Binance to Identify and Freeze Hackers’ Accounts After a User Claims Funds Stolen

A U.K. judge has reportedly ordered cryptocurrency exchange Binance to identify hackers and freeze their accounts after one of its users claimed to be the victim of a $2.6 million…

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