FBI seizes $100K in NFTs from scammer following ZachXBT investigation
The seized property included a Bored Ape Yacht Club and Doodles NFT, 85.6 Ether and a flashy Audemars Piguet watch which ultimately helped ZachXBT identify the alleged scammer.
Auto Added by WPeMatico
3Commas API leak victims demand refunds and apology for ‘gaslighting’
3Commas finally admitted there was an API leak, after months of refuting community reports that it had occurred. Users were not happy about being "gaslighted."
Onchain Sleuths Discover Funds Linked to Alameda Swapped for ETH, USDT, BTC by a Mysterious Entity
On Dec. 27, 2022, a number of onchain researchers noticed that funds connected to Alameda Research and FTX have moved and have been swapped for other tokens. Reports show the…
$1.7M in Quadrigacx Bitcoins Move, Court Trustee EY Says Transfers Were ‘Unauthorized’
On Dec. 19, the Twitter account Zachxbt revealed he discovered five cold wallets from the now-defunct Quadrigacx crypto exchange move 104 bitcoin. The following day, ‘big four’ accountancy firm EY,…
Crypto sleuth debunks 3 biggest misconceptions about the FTX hack
Blockchain detective ZachXBT has provided evidence refuting recent speculation about the identity of the FTX hacker and their supposed memecoin activity.
Phishing scammer Monkey Drainer has pilfered as much as $1M in Ethereum
Four addresses have been flagged relating to Monkey Drainer, including the monkey-drainer.eth address, with Chainabuse showing a long list of reported victims relating to these accounts.
French police use Twitter crypto sleuth’s research to catch scammers
The alleged fraudsters built a BAYC and MAYC NFT focused website that masqueraded as a service to animate the apes but instead phished victims details to steal their NFTs.
‘I’ve done nothing wrong’ — Lark Davis denies ‘pump-and-dump’ allegations
Davis claimed he received nothing for free from the projects it's alleged he profited from, and the amounts he sold weren’t enough to “dump the price.”
Defi Attacker Siphons $570,000 From Curve Finance, Crypto Exchange Fixedfloat Freezes 112 Ethereum
Reports indicate that the decentralized finance (defi) protocol Curve was hacked for $570,000 in ethereum after people noticed that Curve’s front end was exploited. The attackers then tried to launder…
High-profile BAYC collector denies allegations of wrongdoing brought by DeFi detective
At the time of publication, it is not clear how the DeFi detective allegedly connected wallets with questionable activities to Jeff Huang.