06:28 2025-04-18
Report: Only 7 "Rug Pull" incidents have occurred in the crypto sector since 2025, losing nearly $6 billionAccording to a recent report by blockchain analytics platform DappRadar, there were 21 "Rug Pull" events at the beginning of 2024, compared to only seven since 2025, which means their frequency has decreased year by year. But since the beginning of 2025, the Web3 ecosystem has lost nearly $6 billion to such events, with 92% attributed to the collapse of Mantra's OM token (which the token's founder denies as "Rug Pull"). By comparison, the total loss from "Rug Pull" events during the same period ...
05:58 2025-04-18
2023 and 2024 Paraguayan cryptocurrency scams involving more than $4 billionAccording to Bitcoin.com, the head of the cybercrime unit of the Paraguayan National Police, Diosnel Alarcon, pointed out that in 2023 and 2024, cryptocurrency scams and Ponzi schemes transferred more than 4 billion dollars, and illegal intermediaries took advantage of investors' ignorance of cryptocurrencies to promote crime. They set up fake platforms as bait to add small profits to the victim's account, and the victim will know that they were defrauded months later. This figure includes the u...
05:55 2025-04-18
Manta Network founder exposes suspected Lazarus use of Zoom to launch phishing attacksKenny Li, co-founder of Manta Network, has revealed a highly sophisticated phishing attack. Attackers used footage of real team members on the phone in a Zoom video to try to trick them into downloading malicious software.
Li said the camera on the phone was turned on and the face was real, but he could not hear the sound. The system prompted him to update Zoom and download the script file, which raised his alarm. He believes the attack may have been launched by Lazarus, a North Korean state-bac...
05:34 2025-04-18
US media mogul files countersuit against Justin Sun in $78 million sculpture disputeAmerican filmmaker, record executive, and art collector David Geffen has filed a countersuit against Justin Sun, challenging his claims to a multi-million dollar sculpture.
On April 16, the US billionaire media mogul filed a countersuit against Sun, calling the Tron founder's lawsuit a "scam" and accusing him of "unethical and/or illegal business conduct."
Justin Sun sued Geffen in February, alleging that its statue was stolen by a former employee.
05:34 2025-04-18
MANTRA Lianchuang Launches Survey and Vote to Consult the Execution Method of Destroying Team TokensOn April 18, JP Mullin launched a Twitter poll to inquire about the execution method of destroying the tokens of the team, and said, "After announcing that all the tokens held by the team will be destroyed, we have received a lot of feedback from the community, investors and so on in the past few days. This decision is for the community. We will survey and vote to find out everyone's views and attitudes on how to implement this matter."
There are four options for voting, namely, immediate total ...
04:43 2025-04-18
Analysts: As tariffs dim economic outlook, Trump sees Powell as a scapegoatApril 18 news, CNN analyst Stephen Collinson said that Trump again lashed out at Federal Reserve Chairperson Jay Powell on Thursday, adding to the financial marekt and economic outlook that have been repeatedly hit by tariffs and trade war turmoil. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office...