According to blockchain data analytics firm Bubblemaps, by analyzing cross-chain transfer records and time patterns, it is confirmed that the recently disputed project Libra and the previous Melania token are operated by the same team. According to on-chain data, Address 0xcEA not only participated in the creation of Melania tokens, but also provided financial support for DEfcyK, the creator of Libra tokens. The address conducted "rush" transactions on Libra tokens through multiple associated wa...
According to blockchain data platform Bubblemaps, the team behind LIBRA has earned $87 million by removing USDC and SOL from the liquidity pool. It is reported that 82% of the LIBRA tokens suspected to have been issued by the President of Argentina are in the hands of a suspicious entity.
According to blockchain security firm SlowMist on the X platform, fraudsters are using fake Cloudflare verification pages to induce users to execute malicious code. In addition, a scam called "Safeguard" has appeared on Telegram, and users need to be vigilant. SlowMist advises users to install trusted antivirus software such as AVG, Bitdefender or Kaspersky to enhance security protection.
On November 29th, according to blockchain infrastructure company Parity Technologies, Elastic Scaling, known as the last piece of the Polka 2.0 puzzle, is currently undergoing early testing on the Kusama network. The official version of Polka 2.0 is expected to go live in Quarter 1 in 2025, bringing more flexible and efficient scaling capabilities to the ecosystem. It is reported that Elastic Scaling is a key feature of Polkadot 2.0, which allows a single parallel chain to use multiple cores to ...
According to data disclosed by the Blockchain Association, since Gary Gensler became the chairperson of the SEC, the US crypto industry has spent more than $400 million in response to the agency's enforcement actions. During this period, the Securities Exchange Commission has filed lawsuits against some large crypto companies, including Coinbase, Kraken, etc. It is reported that the figure of $400 million is based on self-reports by members of the Blockchain Association, which reflects the huge ...
According to Blockchain Analytics, even though Tesla moved all the funds into unidentified wallets on October 15, the company may still have its entire bitcoin reserves worth $780 million. Arkham data shows that these wallets have not moved any bitcoin funds since October 15. Although it is not clear why Tesla made the transfer, Arkham pointed out that some observers have speculated that the funds may be being transferred to custodians, which could be...
According to the monitoring of blockchain security audit firm Beosin Alert, the DeltaPrime project administrator is suspected of private key leakage, and multiple key contracts are maliciously upgraded, resulting in the theft of about 5.90 million US dollars in assets. According to the analysis of the Beosin security team, the root cause of this abnormal behavior is that the interest calculation contracts of multiple lending pools in the project were modified to malicious attack contracts, resul...
According to a new report from blockchain security firm Blockaid, the notorious crypto-phishing toolkit AngelDrainer is back, this time with a new and improved version called AngelX that has deployed hundreds of malicious applications. Blockaid said on September 4 that the new AngelX system had deployed 300 malicious decentralized applications (DApps) designed to steal crypto users' digital assets.
On August 20th, according to Unchained, according to blockchain analysis firm CryptoQuant data, the price of BTC fell by more than 8.2% after the halving, from $63,825.87 on April 19 to $58,530.13. In all past halving years, the dollar value of Bitcoin has risen in the following four months. In 2020, the price of BTC rose by about 21.4% in the four months following the halving, from $8,566.77 to $10,402.66. In 2016, the price of BTC rose by 11.12% over the same period, from $638.19 to $720.97. L...
According to the monitoring of the blockchain security audit company Beosin Alert, the Ronin Bridge project has an abnormal behavior of extracting cross-chain assets. According to the analysis of the Beosin security team, the root cause of this abnormal behavior is that when the project party upgrades the contract, it does not normally initialize the operator weight required for cross-chain transaction confirmation, resulting in the minimumVoteWeight parameter in the contract being zero, allowin...
According to the monitoring of the blockchain security audit company Beosin Alert, in July 2024, the amount of losses of various security incidents increased significantly compared with June. In July 2024, more than "20" security incidents occurred, and the total loss caused by hacking, phishing fraud and Rug Pull reached 286 million US dollars, an increase of about 56.3% compared with June. Among them, the attack incident was about 271 million US dollars, an increase of about 92.2%; the phishin...
According to blockchain analytics platform Arkham data, about three hours ago, an address possibly associated with the Ethereum Foundation transferred more than 92,000 ETH, worth about $290 million, after being dormant for seven years. The tokens have been stored at the same address since 2017. Etherscan data shows that as of press time, funds have not been transferred from the collection address, and it is unclear whether these fund transfers are the responsibility of the Ethereum Foundation.
The notorious crypto-phishing app Angel Drainer shut down after it may have been identified, according to a report published July 16 by blockchain security firm Match Systems. On February 5, blockchain security firm Blockaid reported that phishing scammers used Angel Drainer to steal more than $25 million from 35,000 individual crypto users. On July 16 at around 4 PM (UTC), Match Systems announced on X that it had made progress on "Angel Drainer member de-anonymization," meaning that it had disc...
The notorious crypto-phishing app Angel Drainer has been shut down by its developers after it may have been identified, according to a report published July 16 by blockchain security firm Match Systems. Security analysts have previously blamed Angel Drainer for more than $25 million in cryptocurrency losses due to phishing scams.
According to a recent report by blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs, the amount of cryptocurrency (based on the dollar value of the token) stolen by hackers in the first half of 2024 was more than double that of the same period in 2023. The five largest hacks so far this year accounted for 70% of the total amount stolen. Notable incidents include the theft of more than 4,500 BTC worth more than $300 million from Japanese exchange DMM Bitcoin in May, possibly due to stolen private keys or addre...