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Onyx Protocol recently suffered a significant exploit, resulting in a loss of $3.8 million.
The hacker responsible for stealing $230 million from WazirX in July is close to finishing laundering the funds, with only $6 million left in Ethereum (ETH), according to the Arkham Intelligence chain.
Worldcoin has received negative attention in South Korea amid ongoing data breach concerns affecting several nations.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted as a result of a federal corruption investigation, making him the first mayor in the city’s history to be indicted during his tenure.
A new lawsuit alleges that the U.S. Department of Justice must set aside most of a $4.3 billion settlement with Binance for a fund for victims of state-sponsored terrorism.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed charges against TrueCoin and TrustToken for engaging in fraudulent and unregistered sales of investment contracts tied to the TrueUSD (TUSD) stablecoin.
Following new regulations on crypto mining in Russia, Dagestan authorities have uncovered numerous illegal mining operations, prompting the regional prime minister to call for increased law enforcement efforts against these illicit activities amid rising electricity consumption.