Security Ex-CEO Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Investors With ‘Cherry-Picking’ Scheme Involving Crypto Futures Contracts October 13, 2023 0 The former CEO of an investment firm marketed as offering algorithmic trading strategies involving crypto futures contracts is pleading guilty... Read more
Security Ex-Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison Says Sam Bankman-Fried Directed Her To Commit Crimes As Trial Enters Week Two October 12, 2023 0 Former Alameda Research chief executive Caroline Ellison says former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried directed her to commit fraud. Ellison said... Read more
Security Caroline Ellison Says Alameda Paid Massive Bribe to Chinese Officials To Unfreeze $1,000,000,000: Report October 11, 2023 0 Caroline Ellison, close confidant of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, says that the exchange’s trading arm Alameda Research paid a... Read more
Security FTX’s ‘Insurance Fund’ Was an Arbitrary, Made-Up Number, According to Co-Founder Gary Wang: Report October 10, 2023 0 What FTX listed as its “Insurance Fund” was actually a fake amount calculated with the help of a random number... Read more
Security $7,000,000,000 in Illicit or High-Risk Funds Laundered Through Cross-Chain Protocols: Crypto Analytics Firm October 10, 2023 0 Blockchain research firm Elliptic says the amount of funds laundered through cross-chain and cross-asset services reached a ten-figure sum in... Read more
Security Allegations of running pump and dump schemes surface against former head of OpenSea Ventures October 8, 2023 0 Grave allegations of involvement in pump and dump schemes are gathering steam against the former head of OpenSea Ventures, Kevin... Read more
Security Avalanche (AVAX)-Based Social Finance Platform Suffers $2,900,000 Exploit: Peckshield October 8, 2023 0 A social finance (SocialFi) platform built on Avalanche (AVAX) has suffered losses after bad actors targeted a smart contract vulnerability. ... Read more
Security Alameda Tapped Billions of Dollars in FTX User Funds As Early as 2019, Says Co-Founder Gary Wang: Report October 8, 2023 0 The co-founder of bankrupt digital asset exchange FTX says that its sister firm Alameda had been using billions of dollars... Read more
Security Crypto Hacker Strikes Web3 Platform Galxe With Domain Attack, Appears To Have Stolen Around $200,000 October 7, 2023 0 A hacker hit web3 platform Galxe (GAL) with a domain attack on Friday morning and appears to have made off... Read more
Security DOJ Seeks To Seize Two Luxury Jets Allegedly Owned by Sam Bankman-Fried As FTX Trial Enters Third Day October 5, 2023 0 The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is looking to seize two luxury jets that are allegedly owned by former FTX... Read more