French authorities have reportedly rescued the co-founder of hardware wallet firm Ledger and his wife after they were kidnapped and held for ransom. According to a new article by The New York Times, Dave Balland and his wife were abducted from their home in France earlier this week by bad actors who then contacted another […]
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A terrifying new crypto scam leaves users trapped in wallets they thought were free money—only to watch their crypto vanish into the hands of scammers. The ‘Free Money’ Crypto Trap—How Fake Wallets Are Draining Crypto Kaspersky, a global cybersecurity and anti-virus company, detailed a new crypto scam in a blog post published on Monday where […]
An ancient Bitcoin wallet suddenly sprung to life this week and moved more than $257 million worth of BTC after 11 years of slumber. The crypto tracker Lookonchain first spotted the unknown address, which moved 2,700 BTC to another wallet on Tuesday. The long-dormant wallet received the trove of BTC in December 2013, when the […]
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A long-dormant Bitcoin whale suddenly moved more than $35 million worth of BTC after sitting on it for nearly 12.5 years. The crypto tracker Whale Alert notes the unknown address moved 400 BTC worth $35.84 million to another unknown wallet on Sunday. The wallet received 400 BTC in June 2012 and didn’t touch it until […]
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Bitget Wallet’s Telegram Mini App, Bitget Wallet Lite mini, has attracted more than six million users in just three days after its soft launch.
Bitget Wallet, a self-custodial cryptocurrency wallet operated by Bitget exchange, is gaining popularity on Telegram, where its Mini App attracted millions of users within days of launch.
On Oct. 31, Bitget Wallet announced the official launch of Bitget Wallet Lite, a multichain wallet integrated into Telegram, allowing users to buy, store and send crypto within the app.
The official launch comes three days after the Bitget Wallet Lite’s soft launch on Oct. 28, with six million users joining the Mini App on Telegram since.
A hacker plundered $20 million worth of crypto from a wallet affiliated with the US government, according to the digital asset deanonymizing platform Arkham. Arkham notes the exploiter stole the crypto from a government address affiliated with funds seized from hackers who hit the exchange Bitfinex in 2016. The government address hacker stole $20 million […]
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A United States appeals court said a district court was right to toss Ali Sedaghatpour’s lawsuit claiming that his insurer, Lemonade Insurance, should cover him for a crypto scam loss.
A homeowner’s attempt to sue his insurer for failing to cover his $170,000 loss to a crypto scam was rejected by a United States appeals court, with a three-judge panel ruling there had been no error in dismissing his case.
The Fourth Circuit Appeals Court ruled on Oct. 24 that a Virginia District Court judge was correct in ruling that Ali Sedaghatpour had no breach of contract claim against Lemonade Insurance because his homeowner’s policy only covered “direct physical loss” of property.
Sedaghatpour sued Lemonade Insurance in 2022, claiming the insurer should have covered him under the policy for $170,000 in crypto stolen from him in a scam.
A UK man is reportedly suing his city council for hundreds of millions of dollars for not allowing him to dig up his old hard drive containing Bitcoin (BTC) from a landfill. According to a new report by WalesOnline, James Howells has filed a $647 million lawsuit against the City Council of Newport for blocking […]
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The malicious wallet-draining app marked “the first time drainers exclusively targeted mobile users,” says Check Point Research.
IT security firm Check Point Research has uncovered a crypto wallet drainer that used “advanced evasion techniques” on the Google Play store to steal over $70,000 in five months.
The malicious app disguised itself as the WalletConnect protocol, a well-known app in the crypto space that can link a variety of crypto wallets to decentralized finance (DeFi) applications.
The company said in a Sept. 26 blog post that it marks “the first time drainers exclusively targeted mobile users.”
A fake crypto wallet application on the Google Play Store has reportedly stolen tens of thousands of dollars worth of crypto assets from unsuspecting customers after seeing 10,000 downloads. According to a new report from cybersecurity firm Checkpoint Research (CPR), a malicious wallet drainer on Google Play stole $70,000 worth of digital assets from users […]
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