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Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic has released new findings that suggest a Russian-linked entity may be behind the high-profile hack of cryptocurrency exchange FTX. The revelation comes as part of an ongoing investigation into the theft of a staggering $477 million in various cryptocurrencies from the exchange. Funds moved during SBF’s court appearance Elliptic’s
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Social media app Stars Arena has recovered approximately 90% of the funds it lost after being exploited, according to an October 11 announcement from the team on X (formerly Twitter). The recovery occurred after four days of on-chain negotiations, blockchain data shows. The attacker was allowed to keep slightly more
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Caroline Ellison, the former romantic partner of embattled FTX founder Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried and former CEO of Alameda Research, has claimed in her courtroom testimony that SBF bribed Chinese officials for millions of dollars to unfreeze funds locked in local exchanges. In her Oct. 11 testimony, Ellison said there was $1 billion
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Ellison told the New York court that SBF ordered her to lie about the state of financial statements for Alameda Research to secure more loans against customers’ deposits at FTX. Details of how former crypto empire FTX and Alameda Research have emerged through the testimony from Caroline Ellison, former Sam Bankman-Fried’s
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Web3 social media platform Stars Arena says it has recovered nearly all of the crypto stolen from an Oct. 7 exploit — minus a 10% bounty to the person responsible.In an Oct. 11 X (Twitter) post, Stars Arena said around 90% of the 266,000 Avalanche (AVAX) exploited, at the time
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Caroline Ellison, on day six of United States v Bankman-Fried, testified that FTX’s founder continued to lie to the public while liquidity and assets dried up behind the scenes. The second week of Bankman-Fried’s fraud for fraud allegations set headlines ablaze as former Alameda Research boss Caroline Ellison accounts of “Sam
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Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT says Slope Wallet founder Leal Cheung created a new project immediately after the hack. Victims of Slope Wallet hack, which suffered a $4 million loss in August 2022, are “unlikely” to see anything returned given that the team behind the project took no responsibility. A well-known blockchain investigator ZachXBT
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As the conflict between Israel and Hamas escalates, the former CEO of Paxful calls on users to stay away from centralized crypto platforms. Ray Youssef, former CEO of Paxful, a peer-to-peer crypto platform, took to X to alarm users about the growing risks of being blocked on centralized exchanges. The regulators worldwide
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Galxe is making users whole by 110% if they lost funds in a recent hack, the firm announced on Oct. 10. “We want to express our deepest gratitude to those who are standing by us during this difficult time,” the company said.Users’ funds will be automatically returned on Oct. 16
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Former FTX CEO Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried watched from the defense table as his former business associate and girlfriend Caroline Ellison testified at his criminal trial.According to reports from the courtroom on Oct. 10, Ellison admitted to fraud during her time at Alameda at Bankman-Fried’s direction. The former Alameda CEO reportedly
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