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BitMEX was probably conducting an internal transfer because it is migrating most of its bitcoin holdings from the 3BMEX format to addresses with format bc1qmex, the firm said. There are also Bitcoin addresses that start with “bc1q” that support SegWit, a type of bitcoin transaction, natively, allowing more efficient transactions
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An mysterious wallet surfaced from the shadows and masterminded a significant transfer of 17,895,970 MATIC—which translates to a staggering 14,789,937 USD—directly into
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A $144 million Bitcoin transaction has been uncovered linked to the defunct Abraxas darknet market, which shut down in 2015. Blockchain analyst ZachXBT has uncovered a mysterious transaction involving 4,800 BTC, equivalent to roughly $144 million. The wallet in question has been linked to the Abraxas darknet market, an underground
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The reason for the surprise was that the average sale price for CrypToadz is typically under $1,000, making the sudden hundredfold increase in value in a short period of time seem questionable to experts. On October 9th, an anonymous crypto user bought a CrypToadz NFT on the popular NFT marketplace OpenSea
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A mysterious Bitcoin wallet has surged up the ranks to become the third largest holder Bitcoin (BTC) in the world in just over three months, with the timing sparking some wild theories about its owner.According to data from crypto statistics platform BitInfoCharts, the wallet address first received Bitcoin on March
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The multi-million dollar exploit of cross-chain bridge protocol Multichain could have been an internal rug pull, according to blockchain security and analytics firm Chainalysis.“On July 6, 2023, cross-chain bridge protocol Multichain experienced unusually large, unauthorized withdrawals in what appears to be a hack or rug pull by insiders,” the firm
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Worldcoin is the cause of a slew of Safe deployments to the Optimism (OP) network over the past week, according to a June 27 social media post from Tiago Sada, head of product for Worldcoin developer Tools for Humanity. The deployments had caused a stir on Twitter, as users wondered
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Above all, many have questioned whether Prometheum has been accurate in presenting itself as a fully regulated crypto exchange, a claim that supports the SEC’s ongoing enforcement agenda. Despite this self-characterization, Prometheum is not currently operational, and there are major unanswered questions about its path forward. Source
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Attacker behind a fake HitBTC website might have stolen $15M worth of crypto from multiple scams and phishing attacks Source
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An unknown person or group may be collecting the IP addresses of Bitcoin (BTC) users and linking them to their BTC addresses, violating the privacy of these users, according to a blog post from pseudonymous Bitcoin app developer 0xB10C. The entity has been active since March 2018, and its IP
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