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Alameda Research lost $190M to scams and ‘questionable’ blockchains: Whistleblower

FTX’s sister hedge fund, Alameda Research, lost at least $190 million of its trading funds due to arguably avoidable scams, according to a former engineer at the firm.In an Oct. 12 post to X titled “The Hacks,” former Alameda Research engineer turned whistleblower Aditya Baradwaj claims that the firm’s “breathtaking”

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Swyftx launches ‘Earn and Learn’ — paying Aussies to learn about crypto scams

Australian crypto exchange Swyftx is launching a new “Earn and Learn” crypto education platform, aimed at rewarding its users for completing courses covering an array of crypto scams. The new educational platform will launch on Sept. 6 and comes amid heightened attention over crypto-related scams in Australia. Swyftx’s head of corporate

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Crypto is in ‘arms race’ against AI-powered scams: Quantstamp co-founder

With the field of artificial intelligence evolving at near breakneck speed, scammers now have access to tools that can help them execute highly sophisticated attacks en masse, warns the co-founder of Web3 security firm Quantstamp.Speaking to Cryptox at Korea Blockchain Week, Quantstamp's Richard Ma explained that while social engineering attacks have

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Breaking victim ‘trust’ in scammer is key to beat crypto scams, exchanges say

Cryptocurrency exchanges in Australia have been increasingly communicating with their users as part of preventative measures for scams. According to local crypto firms, such communication is the key to preventing scams as it is able to “break trust” between victims and scammers.Executives at major Australian crypto firms like Cointree, CoinSpot

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Binance under scrutiny, increased enforcement amid growing scams, Pepe’s drama

This week, Binance takes the spotlight amid allegations of market manipulation and sanction violations. Meanwhile, regulators ramp up enforcement actions against a backdrop of crypto-related crimes — the latest involving Pepe Coin. Binance’s SEPA concerns Binance emerged as a focal point of attention this week, owing to a sequence of circumstances.  The official

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