20 Rug Pulls in 8 Days: Avoid Assets Created by This Wallet

Series of rug pulls continues as only one address generated $150,000 worth of scams

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KuCoin confirms an exchange user is behind alleged daily rug pulls

A community member identified a wallet address that allegedly launched several memecoin rug pulls daily for almost two years.

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Soulja Boy Has Reportedly Been Cranking Out Promotions for Scam NFT Projects

Research done by internet sleuth ZachXBT indicates that the "Crank That" rapper has promoted dozens of NFT projects on social media, some of which turned out to be rug pulls.

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Celebrity marketer Raichu accused of over 50 NFT scams

Celebrity marketer Raichu, who has collaborated with several celebrities and influencers, has been accused of participating in numerous rug pulls and pump-and-dump operations. 

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$119M in Stolen Crypto So Far in 2023, NFT Rug Pulls on the Rise: Crystal Blockchain

DeFi protocols have been hackers’ favorite targets since 2021. Now they’re preying on NFT projects too, a blockchain intelligence firm says.

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Arbitrum DEX ArbiSwap Rug Pulls Users for Over $100K

The relatively new trading service picked up hype among crypto traders in the past few weeks.

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Don Holland filed a lawsuit against Logan Paul and CryptoZoo

Plaintiff Don Holland, as of recent reports, has accused CryptoZoo and Logan Paul of rug pulls. Attorney Paul also made the same comments while adding to the list of those facing the accusations.

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SEC Commissioner Reminds Industry Experts “What Crypto Is Really About” As Market Rebounds

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Rug pulls: uncovering crypto fraud

How does a crypto rug pull fraud look like? The three main types of rug pulls in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Expert tips on how to avoid falling victim to rug pull fraud. Do you know that a minor rug pull can lead you to bankruptcy? Now, you must be thinking what exactly is rug pull? […] The post Rug pulls: uncovering crypto fraud appeared first on CoinJournal.

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Crypto industry leaders ‘scared of a strong SEC’ — Senator Warren

Senator Elizabeth Warren claims the Trump Administration “gave a green light” to a cryptocurrency market full of junk tokens, rug pulls and Ponzi schemes.

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Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin Ends Penultimate Week of (Awful) 2022 on Quiet Note

A year of steep declines in crypto markets brought another unwanted element – a dramatic increase in scams including “rug pulls.”

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Crypto Market’s Near-Apocalypse in 2022 Turns Zombie Tokens Into Dead Coins

The number of cryptocurrencies has dropped by about 1,000 since early 2022, the biggest-ever decline in the 13-year-old crypto industry’s volatile history, according to Statista. Analysts say project failures could be associated with no buyers or rug pulls.

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Research: $3.5bn lost to crypto scams in 2022

Crypto investors have lost almost $3.5bn to crypto scams and rug pulls in 2022 alone. According to a research report released by Privacy Affairs, the FTX collapse constitutes more than half of the figure. 2022: a year to forget for…

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Over 95% of tokens launched on Uniswap are scams – Research

About 97% of the crypto projects launched on Uniswap are rug pulls, according to a recent study titled “Do Not Rug On Me: Zero-Dimensional Scam Detection .” The study undertaken by  Bruno Mazorra, Victor Adan, and Vanesa Daza suggests that the simplicity of Uniswap and its lack of regulation makes it easy for scammers to list […] The post Over 95% of tokens launched on Uniswap are scams – Research appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Solidus Labs: BNB Chain Tops List of Crypto Scams and Rug Pulls

A recent investigation by Solidus Labs showed that crypto scams are more prevalent in the BNB Chain.

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Most Crypto Scams on BNB Chain, Solidus Labs Says

Crypto risk monitoring platform says it has flagged nearly 200,000 crypto rug pulls and decentralized finance scams since August 2020.

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SQUID Ranks as One of the Biggest Crypto Rug Pulls

The SQUID token is set to make a comeback one year after its developers made off with a major rug-pull in 2021, according to some investors. The post SQUID Ranks as One of the Biggest Crypto Rug Pulls appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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DeFi Apps display their soft underbelly - October 2022 is the biggest month for Crypto hacks ever

Decentralized Finance protocols are harder to run than they look. There are multiple points of failure for platforms including smart contract exploits, flash loan attacks, and rug pulls by anonymous employees.

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CNN Pulls the Plug – Or Should That Be Rug? – On Its NFT Marketplace

CNN has announced it will be shutting down the NFT marketplace it launched last summer leading to accusations of a rug pull. The post CNN Pulls the Plug – Or Should That Be Rug? – On Its NFT Marketplace appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Bitcoin price skirts $19.3K amid fear over ‘mother of all rug pulls’

Volatility has yet to make an appearance on hourly timeframes as the clock ticks down to the September close.

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Pandas, cyborgs, dogs, koalas dominate BNB Chain Red Alarm flag list

BNB Chain’s Red Alert system flags projects based on obvious features that have been historically used in scams, rug pulls and phishing.

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Meme Coin Teddy Doge 'Soft' Rug Pulls $4.5M Worth of Tokens, PeckShield Says

Prices of the Dogecoin-inspired fell some 99.7% in the past 24 hours.

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BNB Chain launches DApp platform with 'Red Alarm' to warn users about scams

DappBay's Red Alarm is a contract risk scanning tool that helps users identify high-risk projects to avoid rug pulls and frauds.

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Floyd Mayweather sums up everything that is wrong with crypto

Mayweather has connections to multiple rug pulls and scams The superstar boxer has purged… The post Floyd Mayweather sums up everything that is wrong with crypto appeared first on CoinJournal.

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OceanONDA V4 Is Now Live With Data NFTs, Solving Rug Pulls

Ocean Protocol, the open-source, decentralized data exchange protocol to unlock data for AI, announces the launch of OceanONDA V4. The upgrade caters to data publishers, data consumers, and data marketplace operators with data NFTs for more flexible data management, one-sided staking to solve rug pulls, and better monetization via fee setting.

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Coinbase Rug Pulls Jobseekers With Accepted Offers

Crypto exchange Coinbase has confirmed that it has suspended all hiring and has even gone as far as to rescind accepted job offers, leaving its would-be employees high and dry. The post Coinbase Rug Pulls Jobseekers With Accepted Offers appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Tron's [TRX] possible price recovery and how its closing in on BSC in terms of TVL

There is no gainsaying in denying the fact that this has not been a really good year for Decentralised Finance protocols (DeFi). Rug pulls, scams, hacks, exploits and failures of some of these protocoThe post Tron's [TRX] possible price recovery and how its closing in on BSC in terms of TVL appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Three Hacks in a week- DeFi applications display their soft underbelly

Decentralized Finance protocols are harder to run than they look. There are multiple points of failure for platforms including smart contract exploits, flash loan attacks, and rug pulls by anonymous employees.

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Zachxbt levies rug pull allegations against 4 Croatians connected to 9 NFT scams

In a new Twitter thread, blockchain detective Zachxbt has revealed the identities of four people allegedly connected to various Non-fungible token (NFT) rug pulls. The post Zachxbt levies rug pull allegations against 4 Croatians connected to 9 NFT scams appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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New York Prosecutors Present Clear Legal Framework Related To Crypto Crimes

New York State Senator Kevin Thomas, has proposed a bill that seeks to criminalize illegal crypto rug pulls. The lawmakers of New York state seemed to have been rubbed off the wrong way as it has been passing stringent signals to the crypto industry.

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NY Sen. Kevin Thomas Proposes To Criminalize Rug Pulls And Other Offences Relating To Crypto Frauds

New York State Senator Kevin Thomas has introduced a new amendment bill that seeks to clear the air around various types of crypto fraud in a bid to help prosecutors navigate fraud cases in crypto. The bill, Senate Bill Number S8839 seeks to amend the penal law by establishing certain offenses relating to crypto fraud. […]

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NY Sen. Thomas proposes to criminalize rug pulls and other crypto frauds

State Senator Kevin Thomas seeks to provide prosecutors with a clear legal framework against crypto crimes that align with the spirit of the blockchain while combatting fraud.

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The End of NFT Rug Pulls?

The ERC-721R standard guarantees refunds for non-fungible tokens, offering greater security for buyers and legitimacy for creators. But risks remain for both sides.

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DOJ cracks down on ‘rug pulls,’ charging Frosties NFT project founders

“You can’t solicit funds for a business opportunity, abandon that business and abscond with money investors provided you,” stressed IRS-CI special agent-in-charge Thomas Fattorusso.

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NeoNexus Pulls Rug from under Investors

NeoNexus is a Metaverse project that has had the good luck of raising over 25,000 SOL during its time, but its founder suddenly pulled the wrong from under investors. NeoNexus: What’s happening? Imagine you invested in an up-and-coming Metaverse project with considerable traction and hype around it just to find out that the team behind […] The post NeoNexus Pulls Rug from under Investors appeared first on NFT News Today.

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Ukraine Rug Pulls the Airdrop

An historic crypto airdrop by the Ukrainian government has been cancelled hours after the snapshot was due. “After careful consideration we decided to cancel airdrop,” Mykhailo Fedorov, the Vice Prime...

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How Lithium Ventures Leverages Overallocation For Improved Returns

The cryptocurrency space is growing at a rapid pace and keeping tabs on all the projects being launched could be a challenge for most investors. Most importantly, the crypto market has witnessed explosive growth in the number of scams and rug pulls.

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DeFi Space Flooded by Rug Pulls: What You Should Know to Protect Your Crypto

Never a dull day in crypto: in February, dozens of DeFi projects were rug pulled with millions of investors' money stolen. What does this mean? And how do you avoid this sort of scam?

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Avalanche-based protocol reportedly rug-pulled within hours of launch

Scams, rug pulls, hacks and exploits are all regular occurrences in the cryptocurrency industry, owing mostly to its anonymous, decentralized nature. Even though many verifications and registration reThe post Avalanche-based protocol reportedly rug-pulled within hours of launch appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Titano Finance DeFi Rug Pulled, TITANO Drops 80% in 10 Minutes

After a series of white- and black-hat hacks of DeFi infrastructure, the time has come for rug pulls

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NFT Community Tracks Down Supposed NFT Rug ‘Squiggles’, OpenSea Pulls Listings

The crypto community is known to be particularly sleuth-y, and the NFT loyalists within that community are no exception. Throughout recent days, some detail-oriented individuals spotted some suspect behavior out of a new NFT project, ‘Squiggles.

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UAE to impose jail time, high fines on those promoting rogue cryptos and scams

Crypto scams, rug pulls and other such cybercriminal activities have continued to act as a major bane for the cryptocurrency industry that is still striving for mainstream acceptance. In just the prevThe post UAE to impose jail time, high fines on those promoting rogue cryptos and scams appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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$7.7 billion lost to crypto-scams, but how serious have rug pulls been

The meteoric rise in crypto-adoption over the past few years has led the world to take notice of this ever-expanding industry. However, this has also contributed to the growing number of crypto-scams.

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Rug pulls pushed this year’s crypto scam revenue over $7.7 billion, Chainalysis finds

Scams again emerged as the dominant form of cryptocurrency-based crime by transaction volume, a preview of Chainalysis’ Crypto Crime Report revealed. The post Rug pulls pushed this year’s crypto scam revenue over $7.

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Relying On Data Analytics Can Help You Avoid Rug Pulls And Scams

A sizable portion of this world’s population has grown to love trading, buying and selling with all kinds of cryptocurrency assets as well as NFTs. This makes sense too as after all, who wouldn’t want to be a part of one of the fastest-growing industries of all time and earn a lot of money while doing so? However, with such popularity also comes the risk of investing in certain cryptocurrency projects which may turn out to be disingenuous and fraudulent.

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Now fixed, Solana Protocol Library bug, had potential to expose $2.6 billion to risk of theft

Rug pulls and network exploits have dominated much of the buzz within the cryptocurrency industry, and for good reason. DeFi applications have now lost over $2 billion in total owing to such hacks.

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Now fixed, Solana Protocol Library bug had potential to expose $2.6 billion to risk of theft

Rug pulls and network exploits have dominated much of the buzz within the cryptocurrency industry, and for good reason. DeFi applications have now lost over $2 billion in total owing to such hacks.

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Insure Your Cryptocurrency Against Scams and Fraud with inSure DeFi

With the nature of cryptocurrency markets, there’s no way to stop scams and rug pulls. For many new crypto enthusiasts, one of their first experiences will be losing their cryptocurrency to a scam project.

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3 Awesome Meme Coins You Probably Haven’t Heard Of

With the absurdly high amount of different meme coin projects on the market, it’s hard to find decent tokens that aren’t complete scams, pump and dumps, or straight up “rug pulls.

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