2020-10-16 18:00 |
With DeFi scams multiplying by the day, industry stakeholders urge investors to prioritize due diligence before investing in any project.
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DEX aggregator and cross-chain asset management platform DeFiYield recently unveiled a database of exploits, hacks, and scams related to decentralized finance. About $1. 7 billion has been lost to DeFi scams in the past five years.
2021-9-2 17:45 | |
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Mike Novogratz, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Galaxy Digital Investments said all the scams and get-rich-fast schemes in decentralized finance (DeFi) give the cryptocurrency industry a bad name.
2020-9-30 16:22 | |
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What was intended to be a joke by one of the crypto and DeFi community’s prominent members has turned sour, attracting a great deal of backlash on social media. By its decentralized nature, the Uniswap DEX allows any token to be listed, which often includes fake replications of existing tokens, scams, Ponzis, and in this […] The post DeFi Jest Token FEW Flies Over the Heads of Community appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2020-9-23 10:38 | |
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The crypto market bulls have rallied significantly in the past month as speculation overtook fundamentals or what would have otherwise been a fair price valuation for crypto assets. This was majorly fueled by the growth of Decentralized Finance (DeFi), a niche that skeptics are now comparing to the 2017 ICO boom.
2020-9-21 13:48 | |
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A new liquidity mining pool DeFi project, Yfdexf. Finance has exited the market after defrauding investors of $20 million in total funds locked in its protocol. Yfdexf conducted a two days major advertising campaign on different platforms, including Twitter and Telegram, with promised giveaways for retweets and hashtags.
2020-9-10 11:26 | |
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Self-proclaimed Satoshi, Craig Wright, is back in the headlines, and this time, he’s taking a jab at the increasingly popular DeFi schemes and Stablecoins that have taken the crypto market by storm. During the Reimagine 2020 virtual conference hosted by Patrick MacLain on Saturday, Craig had a few tough words to describe DeFi schemes and […]
2020-9-1 23:34 | |
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The decentralized finance (DeFi) craze is far from over, even after weeks of copy-cat projects and a number of unfortunate “rug pulls” (scams). The post Ethereum DeFi craze continues with SushiSwap: $250 million locked in an unaudited contract again appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2020-8-31 23:56 | |
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Over the past few months, the crypto world has taken off with a helping hand from the DeFi market. The yield farming craze has seen blockchains like Compound, Balancer, etc. take off in a massive way, as investors chase the crazy annual yields these DeFi platforms offer.
2020-8-4 20:54 | |
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DeFi is the talk of the town in the crypto landscape these days, and DeFi exit scams aren’t too far behind. Only a Matter of Time? DeFi, the new “in” thing within the cryptocurrency industry has witnessed unprecedented growth since its baby steps earlier this year.
2020-8-4 19:00 | |
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Google has taken legal action against a group of individuals it accuses of defrauding over 100,000 people globally by distributing counterfeit crypto apps through its Google Play store, CNBC reported.
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On Thursday, March 28, a hack occurred on Prisma Finance, a decentralized lending protocol on the Ethereum network. The exploiter carted away about 3,257. 7 ETH (equivalent to $11. 6 million) via a flash loan attack on the protocol.
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has released its 2023 report, revealing a significant rise in crypto-related fraud and the use of digital assets in cybercrime. The 2023 IC3 report serves as a comprehensive overview of the current state of internet crime, including the challenges and risks posed by the use of crypto in […] The post FBI cybercrime report reveals crypto investment fraud in the US rose 53% YoY appeared first on CryptoSlate.
Investment fraud at large grew by 38% from $3.31 billion to $4.57 billion, according to the bureau's Internet Crime Report 2023, highlighting the prominent role that cryptocurrency plays in this area of crime.
Crypto industry losses amounted to $67 million in February over 12 incidents, with hacks accounting for 97. 54% of funds stolen, according to Immunefi’s latest crypto losses report. Meanwhile, the remaining 2.
A sophisticated social engineering campaign successfully duped several prominent crypto news outlets into promoting a fabricated $10 million Uniswap airdrop on Feb. 16. The scammer, posing as a Uniswap Foundation representative, offered coordinated publicity in tandem with the legitimate Uniswap v4 announcement.