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Finance

Monkey Drainer Scammer Strikes Again, Steals $800K of NFTs

The phishing scammer made off with seven Crypto Punks and 20 Otherside NFTs.

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Deribit Exec on $28M Hack: Only 1% of Our Assets Are in Hot Wallets

Hackers have drained $28 million from cryptocurrency options and futures exchange Deribit's hot wallet. Chief Commercial Officer Luuk Strijers unpacks what happened. "We keep 99% of our user funds in cold storage to limit the impact of these type of events."

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Deribit Exec Addresses the Flurry of Recent Exploits in Crypto Industry

"It seems to almost be the cost of doing business nowadays," says Deribit's chief commercial officer following a $28 million hot wallet hack on its platform. He discusses the growing problem of hacks in the crypto space.

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Deribit Exec on $28M Hot Wallet Hack

Cryptocurrency options and futures exchange Deribit has been hacked, with $28 million drained from its hot wallet. Deribit Chief Commercial Officer Luuk Strijers discusses the details so far and the growing problem of crypto hacks on the rise.

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Finance

Crypto Exchange Deribit Loses $28M in Hot Wallet Hack, Pauses Withdrawals

Deribit said that client assets have not been affected.

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Tech

Attacker Behind $14.5M Team Finance Exploit Returns $7M

On-chain data shows that four projects affected in the attack received the stolen tokens over the weekend.

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Finance

Crypto Exchange FTX to Compensate API Phishing Victims With as Much as $6M

Sam Bankman-Fried has said this is the last time FTX will compensate users for a phishing attack.

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Markets

Celo Protocol Moola Market Loses Over $10M in Market Manipulation Attack

Over 93% of the stolen funds were returned to the protocol shortly after the attack, developers said.

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Markets

Crypto Wallet BitKeep Hacked for $1M in BNB Chain, Polygon Tokens

BitKeep will launch a compensation portal within three days and says it will reimburse 100% of the tokens stolen from users.

La billetera de criptomonedas BitKeep sufrió un hackeo de US$1 millón de tokens. (Unsplash)

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North Korea Responsible for About 60% of Crypto Hacks: Chainalysis

Chainalysis Director of Research Kimberly Grauer discusses North Korea's role in crypto hacks, saying the country is a "big part of this picture" and responsible for "about 60% of the value hacked."

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