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Policy

Singapore Court Grants WazirX Four-Month Conditional Moratorium

WazirX, which lost $234 million in a hack, had filed an application with the Singapore High Court for a six-month moratorium.

WazirX CEO Nischal Shetty (WazirX)

Finance

WazirX Hacker Is Almost Done Laundering $230M Stolen Funds

On-chain data shows the hacker, or hacker group, behind the massive theft has almost completed laundering the stolen funds.

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Finance

YouTube Page of India's Supreme Court Hacked to Promote XRP

The channel streams hearings of notable court cases but temporarily showed promotional videos of XRP and Ripple Labs before being taken down.

Supreme Court of India. (Shutterstock)

Tech

Crypto Exchange BingX Hacked, Onchain Data Shows Over $43M Drained

Hacker have moved the stolen assets to decentralized exchanges.

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Finance

WazirX Hacker Moves $32M Stolen Ether in Four Days to Tornado Cash as Binance Denies Founder’s Claims

WazirX founder Nischal Shetty claimed earlier this month that the ultimate owner of the crypto exchange was Binance - a statement the latter has denied.

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Markets

Crypto Broker DeltaPrime Drained of Over $6M Amid Apparent Private Key Leak

The project is offered on both Arbitrum and Avalanche blockchains. Monday’s exploit impacted only the version on Arbitrum as of European morning hours.

ddos (Shutterstock)

Markets

Indonesian Crypto Exchange Indodax Hacked for $22M; Pauses Activity Before Bigger Hit

The exchange is focused on the Indonesian market and recorded $11 million in trading volumes on Monday.

ddos (Shutterstock)

Finance

WazirX Hacker Moves $11M Stolen Ether to Tornado Cash

Wallet data tracked by Arkham shows over 5,000 ETH, worth just over $11 million at current prices, from July’s attack on crypto exchange WazirX was moved to a new address at 07:19 UTC.

Crypto hacks, scams and exploits netted some $2 billion this year. (fikry anshor/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Videos

Crypto Saw Lowest Monthly Losses to Hacks in August YTD: Immunefi

Data from Immunefi shows there was a total loss of $15 million due to hacks last month, marking the lowest monthly losses year-to-date. In total, there was a loss of more than $1.2 billion to hacks and frauds this year, representing a 16% increase when compared to the same period last year. These losses were primarily driven by over $358 million lost in May and $274 million lost in July. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents the "Chart of the Day."

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