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Finance

Web3 Security Company Ironblocks Takes Aim at Spate of DeFi Hacks

Ironblocks is the latest Israeli startup to build a protocol monitoring product.

Ironblocks CEO Or Dadosh (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Euler DeFi Protocol Exploited for Nearly $200M

The losses occurred over four transactions in dai (DAI), wrapped bitcoin (WBTC), staked ether (sETH) and USDC after the attacker conducted a flash loan attack.

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Finance

Crypto Crime Hit All-Time High of $20.6B in 2022: Chainalysis

Kim Grauer, the blockchain sleuthing firm's head of research, told CoinDesk TV sanctioned activity and hacking were the driving forces behind the rise in illicit transaction volumes last year.

(Adam Levine/CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Theft Rose in 2022 as Scams, Ransomware Bounty Fell: Chainalysis

2022 became a year of crypto thefts, but illicit transactions still account only for a meager share of all crypto activity, Chainalysis says.

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Finance

North Korea Crypto Theft Hit Record High Last Year, UN Says: Reuters

The estimated value of stolen crypto assets ranges to as high as $1 billion.

Flags fly in Pyongyang, North Korea (Micha Brandli/Unsplash)

Finance

Robinhood’s Twitter Account Promotes Scam Token on Binance’s BNB Chain in Unauthorized Posts

Block explorer BscScan shows roughly $16,000 flowed into the promoted coin.

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Learn

6 Kinds of Crypto Scams and How to Avoid Them

Crypto hacks and exploits have cost people billions of dollars each year. Here’s how to make sure you’re not among them.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Tech

Alameda-Backed Crypto Trading Firm 3Commas Says It’s Pretty Sure It Wasn’t Breached

Users who have lost millions suspect 3Commas of leaking sensitive API credentials, but the trading bot firm insists that it is not to blame for the stolen funds “to our best current knowledge.”

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Opinion

With Hacks at a Record High, Crypto Needs to Find Better Ways to Keep Users Safe

Nearly $3 billion has been lost to protocol exploits so far in 2022, more than double last year’s total, according to blockchain security firm Peckshield.

(Adam Levine/CoinDesk)