⚠️JUST IN: 2025 marked a record-breaking year for crypto-related theft, with $4B+ stolen.

Social engineering, including support impersonation calls, made up roughly 12% of total crypto thefts, with authorities recovering only around $335M across the entire year.

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⚠️JUST IN: The investigation into privacy coin Zcash has been concluded, with no law enforcement action taken.

This places Zcash alongside Coinbase and XRP as crypto firms/projects cleared following regulatory reviews. Following the news, Zcash surged roughly $40 (≈10%).

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⚠️JUST IN: Donald Trump confirmed an insider bettor on Polymarket has been arrested after making $600K+.

The insider was arrested and is currently in jail after leaking insider information to bettors, with suspicious bets making approximately $600k+ in profit.

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⚠️JUST IN: X bans rewards for engagement farming posts and begins removing “InfoFi” crypto projects from the platform.

X is cracking down on crypto projects that pay users to post, like, or reshare content, causing spam, manipulation, and low-quality engagement. Associated communities are already being banned in real time.

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⚠️BREAKING: Per ZachXBT, on January 10, 2026, a victim lost over $282M in LTC and BTC due to a hardware wallet social engineering scam.

Following the theft, the attacker began converting the stolen LTC and BTC into Monero through multiple instant exchanges. This activity is believed to have contributed to the sharp increase in XMR price over the past week.

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⚠️JUST IN: Per ZachXBT, infamous trader TJR was paid $45K to promote a rugpull.

TJR reportedly received $45K from the project’s fundraiser to promote it on X, then immediately deposited the funds into an online casino and gambled it away.

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⚠️JUST IN: Onchain investigator ZachXBT has received a $250K donation from Hyperliquid.

ZachXBT confirmed he was donated 10,000 HYPE (~$254K) by the Hyperliquid Foundation, marking his second-largest donation to date.

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⚠️JUST IN: On January 16, 2026, a victim lost over $6.7M to a social engineering scam.

The victim was social engineered into granting attackers access to her private keys. Shortly after, all funds were withdrawn, swapped into ETH, and laundered.

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⚠️JUST IN: An additional 12,500 ETH (~$40M) linked to the $280M social engineering theft has now been laundered.

The attackers remain active, moving funds across multiple routes and even depositing portions into centralized exchanges, including platforms known to cooperate with law enforcement.

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⚠️JUST IN: A victim lost $3M+ in crypto assets after signing multiple phishing signatures.

The victim interacted with a fake exchange website, signed malicious approvals, and shortly after had all funds drained and split across two wallets.

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⚠️BREAKING: CDC has introduced an in-app anti social engineering warning.

Users will now receive a live alert when opening the app while on a phone call, clearly stating that CDC is not on the other end and warning of a potential social engineering attempt.

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⚠️JUST IN: SagaXYZ has been exploited for approximately $7M.

Roughly $6M was immediately swapped and bridged to Ethereum. It is believed the incident likely resulted from a private key compromise, allowing attackers to gain direct access to the affected wallet.

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⚠️JUST IN: JUST IN: Makina has offered the exploiter 102 ETH (~$300K) to return approximately $3M+ in stolen funds.

Makina recently suffered an exploit totaling 1,023 ETH (~$4M). The team has now formally messaged the attacker, giving a 24-hour timer to return 900 ETH and keep 102 ETH as a reward.

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⚠️UPDATE: The exploiter has returned 920 ETH (~$2.7M) in exchange for a ~$300K reward.

Roughly 30 minutes ago, the attacker sent back the stolen funds after agreeing to keep 103 ETH (~$305K) as a whitehat reward. The remaining funds will be returned to victims as compensation.

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⚠️ JUST IN: XMR has dropped ~25% (≈$290) following a tweet from ZachXBT.

ZachXBT confirmed that the XMR pump, which pushed the asset to an all-time high of ~$799, was linked to a large social engineering theft, with threat actors using XMR to launder stolen funds.

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