⚠️BREAKING: Two French crypto millionaires held hostage and tortured in a 52-hour kidnapping nightmare.
The victims were allegedly beaten, burned, and forced to hand over $30,000 in crypto as captors demanded $150,000. The ordeal ended only after a high-speed police chase, with six people convicted in connection with the attack, per Daily Mail.
CertiK has recorded 50+ wrench attacks targeting crypto holders in H1 2026, with France emerging as a major hotspot for violent crypto-related kidnappings and extortion.
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The victims were allegedly beaten, burned, and forced to hand over $30,000 in crypto as captors demanded $150,000. The ordeal ended only after a high-speed police chase, with six people convicted in connection with the attack, per Daily Mail.
CertiK has recorded 50+ wrench attacks targeting crypto holders in H1 2026, with France emerging as a major hotspot for violent crypto-related kidnappings and extortion.
@awarefy
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⚠️ UPDATE: Apple Explains the Real Reason for Telegram’s Removal from the App Store
According to Bloomberg, Apple has explained why Telegram was removed from the App Store:
We briefly removed Telegram from the App Store after our review found content that violates our strict guidelines prohibiting child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The app was subsequently restored after the developer promptly removed the content and banned the user who posted it,' Apple tells Bloomberg.
Telegram has also responded on X saying:
“I'm sure this stance will be applied equally to all other apps in the store, in the future right? @Aрple"
@awarefy
According to Bloomberg, Apple has explained why Telegram was removed from the App Store:
We briefly removed Telegram from the App Store after our review found content that violates our strict guidelines prohibiting child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The app was subsequently restored after the developer promptly removed the content and banned the user who posted it,' Apple tells Bloomberg.
Telegram has also responded on X saying:
“I'm sure this stance will be applied equally to all other apps in the store, in the future right? @Aрple"
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⚠️Gram Wallet Is Now Rolling Out
Pavel Durov has announced that Telegram's Gram Wallet is now live for a select group of users, with a gradual rollout to over 1 billion users planned over the next couple of weeks.
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Pavel Durov has announced that Telegram's Gram Wallet is now live for a select group of users, with a gradual rollout to over 1 billion users planned over the next couple of weeks.
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⚠️Two Thai businessmen are suing Tether for freezing $42.4M of their USDT
Nutthawat Rukthammachalern and Natthawat Kasamvilas say Tether blacklisted their wallets in October 2025 - 42,417,785 USDT, after nothing more than an informal request from a Homeland Security agent 💀
No warrant. No court order. No notice to them. A seizure warrant only showed up four months later, and they argue it still doesn’t let Tether freeze, burn or reissue anything.
Their core claim:
Tether isn’t their custodian, they bought these tokens on the open market. And while their money sits frozen, Tether keeps collecting the Treasury yield on the reserves backing it 💵
They want the wallets unblocked, the interest handed back, and damages if the tokens get burned.
@awarefy
Nutthawat Rukthammachalern and Natthawat Kasamvilas say Tether blacklisted their wallets in October 2025 - 42,417,785 USDT, after nothing more than an informal request from a Homeland Security agent 💀
No warrant. No court order. No notice to them. A seizure warrant only showed up four months later, and they argue it still doesn’t let Tether freeze, burn or reissue anything.
Their core claim:
Tether isn’t their custodian, they bought these tokens on the open market. And while their money sits frozen, Tether keeps collecting the Treasury yield on the reserves backing it 💵
They want the wallets unblocked, the interest handed back, and damages if the tokens get burned.
@awarefy
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⚠️JUST IN: North Korea’s Lazarus Group reportedly laundered over $30 MILLION through Hyperliquid.
The hackers swapped the funds into Ethereum and Solana, then spread them across multiple chains and exchanges to hide the trail.
The wallets were previously linked to tens of millions in stolen crypto.
@awarefy
The hackers swapped the funds into Ethereum and Solana, then spread them across multiple chains and exchanges to hide the trail.
The wallets were previously linked to tens of millions in stolen crypto.
@awarefy
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⚠️Two Thai businessmen are suing Tether for freezing $42.4M of their USDT Nutthawat Rukthammachalern and Natthawat Kasamvilas say Tether blacklisted their wallets in October 2025 - 42,417,785 USDT, after nothing more than an informal request from a Homeland…
⚠️UPDATE - It appears that the $42.4M Tether freeze in this suit stems from a North Carolina pig-butchering case.
HSI Raleigh opened it from a victim tip: romance/investment fraud, fake trading platform, then layering through wallets so the stolen USDT would look clean.
On 10/31/25, Tether blacklisted the Thai plaintiffs’ Ethereum addresses after an informal HSI request… no warrant, no notice.
One of those wallets, 0xf3bF…A3eB, was holding ~$26.1M and had already been mapped as a consolidation address in an “accumulate, layer, integrate” flow.
The court paper arrived later. On 2/19/26, EDNC issued warrant 5:26-MJ-1267-JG telling Tether to burn the frozen USDT and remint it to a government wallet.
Five days after that, EDNC/HSI announced a $61M USDT seizure “traced to addresses allegedly associated with laundering proceeds stolen from pig-butchering victims.” Tether was publicly thanked for the transfer.
@awarefy
HSI Raleigh opened it from a victim tip: romance/investment fraud, fake trading platform, then layering through wallets so the stolen USDT would look clean.
On 10/31/25, Tether blacklisted the Thai plaintiffs’ Ethereum addresses after an informal HSI request… no warrant, no notice.
One of those wallets, 0xf3bF…A3eB, was holding ~$26.1M and had already been mapped as a consolidation address in an “accumulate, layer, integrate” flow.
The court paper arrived later. On 2/19/26, EDNC issued warrant 5:26-MJ-1267-JG telling Tether to burn the frozen USDT and remint it to a government wallet.
Five days after that, EDNC/HSI announced a $61M USDT seizure “traced to addresses allegedly associated with laundering proceeds stolen from pig-butchering victims.” Tether was publicly thanked for the transfer.
@awarefy
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⚠️Threat Actor $pider Milan Exposed for carrying out Home Invasions with rapper Lil Zay Osama
Sources say $pider Milan (@Goth on IG) partnered with rapper Lil Zay Osama (In OTF) to do invasions for cryptocurrency. He is also allegedly responsible for the shooting at Tiffany's house (formerly @fraud).
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Sources say $pider Milan (@Goth on IG) partnered with rapper Lil Zay Osama (In OTF) to do invasions for cryptocurrency. He is also allegedly responsible for the shooting at Tiffany's house (formerly @fraud).
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⚠️August Crypto Losses Hit $215M
CertiK reports that crypto hacks and exploits caused $215M in losses this August. The biggest threat was collateral price manipulation, responsible for $131.6M, while the Tectonic exploit alone cost $120.4M.
Around $110.7M has already been returned or frozen.
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CertiK reports that crypto hacks and exploits caused $215M in losses this August. The biggest threat was collateral price manipulation, responsible for $131.6M, while the Tectonic exploit alone cost $120.4M.
Around $110.7M has already been returned or frozen.
@awarefy
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⚠️Major Solana Apps Disrupted by Helius Outage
Users on Phantom, Axiom, Pump[.]fun and other platforms are reporting they can’t send or withdraw funds, with many seeing “Solana's Blockchain Network is Degraded” errors.
It appears the problems are coming from Helius, a major Solana RPC provider used by many wallets and apps. Helius is currently experiencing a major outage affecting its RPC, WebSocket and related services, causing these errors across multiple platforms.
The estimated time for a full resolution is currently unknown.
@awarefy
Users on Phantom, Axiom, Pump[.]fun and other platforms are reporting they can’t send or withdraw funds, with many seeing “Solana's Blockchain Network is Degraded” errors.
It appears the problems are coming from Helius, a major Solana RPC provider used by many wallets and apps. Helius is currently experiencing a major outage affecting its RPC, WebSocket and related services, causing these errors across multiple platforms.
The estimated time for a full resolution is currently unknown.
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🇬🇧 The UK just froze $13.6 MILLION sitting in the Premier League’s own bank account
The money came from Sorare, the Messi-backed crypto fantasy football card game once worth $4.3 BILLION. It was the first payment of a $163 MILLION sponsorship deal.
The National Crime Agency got a court order to lock the funds while it checks where the money came from.
The Premier League itself isn’t accused of anything - it just happens to be holding it, and it’s fighting the order..
Sorare is separately being prosecuted for running gambling without a licence. It denies being a gambling product and says it’s not under investigation.
@awarefy
The money came from Sorare, the Messi-backed crypto fantasy football card game once worth $4.3 BILLION. It was the first payment of a $163 MILLION sponsorship deal.
The National Crime Agency got a court order to lock the funds while it checks where the money came from.
The Premier League itself isn’t accused of anything - it just happens to be holding it, and it’s fighting the order..
Sorare is separately being prosecuted for running gambling without a licence. It denies being a gambling product and says it’s not under investigation.
@awarefy
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⚠️ 270 Anonymous Numbers Stolen at Gunpoint
A little less than a day ago, someone sold 270 numbers on Marketapp below the floor price for $2,000 each, for a total of $540,000.
Later, a Chinese investor claimed that armed men broke into his friend’s house, beat him up, and forced him to sell all of his numbers and transfer the money from the sales to them, which is why the owner ended up selling those numbers way below floor price.
@awarefy
A little less than a day ago, someone sold 270 numbers on Marketapp below the floor price for $2,000 each, for a total of $540,000.
Later, a Chinese investor claimed that armed men broke into his friend’s house, beat him up, and forced him to sell all of his numbers and transfer the money from the sales to them, which is why the owner ended up selling those numbers way below floor price.
@awarefy
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⚠️UPDATE: Trezor Provider Breach Impacts 81,000 Customers
Trezor has shared that the recent ShipMonk data breach affected another 67,000 people, bringing the total to around 81,000 customers.
Trezor confirmed that 67,000 US customers who ordered between November 2019 and August 2021 had their names, emails, phone numbers, shipping addresses, and order numbers exposed.
@awarefy
Trezor has shared that the recent ShipMonk data breach affected another 67,000 people, bringing the total to around 81,000 customers.
Trezor confirmed that 67,000 US customers who ordered between November 2019 and August 2021 had their names, emails, phone numbers, shipping addresses, and order numbers exposed.
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⚠️JUST IN: The creator of Base has been hacked on X, with $500K stolen
An unknown threat actor appears to be targeting high-profile crypto accounts on X, using compromised accounts to promote rug pulls.
Over $7M has been stolen this week by the same threat actor who compromised multiple X accounts.
@awarefy
An unknown threat actor appears to be targeting high-profile crypto accounts on X, using compromised accounts to promote rug pulls.
Over $7M has been stolen this week by the same threat actor who compromised multiple X accounts.
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