⚠️ JUST IN: Notorious fraudster John Lick arrested

Yesterday, alleged fraudster John Lick has been arrested in Saint Martin by French authorities, with the FBI confirming the operation. Agents reportedly seized multiple crypto-related hard drives and three Trezor hardware wallets.

Lick controlled a large portfolio of Telegram collectibles, including usernames, NFTs, and numbers, reportedly worth $10M+. One week before his arrest, he moved many usernames across wallets, possibly attempting to avoid seizure.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Moongate integrates TON for Web3 ticketing

Moongate has integrated TON (The Open Network) to support decentralized event ticketing with both crypto and fiat payments.

The move aims to bring blockchain-based tickets on-chain, improving transparency and reducing fraud in the ticketing ecosystem.

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☕️ Fun Fact: There is now only 1,000,884 BTC left of Bitcoin's 21 million supply to be mined

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⚠️ JUST IN: A vulnerability in the MoltEVM token contract allowed an attacker to mint 100M mEVM tokens due to a weak access control check.

The attacker then dumped 99M mEVM through the liquidity pool, causing losses of about $127K. Around $2K was reportedly recovered and returned to the deployer.

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⚠️ JUST IN: U.S. judge freezes 71 BTC in BlockFills fraud dispute

A U.S. judge has ordered the freeze of ~71 BTC (~$5M) tied to crypto trading platform BlockFills following allegations of misused investor funds.

The court issued a temporary restraining order, preventing the Bitcoin from being moved while the case continues.

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⚠️ JUST IN: The U.S. Treasury has admitted that crypto mixers can serve legitimate privacy purposes on public blockchains, despite their frequent use in laundering illicit funds.

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⚠️ JUST IN: A legitimate Chrome extension turned malicious after its ownership was transferred, allowing attackers to inject code into web pages and steal user data, affecting around 7.8k users

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⚠️ JUST IN: Chinese whale @yyyyy bought number +8888777 for 651,358 TON ($882K), making it the most expensive anon number listed on Fragment to date.

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⚠ JUST IN: Tornado Cash dev Roman Storm to face retrial

The U.S. government will retry Tornado.Cash developer Roman Storm this fall on charges related to money laundering and sanctions evasion.

A previous jury failed to reach a verdict on those charges, while Storm was found guilty of operating an unlicensed money service business.

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⚠ JUST IN: The Movie Token (MT) on BSC was exploited via a burn logic flaw, allowing an attacker to manipulate pending burns and drain liquidity.

Using a flash loan, the attacker extracted about 381.7 WBNB (~$242K) from the PancakeSwap pair.

Victim: 0xb32979f3a5b426a4a6ae920f2b391d885abf4c18

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⚠ JUST IN: Trust Wallet has introduced real-time address poisoning protection, warning users about lookalike scam wallet addresses before transactions are sent.

Similar protections were recently introduced by other wallets like Ledger, highlighting a growing focus on transaction safety.

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⚠ JUST IN: Polymarket X Palantir

Polymarket is partnering with Palantir Technologies to help monitor insider trading risks and detect suspicious activity on its prediction markets.

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⚠ JUST IN: $93K drained from Planet Finance

Around $93K was drained from the Planet Finance protocol on BSC, which had been inactive since 2024.

The attacker reportedly exploited residual deposits in still-active contracts, highlighting the ongoing risks of abandoned DeFi protocols.

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⚠ JUST IN: DBXen exploited for $133K

The DBXen (DXN) protocol was exploited through a logic error involving msg.sender vs _msgSender(), allowing an attacker to manipulate reward credits.

The attacker drained about 65.36 ETH (~$133K) in protocol fees and transferred the funds to an external wallet.

Victim: 0xf5c80c305803280b587f8cabbccdc4d9bf522abd



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⚠ JUST IN: Wallet drainer steals $54K in PAXG

A wallet drainer stole $54.2K in PAXG from a single address and quickly split the funds across three wallets.

The attack was triggered by a malicious signature approval, allowing the funds to be drained within seconds.

Victim: 0x073b9767c6cc34e289692b973da6b2312562ec0c

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⚠️ JUST IN: Authorities dismantled the SocksEscort proxy network, seizing servers, domains, and $3.5M in crypto.

At the same time, INTERPOL’s Operation Synergia III took down 45,000 malicious IPs across 72 countries, leading to 94 arrests.

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😂 FUN FACT: Bitcoin drone show in Switzerland 🇨🇭

A Bitcoin-themed drone show in Switzerland featured BTC depicted as Pac-Man eating fiat currencies, highlighting the growing cultural presence of Bitcoin.

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