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One crypto wallet launched 114 dodgy memecoins in two months

According to ZachXBT, one alleged scammer in particular launched around 114 projects in the past 45 days alone. Crypto scammers have been ramping up the launch of spurious memecoins over the past two months, according to crypto sleuths.  According to research from blockchain sleuths ZachXBT, one address, in particular, has allegedly launched “114 memecoin scams” in the past 45 days alone. In an April 26 Twitter thread, ZachXBT tracked the movements of the Wallet address: 0x739c58807B99Cb274f6FD96B10194202b8EEfB47 , noting that “each time stolen funds from the scam are sent to the exact same deposit address.” “I suspect there are more too. These are just ones sent to that deposit address lol,” ZachXBT added in response to a comment. Over the past 1.5 months one person has created 114 meme coin scams. Each time stolen funds from the scam are sent to the exact same deposit address. 0x739c58807B99Cb274f6FD96B10194202b8EEfB47 pic.twitter.com/uwVAiG9WGG — ZachXBT (@zachxbt) April 26, ...

Beware of fake Arbitrum Airdrops, community warns

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The community has warned others to stay vigilant after reports of phishing websites and scams offering Arbitrum Airdrop tokens. Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution Arbitrum's upcoming "ARB" token Airdrop appears to have become a popular target for scammers, with the community warning of hundreds of Phishing Scams aimed at tricking crypto users. Announced in a March 16 post by the Arbitrum Foundation, the airdrop will send out 10 billion governance tokens via a token airdrop, allowing holders to vote on code changes. The airdrop is set for March 23. Unfortunately, the development has led to more than a few attempts from scammers to set up fake token airdrops aimed at stealing funds from victims ahead of the officially slated event. Blockchain security company Redefine in a March 19 post said it found a website impersonating an official Arbitrum airdrop website. The screenshots show a user is asked by the website to allow access to their funds, which would presumably resul...

DeFi sees exploits and exit scam drama in the last week of 2022: Finance Redefined

The last week of 2022 didn't turn out to be a good one as the industry recorded multiple exploits and an exit scam scare. Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you significant developments over the last week. For DeFi, the last week of 2022 saw another slew of exploits , insider job accusations and exit scam drama . It all started on Christmas, when Defrost Finance, a decentralized leveraged trading platform on the Avalanche blockchain, was exploit ed by a DeFi flash loan attack causing $12 million in losses. However, the hacker behind the attacks reportedly returned a portion of the funds the next day. Security analytic firm Certik looked into the chain of events and concluded that the $12 million of funds drained were a part of an exit scam. On Dec. 26, when the Defrost exploit saga was unfolding, Bitkeep, a multichain wallet, was exploited for $8 million by hackers. Later in an analysis ...