A TON blockchain whale sent $220K to a scammer by mistake. The scammer kept $17K and returned the rest with an apology note.

Key takeawaysFederal authorities in North Carolina seized more than $61 million in USDT, revealing how pig-butchering schemes ...

U.S. authorities have seized over $580 million in cryptocurrency linked to Southeast Asian “pig butchering” scams.

OKX integrates Chainalysis’ Alterya to flag scam-linked withdrawal addresses as exchanges shift from post-transaction tracing to fraud prevention.

Crypto is making headway in global financial markets, and the prominence of crypto ATMs has enjoyed a similar trajectory. The convenience, accessibility, and anonymity of crypto ATMs have made them a ...

A new report from Chainalysis, a blockchain data platform based in New York City, estimates that $17 billion in crypto was stolen last year through fraud and scams. Impersonation scams, where ...

Crypto ATM fraud surged to $333 million in the US in 2025, with complaints received by the FBI growing 33% in the year as scam networks became more industrialized while tapping into advanced AI ...

The US this past week had announced the seizure of approximately $15 billion in Bitcoin from a so-called forced-labor pig butchering scam operation. As reported, the United States government noted ...

In 2012, VeChain founder Sunny Lu entered the crypto world after losing $300 on an unsuccessful 100 BTC Taobao transaction.

India’s CBI arrests Darwin Labs CTO Ayush Varshney in crypto scam investigation involving $790 million scheme targeting thousands of investors.