Big Daddy Ape Club (yes, a BAYC ripoff) on Solana rug pulled $1.3M. The surprising part was that the founders were “verified”/doxed via a decentralized verification platform Civic. Guess if you can’t trust 3rd-party doxing, the only reliable verification is them having a hexagonal PFP.
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The new Mayor of NYC put his first paycheck in BTC and ETH. Next step: puting ASICs in every MTA train.
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Indian police investigation concluded that a crypto wallet hack worth over half a million dollars sent the money to the terrorist group, Hamas. They’re guessing the money was used to pay for envelopes for the billions in cash sent to Hamas by the UN.
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There is $33.5 billion of ETH trapped in a Beacon Chain smart contract that will only be usable once it meges with the Ethereum mainnet (no date set yet) in a big step towards PoS. By the time the merger happens, that $33.50 in ETH will be very useful.
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A bug on OpenSea allowed a user to buy BAYC and MAYC at the old listing price. When the lister transfers the token to another wallet to avoid cancelation fees, the original listing stays in the API, leading to the exploit. Asked if this is a serious problem, OpenSea responded: “Meh, looks rare.”
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