The Delhi High Court, in a judgment passed on August 23, has ordered the Ministry of Communitions to remove 38 websites impersonating an Indian crypto investment firm within a week’s time. Last week, Mudrex filed a petition with the Delhi High Court seeking action against fraudulent websites after its users…
Binance CEO Richard Teng, in a post on X, claimed that the exchange has managed to prevent losses of around $2.4 billion (roughly Rs. 20,130 crore) between January and July this year. According to Binance, over 1.2 million global users were protected against financial losses during this period. Touted as…
BlackRock, renowned as the world’s largest asset management firm, has issued a warning about crypto scammers impersonating its company officials. This comes amid a wave of recent hacks targeting various crypto projects, including LiFi, WazirX, dYdX, Fractal ID, and MonoSwap, putting the industry on high alert globally. BlackRock reportedly held…
Scammers targeting the crypto sector are getting more creative, as adoption continues to increase. Regulators from the US have issued a warning against an emerging category of crypto scams targeted at crypto investors, where scammers pose as professors or academicians. Social networking platforms including Facebook, WhatsApp, and Telegram are being…
The crypto sector, which is currently valued at around $2.46 trillion, is beginning to garner interest from profitable institutional investors. In its latest report titled ‘The State of Crypto’, Coinbase states that 56 percent of the Fortune 500 companies are in some way or the other, testing the blockchain technology….
The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has identified a rise in romance scams targeting the crypto community in the US. The FTC has clearly asked people to cut off from online love interests who may be discussing investment ideas, especially related to cryptocurrencies and other digital assets, with them….
US’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recorded a significant rise in crypto investment scams in 2023. In its recently released ‘Internet Crime Report 2023′, the FBI claimed that crypto investment scams rose by 53 percent last year. In investment scams, fraudsters offer crypto investment advice to potential victims and get…
Fraudsters in Himachal Pradesh minted a series of a crypto coins — two of which were KRO and DGT — to cheat thousands of investors of more than Rs 200 crore over a period of five years, beginning in 2018 — the year that crypto reached fever pitch. The persons alleged to be…
The crypto sector, thriving in several parts of the world, was struck with several hack and scam attacks this year. Even a couple of days before the industrially quaky year of 2022 ends, news and warning around crypto crimes have made it to the headlines. This week, the private API…
OpenSea, the biggest NFT marketplace there is, constantly finds itself under threat from notorious cyber actors. A new kind of scam is looming over the visitors of OpenSea, that offers ‘gasless sales’ on the platform and eventually redirects the victims to phishing sites. Built on the blockchain tech, NFTs are…
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | 11 months | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". |
| viewed_cookie_policy | 11 months | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. |