Litecoin, once described as the crypto silver to bitcoin’s gold, is now apparently self-identifying as a meme coin.

The largest theft was caused by a user signing a malicious ‘permit’ transaction, allowing the scammer to steal 211 stETH worth $654K.

The price of Solana (SOL) has jumped from $16 to $216 — a 1,250% increase — since it was delisted by Robinhood in June last year.

Fredi9999 has transacted over $73M worth of mostly pro-Donald Trump bets and currently has $12M on the line for the election on November 5.

Nishad Singh’s team has submitted his sentencing submission, arguing that he should avoid prison due to his extensive cooperation.

Almost 150 memecoins themed on the death of One Direction singer Liam Payne have been created since he fell from a balcony in Argentina.

Funds stolen in the Radiant hack — $19M worth of BNB and $32M of ETH — are being held in attacker addresses on BNB Chain and Arbitrum.

Canadian victims of bitcoin sextortion scams say fraudsters claim to have been waiting outside their homes, adding a layer of fear.

Coffeezilla began receiving the messages after he asked Tate about crypto projects he promoted, including $VENOM, $DADDY, and $ROOST.

Donald Trump has endorsed World Liberty Financial but disclaimers on the website and in the ‘Gold Paper’ distance him from the project.

World Liberty Financial set lofty goals for the ICO of its Donald Trump-endorsed token, WLFI. It isn’t even 10% of the way there.

With Italy likely raising rates by 50%, it may be helpful to see which countries offer the best and worst tax rates on cryptocurrencies.

Do Kwon has allegedly been able to make crypto payments from prison after authorities took 72 days to seize his crypto wallet login details.

Since WBTC announced that Justin Sun would be involved in custody, several competitors have launched or taken advantage of the opportunity.

Crypto traders convinced themselves that an AI agent turned $50,000 of Marc Andreessen’s bitcoin into millions through the memecoin GOAT.

For some reason, Kamala Harris made protecting the crypto investments of black men one of her presidential campaign promises.

World Liberty Financial, the cryptocurrency project endorsed by Donald Trump, appears to have launched, though the website was taken offline.

A letter to the UK’s FCA claims that because TikTok is not registered with the regulator, it is at risk of being used for illicit activities.

The scam saw fraudsters in Hong Kong use AI tech to swap their faces with those of beautiful women to get victims to invest in crypto.

It was reported that Fink made the comment during a BlackRock earnings call but he was actually referring to unnamed mortgage products.

Google has also removed price charts for various cryptos, with bitcoin, ether, XRP, and SOL no longer having their own market summaries.

James Howells threatened to bankrupt Newport council with legal action and on Saturday he submitted a lawsuit seeking almost £500 million.

Alice Guo faces up to 1,218 years in prison for her alleged involvement in illegal gambling, human trafficking, and crypto scams.

With bitcoin exceeding $93,000, rumors of nation-state buying are circulating feverishly. Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar are the top guesses.

Craig Wright looks to have filed a suit against Bitcoin Core and Jack Dorsey’s Square without representation from a solicitor or barrister.

Sixty-four-year-old crypto CEO Horst Jicha, who allegedly stole crypto worth $170M, has tampered with his ankle monitor and gone on the run.

Binance’s former head of financial compliance has an outstanding appeal against his first bail denial, rendering a new request moot.

Capital inflows since the US listing of spot ether ETFs are actually negative and billions short of their bitcoin counterparts.

Liberland announced Sun’s new status on Tuesday after an ‘entirely algorithmic blockchain-based election system’ was used to elect him.

Approximately 13% of Bitcoin Core nodes have not updated their software to protect against a critical bug that was patched back in May 2023.

An admin linked to one of the ‘largest’ dark web markets seen by Dutch police appeared in court this week after $8.7M in crypto was seized.

Stephen Mollah from Pimlico is accused of pretending to be Satoshi in order to scam an investor — his not guilty plea suggests otherwise.

At least 14 people are under civil or criminal enforcement for alleged fraud and market manipulation schemes involving 60 crypto assets.

ZachXBT shared the details of 11 wallets he believes belong to memecoin shill Murad Mahmudov and noted they hold roughly $24 million.

The Block’s Asia Editor Timmy Shen was shortlisted for “Best Crypto Journalist” in the awards launched to celebrate female talent in crypto.

The United States government is preparing to notify potential victims of the Bitfinex hack who may advance claims.

Judge Emeka Nwite attended a seminar at the National Judicial Institute instead of Binance exec Gambaryan’s bail hearing in Abuja.

The Mango Market DAO failed to pass a proposal to pay off the $700K settlement after a voter withdrew their vote hours before the deadline.

Justin Sun had previously claimed $21.5M worth of airdropped EIGEN, sending it to HTX shortly after the token unlocked for trading.

Russia sentenced the former investigator after authorities discovered his bitcoin bribe in a file labeled “Pension.”

On Monday, net inflows into ether via nine spot ETFs listed on US exchanges posted a disappointing $0 for an entire day.

Right-wing newspaper Chosun Ilbo has been accused of knowingly covering and awarding the KOK crypto scam back in 2022.

Students at the crypto-funded Network School in Singapore reportedly prefer the hotel’s breakfast buffet over Johnson’s “bunny food.”

Ultra-high yields on bitcoin-named tokens are available across a variety of interlinking, risk-compounding projects.

The spectacular failure of Terra has caused money to flee from algorithmic stablecoins and has seen many abandon their plans.

After avoiding a $DOGE pump and dump lawsuit, shirts of Musk’s newly minted Department of Government Efficiency are for sale on Trump’s site.

The US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of a bankruptcy lawsuit that has prevented the liquidation of $4.4 billion worth of bitcoin.

AT&T faces a major network breach by China and a reopened crypto theft case that could set a precedent for customer data protection.

The UN has found that criminal enterprises in Southeast Asia, including Chinese syndicates, reportedly make between $27.4B and $36.5B a year.

The IMF is still unhappy with El Salvador’s use of bitcoin at a sovereign level, and it’s pressing hard at the negotiation table.