Scandals and Investigations

The token HYPE, the native coin of the Hyperliquid platform, suddenly soared to $98 on Lighter, a perpetual futures exchange based on Ethereum L2. However, the growth was short-lived: soon the price crashed back down. The Lighter team explained the spike by trading bot activity, not real demand. Nevertheless, the incident sparked a wave of…

On Wednesday, a four-meter golden statue honoring Binance founder Changpeng Zhao will appear outside the US Congress building—just days after his presidential pardon. The project was funded by an anonymous group, allocating $50,000, and at the same time a memecoin called CZSTATUE was launched on BNB Chain, which has already reached a market capitalization of…

The new built-in multisig signature feature from Ledger received a mixed reaction. Many developers and longtime users welcomed the very fact of the feature’s appearance, but were dissatisfied with the company’s decision to charge a fee for each transaction. Multisig was part of Thursday’s presentation — coinciding with the release of the Nano Gen5 device…

Today Meteora held an airdrop of the MET token, but instead of joy, the community erupted in anger: three wallets linked to the meme coin TRUMP received a total of $4.2 million and immediately dumped everything on the OKX exchange. Against the backdrop of a recent lawsuit against the project and the pardon of CZ…

Fetch.ai has proposed to Ocean Protocol to peacefully resolve the conflict that began after the collapse of the Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) alliance. Fetch.ai CEO Humayun Sheikh stated that he is ready to drop all lawsuits if Ocean returns 286 million FET tokens. Their total value is estimated at about $120 million. Attempt to restore trust…

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) confirmed on October 23 on X that he received an official pardon from former US President Donald Trump. He wrote: “Immensely grateful for today’s pardon and to President Trump for his commitment to the principles of justice, innovation, and honesty. We will do everything possible to make America the capital…

October is traditionally considered a strong month for Bitcoin, but this year all eyes are on BNB. The so-called “Uptober,” a term that emerged due to frequent October rallies of BTC, started on a positive note. At that time, a government shutdown had just begun in the US. Now, after three weeks of fruitless negotiations…

Fetch.ai CEO Humayun Sheikh announced a quarter-million dollar reward for information about the signers of the OceanDAO multisig wallet. This move has once again escalated tensions with Ocean Protocol — amid allegations of possible misappropriation of funds even before the merger with Fetch.ai as part of the alliance. The conflict dates back to the time…

The crypto industry is strengthening its defenses. In the first six months of 2025, users lost over $400 million due to phishing attacks, and now the largest wallet developers have joined forces to turn the tide. Crypto wallets unite against scammers Web3 companies have announced the launch of an international initiative together with the SEAL…

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) addressed the community with a warning about the rise of phishing attacks disguised as memecoin giveaways. The reason was the hijacking of the official BNB Chain account on X (formerly Twitter), through which attackers distributed links to fake sites. Hack and phishing scheme The BNB Chain account, followed by almost…

27-year-old Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, has decided to launch his own banking platform — the relevant application has already been filed for registration. According to the documents, the future service will support crypto payments. For MrBeast this is a new stage in his career: from YouTube videos, he is moving to launching a…