In brief
An investor lost 783 Bitcoin—$91 million worth a the time—to a social engineering scam, according to on-chain sleuth ZachXBT.
The threat actor allegedly used a coin-mixing service to try to…
Authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have reportedly taken Ildar Ilham, the founder of the decentralized finance protocol WhiteRock Finance, into custody as part of allegations over a $30-million…
What is the ZachXBT $31M Bitcoin trace? …
Memecoins promoted by political figures like Donald Trump, lax regulations, and crypto court cases abandoned by US regulators have kicked off a crypto “crime supercycle,” say a pair of blockchain…
Taiwan’s crypto exchange BitoPro is facing serious questions after blockchain investigator ZachXBT alleged that the platform was hacked for around 11.5 million dollars on May 8, 2025.Weeks have passed, but…
Shaurya is the Co-Leader of the CoinDesk tokens and data team in Asia with a focus on crypto derivatives, DeFi, market microstructure, and protocol analysis.Shaurya holds over $1,000 in BTC,…
Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht received a donation of 300 Bitcoin, worth over $31m, to his official donation wallet on Sunday. The transaction, flagged by blockchain analysts and tracked by…
The hacker behind the data breach targeting Coinbase users mocked blockchain investigator ZachXBT with an onchain message following a major crypto swap.On May 21, the hacker used Ethereum transaction input…
Onchain sleuth and blockchain analyst ZachXBT revealed they were mocked by the Coinbase hacker, who on Thursday swapped roughly $42.5m in Bitcoin for Ether on Thorchain.The hacker appears to have…
In brief
ZachXBT, renowned for uncovering crypto scams, is being taunted for exposing details of the Coinbase hack.
An on-chain message links to a YouTube meme video showing NBA legend James Worthy…