The trader paid nearly $10 in gas, hundreds of times above the usual rates, to secure a position just one block after CZ’s transaction. A trader turned roughly $9,600 into about $282,000 in under five hours on August 16 by watching Changpeng “CZ” Zhao’s public wallet burn a batch of MARSCOIN tokens and buying…
An unprecedented number of Apple customers have reported receiving a recent threat notification alerting them to suspected spyware attacks targeting their devices, according to experts who investigate these types of incidents. Several people publicly and privately reported receiving Apple’s spyware alerts over the weekend, after Apple sent out a new wave of notifications on Friday…
Key Takeaways New York Lottery paid $24 million after Smith claimed the ticket on May 23, 2017. New York Lottery’s last-minute publicity helped save a $24 million jackpot from expiring. Smith had just 2 days left before the New York Lotto ticket expired on May 25, 2017. A single $24 million New York Lotto ticket…
Edward Zimbardi, the alleged operator of a $165 million crypto Ponzi scheme, returned to the United States on Aug. 14 after authorities in Fiji deported him, federal prosecutors announced Monday. Summary Zimbardi faces 25 federal counts after Fijian authorities deported him to the United States Friday. Prosecutors allege The Crypto Program collected more than $165…
Apple has opened its Maps advertising platform to businesses in the U.S. and Canada, allowing eligible companies to pay for greater visibility when customers search for nearby businesses. The platform launched Aug. 14 after Apple announced in March that Maps advertising would arrive in summer 2026. Businesses can create campaigns, choose monthly spending limits, upload…
One of the exchange’s founders said the Chinese-language account had been compromised and was not being operated by current employees. BitMart’s Chinese-language account has demanded answers from founders Sheldon Lee and Yi Li over frozen user funds and unpaid employee salaries, giving them until August 19 to respond publicly. The statement also calls for…
Today’s NYT Strands hints are easy if you know a bit of trivia. Strands, the New York Times‘ elevated word-search game, requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in…
Key Takeaways Harmony Protocol suffers exploit resulting in 2.385 trillion unauthorized ONE tokens minted on Aug. 12. ONE token price tumbled over 30% following the massive surge in unauthorized token supply. Developers, security teams, and law enforcement align to execute a blockchain rollback to Aug. 11. Token Inflation Developers behind the Harmony blockchain protocol announced…
Truth Ventures CEO Varun Datta has urged crypto investors not to demand recurring revenue from seed-stage companies, as RootData has listed 99 crypto projects that closed, entered bankruptcy, or became inactive in 2026. Summary RootData listed 99 crypto projects as closed, bankrupt, or inactive by late July. Galaxy recorded $4 billion across 355 crypto venture…
Chainalysis has sued the U.S. government over a $94.7 million contract awarded to rival blockchain analytics firm TRM Labs, escalating a major battle between two of the crypto industry’s leading providers of investigative technology. Chainalysis Government Solutions filed the lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on July 27, challenging the decision by U.S….
