Key Highlights: Former FBI Supervisory Special Agent Yaroch pleaded guilty to executing around 100 illicit cryptocurrency transfers linked to 35 criminal cases, stealing assets from targets and at least 10 crime victims. Authorities have recovered over $1.12 million in misappropriated funds from the Kraken exchange and the decentralized lending protocol Suilend, alongside a seized Trezor ...
Key Highlights: Blast, an Ethereum Layer 2 network, has officially announced the cessation of its network operations. A dedicated asset recovery portal has been launched for users holding ETH, dollar balances, unfinished withdrawals, and Blast Mobile accounts. The recovery framework will remain active for a full year, with the official support deadline set for November ...
Key Highlights: The Arbitrum Security Council executed transactions to recover compromised ARB and Ether, transferring the assets into a secure holding address ending in 0DA0. Security firm Zealynx revealed that the intervention utilized administrative upgrade authority via type 0x65 transactions featuring blank signature fields. The seized assets remain locked and cannot be distributed without an ...
Key Highlights: Mercado Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in Brazil, was hit by an early morning security breach on November 2 that siphoned roughly $49 million. Exploiters targeted assets spanning 17 different blockchains in an effort to launder and scatter the capital. Blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis collaborated with law enforcement and industry partners to successfully ...