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AI-Industrialized Fraud: Scammers Netted $14B in 2025
Chainalysis reveals AI-driven tactics pushed 2025 scam revenue to $14 billion as average victim losses tripled.
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Kraken-Backed SPAC Files $250M Nasdaq IPO; Santander Leads Bookrunning
KRAKacquisition Corp targets a $250M raise on Nasdaq with Santander as sole bookrunner, creating a strategic acquisition vessel alongside Kraken's own IPO push.
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Polygon Seals $250M Coinme & Sequence Deal; POL Surges 15%
Polygon Labs acquires Coinme and Sequence for $250M, launching its 'Open Money Stack' as POL token jumps 15% despite Coinme's recent regulatory hurdles.
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Truebit Protocol Drained of $26M in ‘Archeological’ Smart Contract Exploit
A legacy integer overflow bug in Solidity 0.6.10 allowed an attacker to mint free tokens and drain 8,535 ETH, sending TRU to zero.
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Iran Activates ‘Kill Switch’ as Rial Hits 1.47M/USD; Starlink Jammed
Tehran jams Starlink signals as the Rial loses 95% of its value, severing the last lifeline for digital capital flight.
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Hoskinson to Crypto Czar David Sacks: Pass the Bill or Resign
Cardano's founder warns the window for the CLARITY Act is closing, citing the 2026 midterms and a 'catastrophic' failure of leadership in the White House.
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Dubai Bans Privacy Coins; Monero Rips to Record $596
Monero hits a new all-time high of $596 despite Dubai's comprehensive ban on privacy coins and algorithmic stablecoins taking effect Jan. 12.
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Eric Adams’ ‘NYC Token’ Drained of $3.4M Liquidity Hours After Times Square Launch
The former 'Bitcoin Mayor' pitched a charitable token in Times Square, but on-chain data shows $3.4 million in liquidity vanished shortly after.
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Bank of Italy: ETH Crash Could Freeze $800B in “Hidden Death Spiral”
A Bank of Italy research paper outlines a scenario where an ETH price collapse degrades network security, allowing attackers to double-spend 'safe' assets like stablecoins.
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Bakkt Acquires CEO’s Former Firm for Stablecoin Push; BKKT Surges 20%
Bakkt stock jumped 20% after announcing it will acquire CEO Akshay Naheta's Distributed Technologies Research to accelerate its stablecoin strategy.