A savvy crypto coder has transformed $71 into $1.59 million in an instant through a new Ethereum-Arbitrum lending platform. According to the on-chain analysis firm Looksonchain, an ethical white hat h...
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On-Chain Sleuth Identifies $8 Million Platypus Hacker Within Hours
On-chain sleuth ZachXBT has apparently identified the attacker behind the exploit on Platypus. The attacker exploited the Platypus USD stablecoin to the tune of $8 million. ZachXBT and Platypus have c...
FBI seizes $250k from crypto scammer previously investigated by on-chain sleuth
The FBI recently revealed that it had seized $250k worth of assets belonging to a crypto scammer. Popular on-chain sleuth ZachXBT uncovered the scammer’s identity. The Federal Bureau of Investigation ...
Beware These NFT Scammers on Twitter, On-Chain Sleuth Warns
The popular on-chain sleuth ZachXBT recently called out two growing Twitter accounts for perpetrating multiple NFT-related scams over the past month. The analyst explained the timeline of events on F...
Wall Street’s sleuth of bears is growing
This story was originally published on TKer.co Stocks kicked off the new year on a positive note, with the S&P 500 climbing 1.4% last week. The index is now up 8.9% from its October 12 closing low...
Nouns DAO to donate $123,000 to on-chain sleuth ZachXBT
The Nouns DAO community voted to donate 100 ETH ($123,000) to crypto on-chain sleuth ZachXBT as a retroactive reward for their efforts exposing cryptocurrency scammers. Thursday’s vote was based...
This DAO is donating 100ETH ($123k) to crypto sleuth ZachXBT
Nouns DAO will donate 100 ETH ($123,000) to ZachXBT to fund his investigative journalism, according to a Dec. 8 tweet. Nouns will donate 100 ETH ($123,000) to @zachxbt to fund their investigative jour...
‘Twitter Coin’ hints unveiled by tech sleuth
Twitter may be taking more decisive strides toward integrating crypto payments — and, perhaps, a native coin. Security researcher Jane Manchun Wong extracted code for a vector image depicting a “Twitt...
This on-chain sleuth and his deep dive into misconceptions around FTX state that…
It’s been two weeks since the Bahamas-based crypto exchange, FTX filed for bankruptcy. Along with the news of the bankruptcy came details about suspicious transactions. In the aftermath of FTX’s coll...
Crypto sleuth debunks 3 FTX hack myths
On-the-job detective ZachXBT has taken to Twitter to clear up what he calls a “lot of disinformation” about the FTX hack and the individuals who may be responsible for it. He has shared th...
Crypto sleuth debunks 3 biggest misconceptions about the FTX hack
On-chain sleuth ZachXBT has shared his findings on what he sees as the three most common misconceptions about the FTX hack — taking to Twitter to correct a “ton of misinformation” about th...
Sleuth Discovers Satoshi’s Long-Lost Bitcoin Version 0.1 Codebase, Raw Code Contains Bitcoin Inventor’s Never-Before-Seen Personal Notations – Bitcoin News
On October 7, 2022, a bitcoin supporter named Jim Blasko explained that he discovered the oldest upload of Bitcoin’s version 0.1 codebase. The original code was thought to have been lost for more than...
On-Chain Sleuth Alleged Crypto Influencer of Fraud
On September 29th, 2022, on-chain investigator ZachXBT alleged famous crypto influencer Lark Davis of being involved in crypto pump and dump schemes. Following the allegations, Davis reported to deny ...
Crypto Sleuth: This Is Why the Wintermute Exploit Was an Inside Job
Crypto sleuth James Edwards, aka Librehash, has offered his take on the attack vector used to rob London-based crypto firm, Wintermute on Sep. 20, 2022, alleging that the attack was an inside job. Edw...
Crypto Sleuth Links The Wintermute $160M Hack To Insider Job
In the crypto industry, issues of hacks and exploits have become one of the dreaded nightmares. The increasing expansion of the crypto space brews more exploitations as well. Despite the security meas...
Is Wintermute’s $160M exploit an inside job? This sleuth says…
One crypto-sleuth has claimed that the $160 million hack on algorithmic market maker Wintermute last week was an “inside job.” Needless to say, this has now sparked a brand-new crypto-conspiracy theor...
Crypto sleuth claims the $160M Wintermute hack was an inside job.
The latest conspiracy theory is going on in the crypto space. A crypto detective claims the $160 million winter minute hack was an “inside job.” Last week, there was an attack on the Winterminute smar...
ZachXBT Suffers Burnout, but Heroic Sleuth Has No Plans to Quit Just Yet
Crypto sleuth ZachXBT is unsure how much longer he can continue to investigate crooks and con artists, telling his Twitter followers, “It has taken a toll on other aspects of my life.” The cryptocurre...
French NFT Thieves Exposed By Crypto Sleuth ZachXBT
Thieves behind an NFT phishing scam that offered to animate NFTs including Bored Apes, Azuki, Sudoswap, and Doodles, have been found and named by crypto sleuth ZachXBT. The two prolific criminals are ...
Crypto Sleuth Warns That Justin Sun’s USDD Is Following Path of Terra’s UST
Self-proclaimed Internet detective, Cofeezilla has said Justin Sun’s new algorithmic stablecoin, USDD, is towing the path of becoming the next LUNA/UST. In a Twitter thread and YouTube video, he said ...
On-chain sleuth uncovers hackers behind majority of NFT Discord hacks
TL;DR Breakdown An on-chain sleuth may have found the actors behind the majority of NFT Discord hacks. About 18 hacking incidents in the Ethereum ecosystem resulted in a total loss of $636 million. Th...
Community Crowdfunds Crypto Sleuth ZachXBT
ZachXBT, the crypto sleuth who broke the Wonderland scandal, is seeking to continue his work thanks to a crowdfunding campaign via Gitcoin grants. Gitcoin grants is a crowdfunding platform which uses ...