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Solana memecoin rallies nearly 5,000% within hours despite rug pull allegations
aura, a Solana-based memecoin, surged from $1 million to $50 million in market cap within 4 hours today, but a crypto scam tracker has flagged it as a potential rug pull. According to CoinGecko data, aura (AURA) surged from $0.001…
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Nov 20, 2024
Crypto traders doxx 13 year-old-boy who rugged two pump.fun tokens
May 5, 2023
CertiK freezes $160k stolen in Merlin DEX insider rug pull
Oct 29, 2024
Sports bettor Taylor Mathis faces crypto rug pull allegations
Jun 28, 2024
Gotbit dumps WATER tokens following debut on DEXs
Apr 19, 2024
SPCT token plunges 43% amid allegations of a rug pull
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Crypto traders doxx 13 year-old-boy who rugged two pump.fun tokens
A 13-year-old boy got doxxed by crypto traders after pulling the rug on a pump.fun token he named Gen Z Quant. Traders doxxed his whole family and turned them into pump.fun tokens. A 13-year-old boy has been caught in the…

CertiK freezes $160k stolen in Merlin DEX insider rug pull
Blockchain security firm CertiK announced on May 4 that it has successfully blocked $160,000 in stolen funds from Merlin, a decentralized exchange based on zkSync that was recently hit by a rogue insider "rugpull." The fraudulent activity resulted in losses of $1.8 million for users last week.

Sports bettor Taylor Mathis faces crypto rug pull allegations
Taylor Mathis, a well-known sports betting influencer and DraftKings ambassador, is facing allegations of manipulating the crypto market. The sports betting influencer is accused of inflating her own token before a rug pull. The accusations center around the $TAYLOR token,…
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Gotbit dumps WATER tokens following debut on DEXs
Crypto market maker Gotbit came under fire after selling $4 million worth of WATER tokens, which intensified the token’s 70% price drop. Market maker Gotbit, founded by Russian trader Alexey Andryunin, was identified as one of the entities responsible for…

SPCT token plunges 43% amid allegations of a rug pull
Spectra Chain’s native token, SPCT, experienced a significant decline, plummeting 43% on Friday morning following emerging allegations of a potential rug pull by its team. At the time of writing, the token was trading at $0.0094, marking a 27% fall…

Scammer steals $91k in fake Sleepless AI, FomoFi, NebulaNode tokens
In anticipation of the launch of Sleepless AI farming on the Launchpool platform from Binance, unknown people conducted a rug pull of the token of the same name.

Crypto losses decreased by 85% in October 2023
The crypto losses in October amounted to $51.6 million, an 85% decrease compared to September 2023. The crypto market in October 2023 suffered over 23 security incidents, such as hacker attacks, phishing scams, and rug pulls, resulting in a total…

Bitcoin ETFs could face rug-pull from Gensler, analysts say
Bloomberg’s ETF analysts haven’t ruled out the possibility that SEC Chair Gary Gensler may reject pending spot Bitcoin ETF applications at the eleventh hour. There’s a remote possibility that Gary Gensler, chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, could…

Scammers exploit Bitcoin ETF hype with fake IBTC token
Crypto investors have fallen victim to a scam token, which shares the same ticker as BlackRock’s legit ETF. BNB Chain-based iShares Bitcoin (IBTC) token has scammed investors for nearly $90,000 worth of crypto as the crypto community is abuzz with…

Cubiswap Finance puzzles users with $425k withdrawn via deployer address
Blockchain security firm PeckShield says the funds are sent to Binance through a cross-chain bridge. Developers behind Cubiswap Finance appeared to have withdrawn around 2,000 BNB (around $425,000) from the protocol, causing its native token CUBI to lose over 60%…

Nima Capital’s 9m SYN token dump ignites VC rug pull fears
Nima Capital, a family office involved in crypto investments, is facing accusations of initiating a rug pull with the grant tokens of their partner, the cross-chain bridge platform Synapse.