Azuki, a popular nonfungible token (NFT) project, had its Twitter account compromised on Jan. 27 leading to hackers stealing over $750,000 worth of USD Coin (USDC) by posting a malicious “wallet drainer link” posed as a virtual land mint. Hackers stole $751,321.80 USDC from a single wallet within half an hour of the malicious links being tweeted, according to Etherscan data provided to Cointelegraph by crypto wallet security firm Wallet Guard. The data also revealed that hackers stole a further $6,752.62 worth of USDC from various wallets holding 11 NFTs and over 3.9…
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Youtuber and alleged thief publicly refuses to return investors’ funds after $750k rug pull
On Wednesday, American Youtuber and “internet detective” Coffeezillaa published a recorded interview of himself and disgraced Youtuber Paul “Ice Poseidon” Denino. During the session, Denino allegedly confirmed that he made off with $750 thousand worth of his investors’ money through rug pulling a crypto project dubbed “Cxcoin.” The ordeal started last July, when Denino created the Cxcoin for streamers and content creators on the Binance Smart Chain. Denino then allegedly promoted the coin to his community of followers, telling them that “don’t worry, no rug [pull] here all the money…
First Wikipedia edit NFT sells at Christie’s for $750K
After celebrating its 20th anniversary in January, the free internet encyclopedia Wikipedia continues making history by selling its first nonfungible token (NFT) via auction giant Christie’s. On Wednesday, Christie’s completed an auction of two Wikipedia-related objects directly from Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales. Titled “The Birth of Wikipedia,” the online sale included two lots, an NFT of Wikipedia’s first edit, which sold for $750,000, and a Strawberry iMac used by Wales to create Wikipedia, which sold for $187,500. Source: Christie’s The NFT lot features the first message posted on Wikipedia by…