Tag: investor protection

CBEX's Victims: A Wake-Up Call for DeFi's Social Responsibility

07/27/2025

CBEX's Victims: A Wake-Up Call for DeFi's Social Responsibility

The news is filled with numbers: $800 million lost, percentages gained and lost, and the technical jargon of cross-chain swaps and virtual value transaction events. For every statistic, there is a human story—a beloved family member whose life has changed forever. The CBEX Ponzi scheme deliberately preyed on vulnerable, low-income...

Base's Rug Pull: A Wake-Up Call for DeFi's 'Inclusion' Promise?

04/19/2025

Base's Rug Pull: A Wake-Up Call for DeFi's 'Inclusion' Promise?

I remember Sarah. A smart, bright-eyed single mom I met at a community workshop on financial literacy. Eager to learn and explore, she jumped into the deep end of DeFi. The lure of one click away high returns and financial independence was a fire in her belly. She envisioned it...

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Forexus’ “Brass Coin” NFT collection exploded on the MegaETH testnet. Sold out in 4 minutes, $15 million (4,000 ETH) volume traded in the 1st day, floor price shot to $1. Sounds like a victory lap for MegaETH, doesn’t it. A beacon of hope from the future – a future when...

Alright, now onto this Forexus Exhibit “Brass Coin” NFT collection. Sold out in minutes? That’s 4,000 ETH in one day on the MegaETH testnet! The art critic within me may just be raising an eyebrow, but the numbers are literally screaming. As someone who's spent more time staring at memes...

It’s important to understand that this wasn’t your typical crypto Ponzi scheme gone bad. It's a glaring indictment of the Wild West environment we've allowed to fester in the digital asset space, and a stark reminder that laissez-faire doesn't work when millions of dollars are at stake. We’re discussing about...

Look, we've all been there. You fomo’d into some meme coin, lured in by the promise of shiny lambos. Now, you’re holding the proverbial bag of digital dust. Doge, Shiba Inu, the list goes on. They're fun, sure, but let’s be honest – they're the digital equivalent of lottery tickets....

Ethereum's dominance is being challenged. So the question isn’t whether a serious challenger will come, but when and who. But Sonic Labs (formerly Fantom) is getting ready to throw its hat – or rather, its Sonic Gem – into the Layer-1 ring. Their wager? A new architecture built on DAG...

Okay, fam, let's be real. Bitcoin DeFi has been kinda...meh. Like that one overconfident amigo who insists on putting you on their five besties’ wedding list and then ghost. Promises, promises, but where's the FIRE? Where's the actual disruption we were promised?That’s when Hemi Network and SQD AI walk in,...

Are crypto presales the secret to early adoption and explosive profits? Or are they mainly digital snake oil, taking advantage of fear of missing out and fueled by hype? The truth, like most things in crypto, isn’t that simple.The landscape has shifted. Yet we have clearly moved on from the...

Wen Lambo? Ah, the rallying cry of a thousand failed crypto investors. It’s a question laced with, oh, all the faux hopeful idealism, mega unicorn capitalism, and meme magic that has exploded in the space. We’ve all been there, awash in data, lusting after that delectable, delectable Italian horsepower. Let’s...