


$103,196.00
-0.13%$2,491.65
6.73%$2.41
2.48%$651.89
2.60%$171.96
0.04%$0.999978
0.00%$0.234029
14.07%$0.809296
3.68%$0.260918
-0.26%$2,490.16
7.02%$3.99
2.55%$103,391.00
0.36%$16.74
4.58%$2,992.06
7.08%$24.47
5.87%$0.304553
3.51%$0.00001591
5.82%$0.21209
5.80%$25.28
0.53%$3.37
3.18%$419.10
2.52%$1.00
0.01%$8.55
-2.02%$103.13
3.93%$5.07
6.45%$2,495.78
6.73%$322.42
2.73%$2,661.73
6.86%$4.84
7.71%$0.00001326
7.33%$0.738941
1.60%$1.002
0.22%$103,183.00
-0.09%$1.001
0.02%$30.16
-0.50%$6.83
8.24%$453.29
6.35%$3.07
6.07%$5.76
4.83%$224.42
6.61%$1.053
4.50%$54.94
2.06%$1.051
0.01%$19.85
3.92%$5.56
2.88%$1.00
0.00%$0.100756
-1.13%$14.27
-0.54%$35.72
6.61%$0.10717
3.16%$22.16
1.06%$5.23
6.04%$0.03092808
4.19%$0.774251
1.39%$0.26306
4.47%$5.12
4.14%$0.388193
6.05%$0.869015
5.05%$1.002
0.09%$103,223.00
0.35%$3.12
4.10%$0.24077
3.61%$0.433035
16.13%$1.17
0.07%$3.17
8.39%$0.593137
0.92%$4.36
-0.01%$0.00002271
4.17%$1.18
4.19%$4.54
0.65%$0.534802
0.38%$1.011
4.36%$1,832.10
6.06%$1.002
0.14%$2,493.98
6.71%$97.48
2.88%$2,603.45
7.01%$180.64
0.23%$11.21
0.60%$0.921899
8.21%$0.815022
8.24%$0.261512
8.21%$1.31
-2.19%$0.02007795
-0.42%$1.30
1.57%$0.708838
8.23%$13.15
12.24%$1.96
-0.37%$4.68
4.25%$0.0768
-2.33%$2,831.54
7.11%$103,249.00
0.09%$0.120666
9.67%$1.001
0.09%$0.784533
2.25%$0.00010447
5.44%$1.092
7.61%$0.946013
6.48%$652.97
2.76%$0.933448
28.07%$0.999868
-0.00%$2,650.37
6.59%$221.98
0.12%$0.01883312
2.44%$0.0205246
6.56%$1.004
0.39%$190.35
0.10%$0.01383692
-3.13%$3.00
5.28%$0.351105
6.53%$0.084632
11.44%$0.837347
1.48%$42.05
1.96%$103,666.00
0.28%$3,326.50
-0.30%$2.42
5.63%$103,648.00
-0.20%$0.00000081
4.47%$2,611.42
6.71%$3,331.08
-0.16%$1.00
0.02%$102,605.00
-0.12%$13.70
-6.10%$23.43
3.15%$0.249022
6.01%$0.612918
1.15%$4.11
0.84%$0.123979
4.99%$0.448732
3.77%$0.744377
9.55%$2,609.77
8.29%$0.6532
5.08%$0.364557
6.06%$0.187648
-6.43%$41.87
0.72%$2.05
5.53%$0.997934
0.01%$3.94
4.82%$0.9987
-0.01%$0.01849192
-0.25%$0.754674
2.69%$0.234252
14.33%$1.69
13.42%$1.10
0.23%$0.01024063
0.63%$0.00635997
6.30%$0.488244
1.21%$0.179718
6.72%$0.708758
4.01%$19.44
3.14%$111.00
0.02%$8.23
2.48%$2,498.66
7.02%$2,480.39
6.21%$0.487151
-0.22%$2,642.73
6.31%$0.655188
5.67%$103,322.00
0.15%$0.52523
1.60%$0.202903
10.28%$2,540.23
6.51%$4.21
8.23%$0.199789
2.44%$0.0000249
4.11%$0.998739
-0.14%$0.999991
0.01%$0.096372
9.49%$3.02
6.66%$103,137.00
0.06%$6.77
4.33%$0.00910252
4.70%$0.0000012
16.76%$0.102466
3.92%$0.065216
-0.52%$100,516.00
0.54%$0.999978
0.01%$1.84
1.48%$1.90
36.01%$0.04756412
4.64%$0.693715
12.08%$1.64
3.20%$2,495.78
6.68%$0.459537
22.27%$1.63
9.44%$47.65
5.72%$0.163631
5.37%$0.262417
4.09%$0.00000042
-4.22%$0.00600855
0.29%$1.096
0.00%$1.001
-1.19%$0.420757
4.67%$1.31
10.81%$0.868174
4.65%$2,493.40
7.34%$0.348045
0.82%$0.00378827
10.15%$0.00450021
3.35%$0.00006955
5.01%$0.03769508
-0.10%$0.186264
5.14%$0.372561
3.01%$0.01912034
0.36%$33.34
1.04%$0.998218
-0.14%$0.864418
2.44%$2,642.91
7.42%$137.97
6.47%$4.28
10.80%$21.63
0.41%$1.001
-0.04%$0.278787
7.62%$102,401.00
-0.77%$2,739.93
6.88%$24.41
5.55%$2.97
2.25%$0.569261
7.13%$2,716.21
6.51%$0.329589
0.10%$0.00000161
1.25%$103,204.00
0.02%$0.729282
-0.83%$1.001
0.30%$0.232604
2.71%$25.30
0.20%$0.999674
0.00%$0.003532
-0.44%$1.001
0.01%$0.03702142
5.81%$2,489.84
6.55%$2,682.04
6.51%$18.61
6.81%$1.10
0.04%$0.00071606
52.53%$2,492.78
7.29%$24.42
2.16%$0.591593
3.20%$0.0028529
10.16%$0.00
15.17%$0.287578
0.86%$0.265919
13.35%$25.27
0.15%$0.00382248
7.04%$0.839354
5.24%$0.999943
0.04%$0.121243
4.39%$3.42
0.49%$0.0143892
3.18%Reading
The explosion of rug pulls in the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem over the past year helped to propel revenue from crypto scams to $7.7 billion in 2021, according to blockchain data firm Chainalysis.
Per Chainalysis' 2022 Crypto Crime Report, revenues from crypto scams in 2021 were up 81% on the previous year, with rug pulls accounting for 37% of all crypto scam revenue—up from 1% in 2020.
In all, rug pulls—in which developers build a seemingly legitimate crypto project and then abscond with investors' money—accounted for more than $2.8 billion worth of stolen crypto in 2021. Chainalysis highlighted the fact that code audits—which would catch the vulnerabilities that enable fraudulent DeFi projects to drain their liquidity pools—are not required to list a project on decentralized exchanges (DEXs), hence their prevalence in the DeFi sector.
Although crypto scam revenues in 2021 represent a substantial increase on 2020, they're still down on the highs of 2019, when they approached $10 billion.
And while the number of deposits to investment scam addresses dropped from 10.7 million in 2020 to 4.1 million in 2021—suggesting that there were fewer individual victims—it also indicates that the amount taken from each victim went up.
As in previous years, most crypto sent from scam addresses ended up at mainstream crypto exchanges—a fact that's not been lost on politicians and regulators, with Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) among those pushing for increased regulation of the industry.
However, there is some evidence that the crypto sector is maturing; the relationship between crypto prices and scam activity seems to have been broken.
Where previous bull runs in 2017 and 2020 have seen a surge in scam activity corresponding with an influx of new (and naive) users into the crypto ecosystem, 2021 saw scamming activity flatten off even as the price of leading cryptocurrencies Bitcoin and Ethereum surged.
Digital assets may be firmly in the mainstream, with institutional involvement and a crypto-friendly president in the White House. But hackers and fraudsters are having a field day so far this year. Crypto users have lost over $1.7 billion to these groups—already 14% more than 2024’s total losses of $1.49 billion, according to blockchain security firm Immunefi. In the same period last year, losses totaled $420 million, the firm said. The report comes amid ongoing concerns about the vulnerabil...
Libre, a regulated real-world asset platform, and the TON Foundation have launched a $500 million tokenized fund on The Open Network, aiming to bring Telegram’s $2.4 billion in corporate debt onto the blockchain for the first time. Dubbed the Telegram Bond Fund, the product allows institutional and accredited investors to gain exposure to Telegram’s outstanding bonds directly through the TON blockchain, according to a statement shared with Decrypt. The fund will also participate in future Telegr...
Solana decentralized exchange Raydium has deployed its native token launchpad, which is designed to rival the popular Pump.fun. This comes almost a month after Pump.fun deployed its own decentralized exchange, cutting ties with Raydium in the process. LaunchLab by Raydium offers a more sophisticated token creation process, compared to Pump.fun’s simplistic approach. The new launchpad allows for deployers to toy with the token supply, how many tokens will be sold on the bonding curve, and how muc...