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Informed Crypto News While many crypto influencers are busy celebrating the dawn of AI-led digital assets and AI-managed hedge funds, their more observant counterparts have noticed that many of the most mundane tasks earmarked to be carried out by AI bots actually require human intervention. Indeed, on Monday, crypto’s pre-eminent AI ‘bot’ — which received unbridled praise from supposed luminaries like Arthur Hayes after it led the memecoin GOAT to an $800 million market capitalization — couldn’t even launch a website. According to Andy Ayrey, the crypto-trading AI bot he coded, Terminal of Truths, created a website and co-registered a domain name for memecoin Goatseus Maximus (GOAT). However, the bot didn’t do any of this. When I read about the AI that launched its own memecoin and religion I immediacy aped in. $GOAT pic.twitter.com/UlduBlzxU2 — Arthur Hayes (@CryptoHayes) October 17, 2024 Arthur Hayes says an AI launched a memecoin…...

A wallet address belonging to the hacker that stole more than $235 million from the Indian crypto exchange WazirX recently moved $6.5 million in crypto to the mixer Tornado Cash. Blockchain security platform Cyvers Alerts noted the transaction in a Sept. 3 post on X. According to the tweet, the hacker sent 2,600 ETH to the platform to try to launder the funds. Hacker Executed Multiple ETH Transfers In Quick Succession A day before the $6.5 million transfer to Tornado Cash, the wallet held $6.7 worth of crypto. After executing 26 separate ETH transfers, the wallet still holds $154,000.  All of the transactions were executed within an hour and saw 100 ETH sent to the crypto mixing platform with each transfer, according to data from DeBank. These transfers also come as the exchange platform opened up Indian Rupee (INR) withdrawals for their customers. WazirX users that were impacted by the hack are now able to withdraw 66% of their INR balance.  📢 INR Withdrawa...

The infamous FTX exploiter with address 0x3e957 has resurfaced. After 10 months of in activity , the hacker that masterminded the multi-million dollar FTX heist transferred 2,500 ETH, equivalent to $4.2 million, from their dormant address.  This marks the first activity from the address since the infamous hack almost a year ago. According to blockchain analytics platform Spotonchain, the address 0x3e957 still holds a substantial 12.5K ETH.  The attacker now reportedly controls a staggering 180,735 ETH across 13 addresses, totaling an approximate value of $302.5 million.  You might also like: FTX hacker is using ChipMixer which might have ties with the government Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial looms Almost a year after the collapse of FTX, founder Sam Bankman-Fried faces an imminent trial. The proceedings are set to commence on Oct. 3, extending for at least 21 days until Nov. 9. During this period, Bankman-Fried will remain in custody at a Brooklyn prison, where ...

The hackers created decoy websites impersonating NFT marketplaces, NFT projects and even a DeFi platform. Hackers linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group are reportedly behind a massive phishing campaign targeting non-fungible token (NFT) investors — utilizing nearly 500 phishing domains to dupe victims. Blockchain Security firm SlowMist released a report on Dec. 24, revealing the tactics that North Korean Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups have used to part NFT investors from their NFTs, including decoy websites disguised as a variety of NFT-related platforms and projects. Examples of these fake websites include a site pretending to be a project associated with the World Cup, as well as sites that impersonate well-known NFT marketplaces such as OpenSea, X2Y2 and Rarible. SlowMist said one of the tactics used was having these decoy websites offer “malicious Mints,” which involves deceiving the victims into thinking they are minting a legitimate NFT by connecting their wallet to the...