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South Korean prosecutors have dismantled a Cambodia-based criminal organization that defrauded victims of approximately $1....

Gang Posed as Elon Musk Associates Arrested in $1.3M Crypto Romance Scheme

Investors logged into glossy crypto trading dashboards showing five-figure “profits,” then found themselves blocked from withdrawing a cent unless they first wired extra “taxes” or “loan repayments” t...

SEC filings reveal the multi-million dollar trap hiding inside ‘exclusive’ WhatsApp crypto investment clubs

Vida: Born after 2000, founder of Equation News, specializing in algorithmic trading. He once shared his story of earning tens of millions of US dollars in the crypto market.

Background: At 01:23 AM Beijing time on January 1, 2026, Equation News detected that a market maker's Binance account was highly suspected of being compromised. Potential attackers were suspected of using approximately $10 million to $20 million in funds from this account to manipulate the price of the BROCCOLI714-USDT trading pair on the Binance spot market.

The following is Vida's recap of the entire process: Prerequisites and Infrastructure:

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