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Сообщение от ChainCatcher, проект TokenWorks по экспериментам с финансовыми инновациями на блокчейне объявил, что начальная фаза выпуска Fake World Assets завершена, токены были распределены среди участников. Внешние покупки откроются 5 августа в 3:00 по пекинскому времени.Кроме того, 50% от будущих сборов протокола, принадлежащие TokenWorks, будут направлены на механизм выкупа. 70% токенов, полученных от выкупа, будут распределены среди покупателей, 10% — среди вкладчиков, 20% будет использовано для сжигания. Дополнительные сборы за покупку снижаются с 5% до 2,5%, ставки вкладчиков увеличиваются с 85% до 90%. Функция покупки будет приостановлена с 21:00 до 24:00 4 августа, чтобы вкладчики могли вывести свои средства.

Сообщение ChainCatcher, согласно данным DefiLlama, разработанный командой из двух человек протокол получения случайных NFT на блокчейне Ethereum Fake World Assets, после повторного запуска 20 июля за четыре дня превзошел дневной доход Collector Crypt на Solana.25 июля пиковый дневной доход составил 447,604 долларов, общие сборы составили 1.6 миллиона долларов, за четыре дня было проведено около 90,000 сделок с примерно 35,000 извлечениями, объем торгов составил около 2,000 ETH. После этого активность снизилась, за последние 24 часа доход упал до 167,869 долларов, что ставит его на второе место по дневному доходу среди протоколов Ethereum, уступая только Sky (464,303 долларов), опережая Aave (105,282 долларов) и Uniswap (76,028 долларов).В этом протоколе вкладчики выставляют NFT вместе с обещанным залогом ETH (аналогично торговым парам Uniswap V2), залог определяет вес каждого NFT и предоставляет вкладчикам необратимые постоянные ставки для повторного получения этого NFT, любой желающий может заплатить цену получения, сгенерированную пулом средств, чтобы получить случайно выбранный NFT.В пуле накоплено более 1,500 NFT, включая CryptoPunks, случайность обеспечивается Chainlink VRF. Стимулы по эмиссии токенов истекают через 15 дней после запуска, дневные сборы уже снизились примерно на половину от пиковых значений. Collector Crypt на Solana по-прежнему является лидером в этой области, только в июне пользователи потратили более 209 миллионов долларов на его кошельках.

According to FinanceFeeds, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued a warning that scammers are defrauding retail investors through messaging apps like WhatsApp and fake cryptocurrency trading platforms. Scammers typically post investment advice on social media to attract users to join message groups disguised as well-known financial figures or trading communities, then lure them into depositing funds into fake platforms. These platforms simulate profits by fabricating trading data, and when users attempt to withdraw funds, they are asked for additional "unlock fees," with all funds flowing directly into the scammers' accounts.Additionally, scammers are targeting investors who have already suffered losses by promoting fake "fund recovery services" for secondary fraud. According to Moneysmart survey data, 23% of Australians aged 18 to 28 hold cryptocurrency assets, 72% of Generation Z have seen cryptocurrency ads on social media, and 41% have been directly persuaded to invest in cryptocurrencies, indicating a significantly higher risk exposure among the younger demographic. ASIC advises investors to be cautious of investment advice on social media and recommends verifying the compliance qualifications of platforms through the AUSTRAC virtual asset service provider register.

XRPL developer Wietse Wind has issued a latest security warning to the XRP community, stating that recent scam activities targeting Xaman Wallet users are on the rise. Scammers are currently promoting fake desktop wallet applications and counterfeit airdrop activities to lure users into connecting their wallets or downloading malicious programs, thereby stealing funds. Wietse Wind reminds users not to connect their wallets to suspicious websites and not to download any unofficial applications to avoid asset loss.

XRPL developer Wietse Wind has issued a latest security warning to the XRP community, stating that there has been an increase in scam activities targeting Xaman Wallet users. Scammers are currently promoting fake desktop wallet applications and counterfeit airdrop activities to lure users into connecting their wallets or downloading malicious programs, thereby stealing funds.Wietse Wind reminds users not to connect their wallets to suspicious websites and not to download any unofficial applications to avoid asset loss.

According to SolanaFloor monitoring, a scam gang is impersonating Jupiter, airdropping fake CJUP tokens to wallets, and enticing users to connect to a scam website to steal assets.

According to market news, Microsoft's security research team has discovered that attackers have been inducing users to run malicious terminal commands by publishing fake macOS troubleshooting guides since the end of 2025, thereby stealing cryptocurrency wallets, iCloud data, and passwords saved in browsers.These fake guides are published on platforms such as Medium, Craft, and Squarespace, targeting common user issues like freeing up disk space or fixing system errors, and tricking users into copying and pasting malicious commands into the terminal, which automatically downloads and runs malware. This social engineering technique, named ClickFix, bypasses macOS's Gatekeeper security mechanism because the victims are actively executing the commands.The malware families involved include AMOS, Macsync, and SHub Stealer, which can steal cryptocurrency wallet keys from Exodus, Ledger, and Trezor, as well as usernames and passwords saved in Chrome and Firefox. In some cases, attackers also delete legitimate wallet applications and replace them with trojan versions. Apple has added a protective feature in macOS version 26.4 to prevent the pasting of potentially malicious commands.

On-chain detective ZachXBT replied that PolyArb is a fraudulent prediction market product, and its website contains a wallet stealer.Previously, PolyArb claimed on platform X that the Hyperliquid HIP-4 results market reached a daily BTC trading volume of $6.15 million within 48 hours, which was questioned by user growth head William LeGate regarding its claims about Polymarket fees. ZachXBT warned that replying to the relevant account might bring more exposure to them and lead to an increase in potential victims.

French police are investigating a vicious cryptocurrency "ransom attack" case. Three criminals disguised as police officers broke into a residential home near Paris, threatened and controlled a couple in their 50s with knives, forcing the husband to transfer approximately $1 million worth of Bitcoin that he held. The victims were injured, the husband was bound, and the criminals fled in a car after their heist.This case highlights that the security threats in cryptocurrency are shifting from digital attacks to physical coercion against holders. Criminals impersonate police, create a sense of urgency and

According to DL News, Argentine police arrested a Chinese national (abbreviated as DZ) at Buenos Aires Ezeiza International Airport. The suspect arrived from Paris holding a forged Paraguayan passport and has been listed as a wanted suspect by Interpol.A Nigerian court has accused him of orchestrating a cryptocurrency scam locally, attracting investors with the promise of "high returns," but victims were later unable to withdraw funds or access the platform, with the amount involved approximately $49.4 million. Argentine authorities stated they would cooperate with Nigeria to initiate extradition procedures.

According to DL News, a South Korean forgery gang is selling fake official documents to users via Telegram, prioritizing payments in cryptocurrency or digital gift cards. Among them, a counterfeit Yonsei University diploma is priced at about $200, a certificate of enrollment is quoted at about $100, and a fake diploma from overseas universities is priced at about $341.The report points out that the gang also offers forged materials such as driver's licenses, proof of relationship, certificates of no criminal record, and bank loan documents. South Korean police stated that the number of arrests for forgery cases nearly doubled from 2021 to 2023.

American musician Garrett Dutton (stage name G. Love) lost 5.9 BTC, amounting to approximately $420,000, after downloading and using a fake Ledger wallet app from the App Store and entering his recovery phrase.On-chain analyst ZachXBT discovered that the attacker had laundered the stolen Bitcoin through the KuCoin platform. This incident once again exposes the security risks of counterfeit wallet applications and reminds users to be vigilant when downloading and using cryptocurrency-related apps, avoiding entering sensitive information through unofficial channels.

American Philadelphia musician G.Love posted on the X platform that during the process of changing computers and reconfiguring Ledger, he mistakenly downloaded a malicious counterfeit application from the Apple App Store, resulting in the theft of his retirement funds, with approximately 5.92 bitcoins transferred all at once.On-chain detective ZachXBT subsequently stated that he had traced the flow of the stolen funds and pointed out that the relevant assets had been laundered through the recharge addresses of a centralized exchange (CEX). ZachXBT also questioned the review mechanism of the Apple App Store, claiming that there is an issue that allows counterfeit applications to be listed on the Apple platform, further amplifying the security risks to user assets. The incident has once again sparked market concerns about wallet security and the application ecosystem review mechanism.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning that fake tokens impersonating the FBI have appeared on the Tron network, urging users to remain vigilant.The FBI's New York field office stated on social media that users who receive tokens claiming to be from the FBI in their wallets should exercise caution and never provide any personal identification information to related websites. According to disclosed information, these scams typically operate based on the TRC-20 token standard, where attackers send so-called "FBI tokens" to users' wallets and threaten to freeze assets under the pretext of violating anti-money laundering (AML) regulations, thereby inducing users to submit sensitive information and executing phishing attacks. The FBI also recommends that users report any suspicious activities through its Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). It is currently unclear how many users have been affected.

According to market news, the security platform OX Security has disclosed that the developers of the AI agent project OpenClaw are becoming targets of cryptocurrency phishing activities.Attackers create fake GitHub accounts, initiate topics in repositories controlled by them, and @ dozens of developers, claiming they have won a $5000 CLAW token reward, leading them to a clone website that is almost identical to openclaw.ai. This phishing site includes a "Connect Wallet" button, aimed at stealing the assets of connected wallets. Malicious code is hidden in deeply obfuscated JavaScript files, featuring a "nuke" function that clears browser local storage data to hinder forensic analysis, and encodes information such as wallet addresses and transaction values to send back to the C2 server. Researchers identified a suspected cryptocurrency wallet address used to receive stolen funds. The related accounts were created last week and deleted within hours, with no confirmed victims at this time. OpenClaw has become a target for scammers due to its high visibility, and its Discord community has previously encountered a large amount of cryptocurrency spam. Earlier reports indicated that OpenClaw's founder warned to be cautious of cryptocurrency scam emails sent in the name of OpenClaw.

Trump stated on social media that yet another fake news media outlet deliberately fabricated a misleading headline regarding the situation of five refueling aircraft shot down at an airport in Saudi Arabia, but this information is completely useless.In fact, the base was hit days ago, but those planes were not "shot down" or "destroyed." Four of them were barely damaged and have already returned to flight capability. One was damaged more severely, but it will soon be back in operation. Not a single one was destroyed or close to being destroyed, as the fake news media claimed in their headlines. The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (especially these two media outlets) and other such inferior "newspapers" and media actually hope we lose this war. Their terrible reporting is completely contrary to the actual facts! They are truly pathological and insane people who do not understand the damage they are causing to America.Fortunately, as demonstrated by our great and decisive electoral victory in 2024, the people of our nation have a far better understanding of what is happening than those fake news media.

According to CertiK's latest report, losses from cryptocurrency ATM scams in the U.S. will reach $333 million by 2025, with the FBI receiving over 12,000 complaints, a 33% increase year-on-year. CertiK points out that cryptocurrency ATMs can convert cash into cryptocurrency within 5 minutes, and the identity verification requirements are extremely low, making them the least frictional channel for scammers to withdraw funds.Among the victims, 86% are seniors aged 60 and above, primarily due to their liquid savings, lack of knowledge about cryptocurrency, and social isolation. The main scam tactics include pig butchering investment scams, government impersonation, tech support scams, grandparent scams, and fake debt collection services.The involvement of AI technology has made the situation even more severe. By 2025, AI-driven social engineering scams are expected to yield 4.5 times the profits of traditional methods, and real-time deepfake technology has been systematically integrated into scam operations. Transnational criminal organizations also operate with a corporate division of labor model, significantly increasing the difficulty of law enforcement tracking.

According to Cointelegraph, a French couple in their home in Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt, west of Paris, was invaded by three armed men posing as police officers. They were forced to transfer approximately 900,000 euros (about 1 million dollars) in Bitcoin, after which the couple was bound and injured. The assailants then fled in a white van. The case has been transferred to the anti-gang department for investigation by the Versailles prosecutor's office, and there have been no arrests reported so far.This case is the latest example of "ransom attacks" in the cryptocurrency sector in recent years (where violence or threats are used to force holders to hand over digital assets). According to data from the cybersecurity platform CertiK, such attacks globally increased by 75% to 72 cases in 2025, with France leading the world with 19 cases. Since the beginning of this year, there have been multiple incidents of kidnapping and home invasion targeting cryptocurrency professionals in France.

The Chief Information Security Officer of Slow Fog Technology, 23pds, issued a reminder to be wary of fake imToken Chrome extensions. A fake imToken Chrome extension in the Chrome Web Store is phishing for seed phrases and private keys.