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Over $100 million stolen from Tron founder Justin Sun’s Poloniex crypto exchange

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The crypto currency market faces a new multi- million aire criminal event on November 10. On this Friday, more than $117 million was reportedly stolen from Poloniex, a centralized exchange owned by Justin Sun, founder of Tron (TRX). Justin Sun commented on X at 11:42 am UTC about the hack incident: “We are currently investigating the Poloniex hack incident. Poloniex maintains a healthy financial position and will fully reimburse the affected funds. Additionally, we are exploring opportunities for collaboration with other exchanges to facilitate the recovery of these funds.” — Justin Sun (@justinsuntron)  So far, 107 cryptocurrencies have been stolen for amounts superior to $10,000 each, out of the $117.20 million identified by Arkham Intelligence , at the time of publication. Ponoliex hacker address. Source: Arkham Intelligence What cryptocurrencies were stolen by the Poloniex Hacker? Banking JPMorgan implements programmable payments using blockchain tech ...

Blockchain security firm freezes $160K stolen in Merlin DEX 'rugpull'

CertiK has contacted law enforcement in the U.S. and U.K. to find the pseudonymous operators. Smart contract auditor CertiK claims to have blocked $160,000 from Merlin, a zk-Sync-based decentralized exchange (DEX) which has been the center of a rogue insider "rugpull" that lost users $1.8 million last week. CertiK shared the news of its successful $160,000 freeze of the stolen funds in an update to its 257,700 Twitter followers on May 5. “We have successfully frozen $160K of the stolen funds with the help of partners,” CertiK said, adding that they’re continuing to monitor the movement of the stolen funds: We have successfully frozen $160K of the stolen funds with the help of partners. We will continue to monitor the movement of all stolen funds in an attempt to freeze and recover the remaining amount. — CertiK (@CertiK) May 4, 2023 The firm explained that they tried to “collaborate” with Merlin to recover the funds stolen from the April 25 " rugpull " but the e...