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The Merge had “all the makings of a scammer’s dream”: Chainalysis executive

Eric Jardine talks about how thieves were able to profit on the changeover of the second-largest blockchain and how $2 million in ether was taken. According to Eric Jardine, the cybercrimes research lead at Chainalysis, there were about $2 million worth of frauds prior to, during, and following Ethereum’s Merge, the blockchain’s switch from a…

Ukraine calls off cryptocurrency airdrop program, rather embraces NFTs plan

The government of Ukraine declared that it cancelled its plan of crypto airdrop for receiving donations towards its war against last week Russian invasion. The authorities have instead said that they will sell non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to generate funds to foster its armed forces. Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister, Mykhailo Fedorov informed the citizens that the…