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Kylian Mbappé Token Hit a $464 Million Market Cap—Then Crashed to Zero Because It Was Fake

Real Madrid and France National Team soccer star Kylian Mbappé appeared to have his Twitter account hacked late Wednesday as the account went on a rampage with a string of offensive comments about fellow athletes and rival clubs—all while promoting a meme coin that rapidly pumped and then dumped. The MBAPPE token on Solana quickly hit a market cap of $464 million before falling 99%—all in the span of a minute. That was enough to, very briefly, give it a higher market cap than Mog Coin, Raydium,...

Crypto Hackers Stole Way Less in August Than They Did in July, Says Immunefi

Good news: August saw a significant decrease in cryptocurrency losses due to hacks and fraud, according to a recent report from Immunefi. Total losses amounted to $15,082,000 across five incidents, marking the lowest monthly total year-to-date and a 94.5% decrease from July. As Decrypt reported at the time, July saw cross-chain DeFi protocol Li.Fi losing about $11 million to a hack. Reports indicate that hackers stole more than twice as much cryptocurrency in the first half of 2024—based on the...