DT Marks DEFI LLC, affiliated with the Trump Organization, reduced its ownership stake in World Liberty Financial from 60% to 40% in June 2025, coinciding with a $2 billion investment from MGX, an Abu Dhabi state-backed investment firm, and intensifying regulatory scrutiny led by Sen. Richard …
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President Trump hosted a memecoin dinner where top cryptocurrency investors, including Justin Sun, a Chinese billionaire, paid over $145 million to attend, with Democratic lawmakers raising serious concerns about foreign influence and potential corruption
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Trump and business partner Bill Zanker announced a blockchain-based real estate video game resembling Monopoly, expanding the Trump family’s crypto ecosystem. The game allows players to build digital real estate using blockchain tokens, representing Trump’s continued push into …
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Soccer superstar Kylian Mbappé’s official X (Twitter) account was compromised in a sophisticated phishing attack to promote a fraudulent $MBAPPE token on the Solana blockchain. The scam saw the token’s market cap rapidly surge to $464 million before crashing to less than $100,000 within …
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Soccer superstar Kylian Mbappé’s official X (Twitter) account was compromised in a sophisticated crypto scam on August 29, 2024. Hackers used his 14.4 million follower account to launch a fraudulent $MBAPPE token on the Solana blockchain, which rapidly reached a $464 million market cap before …
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HSI agents charged Devin Alan Rhoden (24, active-duty Air Force cyber analyst) and Berman Jerry Nowlin Jr. (20) with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering through NFT schemes. The defendants created two NFT collections (‘UndeadApes’ and ‘Undead Lady Apes’) on …
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Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Tampa led a multi-agency investigation charging Devin Alan Rhoden, a senior military cyber analyst, and Berman Jerry Nowlin Jr., an NFT developer, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. The defendants created three NFT collections …
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