https://cryptomediazone.com Investigative crypto journalism. Every hack, crash, rug pull, scam, and on-chain crime documented. 170+ articles covering $22B+ in losses across 15 sections. en-us Copyright 2026 Crypto Media Zone editor@cryptomediazone.com (SYNTH) Thu, 04 Jun 2026 06:39:35 GMT 1440 https://cryptomediazone.com/apple-icon.png https://cryptomediazone.com 144 144 https://cryptomediazone.com/crash-chronicles/bitcoin-etf-bleed/ https://cryptomediazone.com/crash-chronicles/bitcoin-etf-bleed/ Eleven consecutive days of ETF outflows. $3.45 billion gone. Strategy sold Bitcoin for the first time since 2022. Mt. Gox moved $739 million. BTC futures hit $61,244 on Binance. The institutional narrative had a very bad two weeks. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Crash Chronicles SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/hack-database/stakedao-mint-hack/ https://cryptomediazone.com/hack-database/stakedao-mint-hack/ On paper, the attacker had $763 billion worth of tokens. In practice, they extracted $91,000. The gap between those two numbers is the whole story. Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hack Database SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/the-rap-sheet/spagnuolo-alpharaccoon/ https://cryptomediazone.com/the-rap-sheet/spagnuolo-alpharaccoon/ A Google engineer saw GOOGLE CONFIDENTIAL in red text. He clicked through it anyway. Then bet $2.75 million using what he found inside. Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Rap Sheet SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/hack-database/new-market-trading-hack/ https://cryptomediazone.com/hack-database/new-market-trading-hack/ 86 crypto wallets. Two hours. $3.2 million gone. The code that made it possible was publicly readable on the blockchain the whole time. Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hack Database SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/hack-database/echo-protocol-hack/ https://cryptomediazone.com/hack-database/echo-protocol-hack/ A compromised admin key let an attacker mint 1,000 eBTC worth $77 million on Monad. The hacker borrowed $3.45M in WBTC and laundered $822K through Tornado Cash before Echo burned the rest. Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hack Database SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/the-rap-sheet/rathnakishore-giri/ https://cryptomediazone.com/the-rap-sheet/rathnakishore-giri/ The Ohio investment manager who drove Lamborghinis while running a $10M Ponzi scheme got nine years. He kept scamming after pleading guilty. Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Rap Sheet SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/hack-database/thorchain-10m-key-leak/ https://cryptomediazone.com/hack-database/thorchain-10m-key-leak/ A freshly churned validator node exploited a flaw in THORChain’s GG20 threshold signature scheme, reconstructing a vault private key and draining $10.8M across Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Base. 12,847 wallets got hit. Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hack Database SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/the-rap-sheet/dritan-kapllani-trenton-johnson/ https://cryptomediazone.com/the-rap-sheet/dritan-kapllani-trenton-johnson/ An 18-year-old US teen allegedly stole $19M in crypto, then flexed Lambos and Rolexes on Instagram. His band-for-band Discord call blew the whole operation. Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Rap Sheet SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/hack-database/trustedvolumes-hack/ https://cryptomediazone.com/hack-database/trustedvolumes-hack/ A custom RFQ swap proxy let anyone whitelist themselves as an authorized signer. The hacker drained $6.7M, swapped to ETH, and walked. Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hack Database SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/dead-narratives/dl-news-shutdown/ https://cryptomediazone.com/dead-narratives/dl-news-shutdown/ DL News was supposed to be the proof that crypto could fund serious journalism. The DefiLlama team built it. AI traffic collapse killed it. May 2026. Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Dead Narratives SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/the-rap-sheet/see-crew/ https://cryptomediazone.com/the-rap-sheet/see-crew/ They met online gaming. They stole $263M. They spent it on Lamborghinis and $500K nightclub tabs. Now they're going to prison one by one. Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Rap Sheet SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/crash-chronicles/coinbase-2026-bloodbath/ https://cryptomediazone.com/crash-chronicles/coinbase-2026-bloodbath/ Coinbase cut 14% of staff. Q1 loss $394M. Strategy lost $12.54B. Bitcoin below $90K. The 'institutional adoption fixed everything' thesis is having a bad year. Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Crash Chronicles SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/the-rap-sheet/operation-level-up/ https://cryptomediazone.com/the-rap-sheet/operation-level-up/ DOJ and FBI dismantled the pig butchering scam compounds. 276 arrests. $701M seized. Cambodia just passed its first dedicated anti-scam-center law. Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Rap Sheet SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/hack-database/wasabi-protocol-hack/ https://cryptomediazone.com/hack-database/wasabi-protocol-hack/ Wasabi Protocol had one admin key controlling every vault across four blockchains. No backup. No delay. No protection. Someone got the key. Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hack Database SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/the-rap-sheet/france-wrench-crackdown/ https://cryptomediazone.com/the-rap-sheet/france-wrench-crackdown/ France just charged 88 people, including ten minors, in the global crypto kidnapping epidemic. The country has become the wrench attack capital of the world. Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Rap Sheet SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/dead-narratives/liquid-restaking-trust/ https://cryptomediazone.com/dead-narratives/liquid-restaking-trust/ EigenLayer was the future of Ethereum yield. LRTs were how everyone would access it. Then Kelp DAO lost 18% of its supply in two hours and the thesis stopped making sense. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Dead Narratives SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/hack-database/volo-sui-hack/ https://cryptomediazone.com/hack-database/volo-sui-hack/ Someone stole $3.5 million from Volo Protocol. Volo got almost all of it back. In DeFi, that almost never happens. Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hack Database SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/hack-database/kelpdao-hack/ https://cryptomediazone.com/hack-database/kelpdao-hack/ Lazarus Group spoofed a LayerZero message and walked off with 18% of all rsETH. Aave triggered a $9B panic withdrawal. Circle got sued. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hack Database SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/crypto-graveyard/mint-blockchain-dead/ https://cryptomediazone.com/crypto-graveyard/mint-blockchain-dead/ An Ethereum L2 built specifically for the NFT ecosystem. Launched at the peak of the NFT hype. Closed when the hype was gone. Users had six months to bridge out. Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Crypto Graveyard SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/hack-database/rhea-finance-hack/ https://cryptomediazone.com/hack-database/rhea-finance-hack/ Someone spent two days building 423 fake wallets before robbing NEAR's biggest DeFi protocol. $18.4 million gone. Half came back. The person who took the other half has never been caught. Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hack Database SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/the-rap-sheet/meta-1-coin/ https://cryptomediazone.com/the-rap-sheet/meta-1-coin/ Sold a coin he said was backed by Picassos and $44 billion in gold. Got 23 years. Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Rap Sheet SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/hack-database/grinex-exit-scam/ https://cryptomediazone.com/hack-database/grinex-exit-scam/ $13.74M drained across 54 wallets. Grinex blamed hostile foreign intelligence. Chainalysis hinted at a false flag exit scam. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hack Database SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/hack-database/hyperbridge-hack/ https://cryptomediazone.com/hack-database/hyperbridge-hack/ Hyperbridge joked about being unhackable on April Fools Day. Twelve days later someone minted $1.19 billion in fake tokens on their bridge. The attacker walked away with $237,000. The jokes were deleted. Nobody has been caught. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hack Database SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/hack-database/drift-lazarus-circle/ https://cryptomediazone.com/hack-database/drift-lazarus-circle/ Lazarus Group stole $285M in 12 minutes. Bridged $230M through Circle's CCTP during business hours. Circle did nothing for six hours. Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hack Database SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/hack-database/drift-protocol-hack/ https://cryptomediazone.com/hack-database/drift-protocol-hack/ Solana's biggest perps exchange lost $285M in minutes through compromised admin keys. Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hack Database SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/the-rap-sheet/spalletta-uranium/ https://cryptomediazone.com/the-rap-sheet/spalletta-uranium/ Stole $54M from Uranium Finance. Spent it on Magic cards, Roman coins, and Pokémon. Created a Telegram 'War Room' to pretend to investigate his own hack. Got caught anyway. Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Rap Sheet SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/exchange-graveyard/bit-com-shutdown/ https://cryptomediazone.com/exchange-graveyard/bit-com-shutdown/ Launched 2020. Backed by Bitmain co-founder Jihan Wu. Wound down its institutional crypto exchange across three months. Most users never noticed. Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Exchange Graveyard SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/bitcoin-timeline/quantum-threat/ https://cryptomediazone.com/bitcoin-timeline/quantum-threat/ Google's Quantum AI team published a whitepaper. Fewer than 500,000 qubits to crack Bitcoin. 6.9 million BTC exposed. Taproot made it worse. The clock just got faster. Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bitcoin Timeline SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/hack-database/resolv-hack/ https://cryptomediazone.com/hack-database/resolv-hack/ One compromised private key. 80 million unbacked stablecoins minted. $25 million drained. The code worked perfectly. The humans did not. Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hack Database SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/scam-encyclopedia/operation-atlantic/ https://cryptomediazone.com/scam-encyclopedia/operation-atlantic/ The US Secret Service, UK National Crime Agency, and Canadian authorities launched a live operation to find victims before they lose everything. The first time anyone tried to outrun a crypto scam instead of writing a press release about one. Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Scam Encyclopedia SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/sillytuna-wrench-attack/ https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/sillytuna-wrench-attack/ A longtime crypto figure and indie game developer was the victim of a violent home invasion in the UK in March 2026. Four assailants. $24 million taken. Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Human Cost SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/scam-encyclopedia/polymarket-uma-manipulation/ https://cryptomediazone.com/scam-encyclopedia/polymarket-uma-manipulation/ The world's biggest prediction market lets anonymous whales vote on what really happened. They've been voting for profit, not truth. Seven times and counting. Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Scam Encyclopedia SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/the-rap-sheet/axiom-insider-trading/ https://cryptomediazone.com/the-rap-sheet/axiom-insider-trading/ ZachXBT tweeted five sentences. $39.7 million in prediction bets followed. Then he named Axiom and published the receipts. Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Rap Sheet SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/scam-encyclopedia/goliath-ventures/ https://cryptomediazone.com/scam-encyclopedia/goliath-ventures/ From flipping burgers to flipping Lambos. Christopher Delgado promised 8% monthly crypto returns. Only $1.5 million ever touched a blockchain. Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Scam Encyclopedia SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/bitcoin-timeline/hundred-k/ https://cryptomediazone.com/bitcoin-timeline/hundred-k/ The meme became reality. Six figures. Fifteen years from $0 to $100,000. The laser eyes crowd was finally right. Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bitcoin Timeline SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/bitcoin-timeline/trump-crypto/ https://cryptomediazone.com/bitcoin-timeline/trump-crypto/ From 'not a fan' to crypto's greatest champion. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. Ulbricht pardoned. GENIUS Act signed. No president in history has done more for digital assets. Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bitcoin Timeline SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/bitcoin-timeline/stablecoin-era/ https://cryptomediazone.com/bitcoin-timeline/stablecoin-era/ The most useful crypto product no one talks about. $320 billion in circulation. Now with federal legislation. Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bitcoin Timeline SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/bitcoin-timeline/landfill-bitcoin/ https://cryptomediazone.com/bitcoin-timeline/landfill-bitcoin/ James Howells mined 8,000 BTC in 2009 when he was one of five miners on Earth. Then he threw the hard drive away. It's now worth $700 million and buried under a Welsh landfill. They're building a solar farm on top. Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bitcoin Timeline SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/bitcoin-timeline/bitcoin-first-thousand/ https://cryptomediazone.com/bitcoin-timeline/bitcoin-first-thousand/ From $13 to $1,151 in one year. Then China banned it and the price got cut in half overnight. The first full Bitcoin hype cycle played out in 2013 - and set the template for every one since. Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bitcoin Timeline SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/bitcoin-timeline/blocksize-war/ https://cryptomediazone.com/bitcoin-timeline/blocksize-war/ The community nearly tore itself apart over 1MB. The fight over block size became the most bitter ideological war in Bitcoin history. It ended with a fork, a new coin, and permanent scars. Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bitcoin Timeline SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/bitcoin-timeline/twenty-thousand/ https://cryptomediazone.com/bitcoin-timeline/twenty-thousand/ Every Thanksgiving dinner in 2017 had someone explaining Bitcoin. The price went from $1,000 in January to $20,000 in December. CME launched futures. Then it all came crashing down. Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bitcoin Timeline SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/bitcoin-timeline/china-mining-ban/ https://cryptomediazone.com/bitcoin-timeline/china-mining-ban/ China hosted 65% of Bitcoin's hashrate. Then the government banned mining overnight. Half the network disappeared. Miners packed trucks and fled to Texas, Kazakhstan, and anywhere with cheap power. Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bitcoin Timeline SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/bitcoin-timeline/el-salvador/ https://cryptomediazone.com/bitcoin-timeline/el-salvador/ Nayib Bukele made Bitcoin legal tender for 6.5 million people. The IMF threatened to cut funding. 92% of Salvadorans never used it. Four years later, the experiment was over. Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bitcoin Timeline SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/bitcoin-timeline/strategic-bitcoin-reserve/ https://cryptomediazone.com/bitcoin-timeline/strategic-bitcoin-reserve/ Trump signed an executive order creating a national Bitcoin stockpile. The US government became a HODLer. The coins came from seized criminal assets. The strategy: never sell. Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bitcoin Timeline SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/bitcoin-timeline/pizza-day/ https://cryptomediazone.com/bitcoin-timeline/pizza-day/ 10,000 BTC for two Papa John's pizzas. The most expensive meal in history. The man who bought them doesn't regret it. Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bitcoin Timeline SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/bitcoin-timeline/silk-road/ https://cryptomediazone.com/bitcoin-timeline/silk-road/ Bitcoin found its first killer app on the dark web. The FBI shut it down. The founder did 11 years. Then Trump pardoned him. Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bitcoin Timeline SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/bitcoin-timeline/first-halving/ https://cryptomediazone.com/bitcoin-timeline/first-halving/ Block rewards cut in half. The supply shock that set the pattern for every bull run that followed. Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bitcoin Timeline SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/bitcoin-timeline/etf-approval/ https://cryptomediazone.com/bitcoin-timeline/etf-approval/ After a decade of rejections, Wall Street got its Bitcoin fund. $91.8 billion in assets and counting. Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bitcoin Timeline SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/villains-heroes/changpeng-zhao/ https://cryptomediazone.com/villains-heroes/changpeng-zhao/ Built a $300 billion exchange. Pleaded guilty. Served 4 months. Got pardoned by Trump. Now advises governments. The most complicated figure in crypto. Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Villains & Heroes SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/famous-last-words/mashinsky-safe/ https://cryptomediazone.com/famous-last-words/mashinsky-safe/ He said this on a weekly livestream. Then froze all withdrawals. Then got 12 years. Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Famous Last Words SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/famous-last-words/laser-eyes/ https://cryptomediazone.com/famous-last-words/laser-eyes/ Everyone put laser eyes on their profile pic. Bitcoin crashed 50% instead. Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Famous Last Words SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/famous-last-words/su-zhu-supercycle/ https://cryptomediazone.com/famous-last-words/su-zhu-supercycle/ He said crypto would never have another bear market. Then his fund blew up for $3 billion. Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Famous Last Words SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/famous-last-words/nayib-bukele/ https://cryptomediazone.com/famous-last-words/nayib-bukele/ A sitting president bought Bitcoin on his phone at 3am and tweeted about it. Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Famous Last Words SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/bitcoin-timeline/genesis-block/ https://cryptomediazone.com/bitcoin-timeline/genesis-block/ 'Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks.' Bitcoin was born with a message embedded in its first breath. Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bitcoin Timeline SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/villains-heroes/andre-cronje/ https://cryptomediazone.com/villains-heroes/andre-cronje/ Built DeFi's most important protocol. Quit. Came back. Quit again. Came back again. Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Villains & Heroes SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/famous-last-words/do-kwon-poor/ https://cryptomediazone.com/famous-last-words/do-kwon-poor/ He mocked his critics. Then LUNA went to zero and he went to prison. Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Famous Last Words SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/famous-last-words/sbf-assets-fine/ https://cryptomediazone.com/famous-last-words/sbf-assets-fine/ He tweeted this five days before FTX filed for bankruptcy. He got 25 years. Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Famous Last Words SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/famous-last-words/bitconnect-wassa/ https://cryptomediazone.com/famous-last-words/bitconnect-wassa/ The most unhinged conference speech in crypto history. The scheme collapsed two months later. Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Famous Last Words SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/famous-last-words/mcafee-prediction/ https://cryptomediazone.com/famous-last-words/mcafee-prediction/ The wildest Bitcoin price prediction ever made. He died in prison before anyone could collect. Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Famous Last Words SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/villains-heroes/hal-finney/ https://cryptomediazone.com/villains-heroes/hal-finney/ Received the first Bitcoin transaction. Ran the first node. A true pioneer. Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Villains & Heroes SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/dead-narratives/defi-yields/ https://cryptomediazone.com/dead-narratives/defi-yields/ Yield farming offered insane returns. Most farms went to zero. The survivors process billions daily. One era ended. Another began. Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Dead Narratives SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/scam-encyclopedia/pig-butchering/ https://cryptomediazone.com/scam-encyclopedia/pig-butchering/ They pretend to love you. Then they take everything. $5.8 billion stolen in 2024. The scammers are often trafficking victims themselves. Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Scam Encyclopedia SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/scam-encyclopedia/influencer-scams/ https://cryptomediazone.com/scam-encyclopedia/influencer-scams/ They get paid six figures to promote it. You get paid in losses. Only 15% disclose the payment. Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Scam Encyclopedia SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/scam-encyclopedia/fake-airdrops/ https://cryptomediazone.com/scam-encyclopedia/fake-airdrops/ Free tokens appear in your wallet. They look valuable. The moment you interact with them, everything you own is gone. Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Scam Encyclopedia SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/villains-heroes/vitalik-buterin/ https://cryptomediazone.com/villains-heroes/vitalik-buterin/ Built Ethereum at 19. Donated $1B to charity. Still going. Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Villains & Heroes SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/dead-narratives/ico-mania/ https://cryptomediazone.com/dead-narratives/ico-mania/ Anyone with a whitepaper and a Telegram group could raise millions. 80% stole it or wasted it. The SEC eventually showed up. Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Dead Narratives SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/hack-database/mt-gox-2011/ https://cryptomediazone.com/hack-database/mt-gox-2011/ The first major crypto exchange hack. $8.75M stolen. BTC crashed to one cent. Nobody learned a thing. Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hack Database SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/hack-database/mt-gox-2014/ https://cryptomediazone.com/hack-database/mt-gox-2014/ 850,000 Bitcoin vanished. The biggest heist in crypto history. Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hack Database SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/scam-encyclopedia/ponzi-schemes/ https://cryptomediazone.com/scam-encyclopedia/ponzi-schemes/ The oldest fraud in finance found its best disguise in cryptocurrency. Over $10 billion stolen. The structure never changes. Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Scam Encyclopedia SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/scam-encyclopedia/pump-and-dump/ https://cryptomediazone.com/scam-encyclopedia/pump-and-dump/ Insiders buy cheap, hype it to you, you buy at the top, they sell. You hold the bag. Thousands of times a month. Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Scam Encyclopedia SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/scam-encyclopedia/phishing/ https://cryptomediazone.com/scam-encyclopedia/phishing/ The attacker doesn't hack the code. They hack you. $494 million stolen in 2024 alone. Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Scam Encyclopedia SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/villains-heroes/satoshi-nakamoto/ https://cryptomediazone.com/villains-heroes/satoshi-nakamoto/ Built a $2 trillion system. Vanished without a trace. Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Villains & Heroes SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/crypto-graveyard/safemoon/ https://cryptomediazone.com/crypto-graveyard/safemoon/ Punished sellers. Rewarded holders. The CEO bought mansions and Audi R8s with their money. He got 8 years. Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Crypto Graveyard SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/villains-heroes/craig-wright/ https://cryptomediazone.com/villains-heroes/craig-wright/ Claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto. Courts ruled he was lying. Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Villains & Heroes SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/crypto-graveyard/onecoin/ https://cryptomediazone.com/crypto-graveyard/onecoin/ A $4 billion 'crypto' that never had a blockchain. Its founder vanished in 2017 and has never been seen again. Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Crypto Graveyard SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/crypto-graveyard/luna-classic/ https://cryptomediazone.com/crypto-graveyard/luna-classic/ $41 billion evaporated in 72 hours. The death spiral that triggered a market-wide collapse and sent its creator to a US courtroom. Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Crypto Graveyard SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/crypto-graveyard/ftt/ https://cryptomediazone.com/crypto-graveyard/ftt/ FTX's native token backed a $32 billion empire built on lies. When CZ tweeted, it all collapsed in 72 hours. Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Crypto Graveyard SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/crypto-graveyard/squid-game/ https://cryptomediazone.com/crypto-graveyard/squid-game/ Rose 75,000% in days. Investors literally could not sell. Then it went to zero in five minutes. Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Crypto Graveyard SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/crypto-graveyard/celsius-token/ https://cryptomediazone.com/crypto-graveyard/celsius-token/ 18% yields on your crypto. 1.7 million customers locked out. The CEO got 12 years for 'preying on hope.' Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Crypto Graveyard SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/villains-heroes/sam-bankman-fried/ https://cryptomediazone.com/villains-heroes/sam-bankman-fried/ The poster boy of crypto turned out to be its biggest fraud. Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Villains & Heroes SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/alexei-dolgikh/ https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/alexei-dolgikh/ Russian crypto millionaire killed in a high-speed Lamborghini crash in Moscow. Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Human Cost SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/roman-anna-novak/ https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/roman-anna-novak/ Russian couple lured to a Dubai villa, tortured for crypto passwords, murdered and buried in the desert. Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Human Cost SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/wrench-attack-epidemic/ https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/wrench-attack-epidemic/ 72 verified physical attacks in 2025 alone. Kidnappings, torture, murder. Crypto's wealth is no longer just a digital target. Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Human Cost SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/crypto-graveyard/bitconnect/ https://cryptomediazone.com/crypto-graveyard/bitconnect/ 1% daily returns. A screaming man on stage. The biggest crypto Ponzi ever charged. The founder is still missing. Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Crypto Graveyard SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/villains-heroes/do-kwon/ https://cryptomediazone.com/villains-heroes/do-kwon/ $40 billion evaporated in 72 hours. He was on the run for a year. Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Villains & Heroes SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/park-mo/ https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/park-mo/ South Korean crypto executive linked to Bithumb, found dead amid the FTX fallout. Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Human Cost SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/fernando-perez-algaba/ https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/fernando-perez-algaba/ Argentine crypto millionaire found dismembered in a suitcase near Buenos Aires. Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Human Cost SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/fatih-ozer/ https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/fatih-ozer/ Thodex founder sentenced to 11,196 years in prison. Died by suicide in custody. Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Human Cost SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/david-balland/ https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/david-balland/ Ledger co-founder kidnapped, had his finger severed on camera, and was held for €10 million ransom. Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Human Cost SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/konstantin-galich/ https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/konstantin-galich/ Ukrainian crypto trader found dead in his Lamborghini the day after the October 2025 crash. Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Human Cost SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/fud-hall-of-fame/binance-bank-run-2026/ https://cryptomediazone.com/fud-hall-of-fame/binance-bank-run-2026/ A 20-minute glitch, a viral screenshot, and an army of KOLs turned $343 million in outflows into a $17 billion panic. Binance didn't flinch. Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT FUD Hall of Fame SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/tiantian-kullander/ https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/tiantian-kullander/ Amber Group co-founder who died unexpectedly in his sleep at age 30, with no cause of death ever revealed. Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Human Cost SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/javier-biosca/ https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/javier-biosca/ Spanish crypto broker who fell from a hotel balcony while facing fraud accusations and criminal threats. Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Human Cost SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/vyacheslav-taran/ https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/vyacheslav-taran/ Russian crypto billionaire killed in a helicopter crash near Monaco in clear weather. Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Human Cost SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/luna-victims/ https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/luna-victims/ Multiple deaths followed the $40 billion LUNA collapse. A father, mother, and their 10-year-old daughter drove into the sea. Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Human Cost SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/autumn-radtke/ https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/autumn-radtke/ CEO of First Meta, one of the earliest crypto-related deaths at age 28. Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Human Cost SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/matthew-mellon/ https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/matthew-mellon/ Banking heir and crypto billionaire who died with an estimated $1 billion in XRP, potentially unrecoverable. Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Human Cost SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/gerald-cotten/ https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/gerald-cotten/ The exchange CEO who died - or didn't - taking $190 million in customer crypto to his grave. Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Human Cost SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/mircea-popescu/ https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/mircea-popescu/ Romanian Bitcoin whale who drowned in Costa Rica with an estimated $2 billion in BTC, potentially lost forever. Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Human Cost SYNTH https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/nikolai-mushegian/ https://cryptomediazone.com/the-human-cost/nikolai-mushegian/ MakerDAO co-founder who tweeted about being targeted, then was found drowned hours later. Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Human Cost SYNTH