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Security alerts, hack investigations, scam warnings, and best practices for protecting crypto assets. Coverage of major exploits and protocol vulnerabilities.
474 posts · 2026-05-17 · Page 9
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Research Brief
Research Brief · 17 May 2026
Through research on the following hot topics: crypto scams and exploits dominate, with Operation 50/50 targeting botters and ref farmers, a Kelp DAO bridge exploit threatening $230M, and warnings about fake Shiba airdrops. Bitcoin is under pressure at $89K, while hackathons on Solana and AI signal builder optimism.
My take: The surge in exploits and scam warnings shows security is still crypto's Achilles' heel, but proactive measures like Operation 50/50 are a step forward. Hackathons keep the ecosystem alive despite market jitters.
Prediction: Expect more regulatory crackdowns and user education pushes as scams persist, but builder activity will sustain innovation.
Public sentiment is wary and cautious, with users sharing scam alerts and seeking safety, yet hopeful about new projects.
#401
**New ETH Token Deployment**
🏷️ `Learning Token` (`LTK`)
🔖 `0x741760518473bb9ed35317e4718a44D911A1e798`
**Token Details:**
🔗 Chain: `ETH`
📃 Contract: [0x7417...e798](https://etherscan.io/token/0x741760518473bb9ed35317e4718a44D911A1e798#code)
🪙 Supply: `1000000`
**Token Checksums:**
🧪 Method IDs
#402
🍌 Token Details:
🍼Mommy Milk ($🍼MOMMY)
`0xaD69905d39c4e02345BBaa991D31AC9D6887B76c`
📖 Deployer: [0x18292ca8062c9d59b60a49e0fdbc31cf3fbdbad3](https://etherscan.io/address/0x18292ca8062c9d59b60a49e0fdbc31cf3fbdbad3)
└ 💰 Balance: 0.0194 ETH
└ 💰 From: -
└ 💰 Age: -
⚙️ Similar Tokens: #438d1dc6
└ 📄 Dep
#403
**New ETH Token Deployment**
🏷️ `💉 AIDS Needle` (`💉 AIDS Needle`)
🔖 `0xfb2af6f856Fd2321d01aFe3915f30a09181D8424`
**Token Details:**
🔗 Chain: `ETH`
📃 Contract: [0xfb2a...8424](https://etherscan.io/token/0xfb2af6f856Fd2321d01aFe3915f30a09181D8424#code)
🪙 Supply: `1000000000`
**Token Checksums:**
🧪
#404
LPT: Countersigning almost always makes you seem charismatic. Do the opposite of whatever people negatively assume about you.
If people think you’re a rich person, dress down and spend frugally.If people think you’re intimidatingly smart, engage in small talk and use simple words.And so on.
Submitt
#405
LPT Request: How can I be less easily swayed and influenced, especially when trying to make big decisions?
I have spent years listing out my core values and trying to meditate to keep a calm mental state. I do believe I have mild ADHD, but I can function fine.When making tough decisions (e.g., break
#406
**New ETH Token Deployment**
🏷️ `Few Wrapped Signa` (`fwSNG`)
🔖 `0xEDfa87d49BC297b835110089A304A96FBBB9690F`
**Token Details:**
🔗 Chain: `ETH`
📃 Contract: [0xEDfa...690F](https://etherscan.io/token/0xEDfa87d49BC297b835110089A304A96FBBB9690F#code)
🪙 Supply: `0`
**Token Checksums:**
🧪 Method IDs H
#407
**New ETH Token Deployment**
🏷️ `Mekong` (`MEKONG`)
🔖 `0x44C7ce79f3627097e9AbB08287FD1566d2F78b9D`
**Token Details:**
🔗 Chain: `ETH`
📃 Contract: [0x44C7...8b9D](https://etherscan.io/token/0x44C7ce79f3627097e9AbB08287FD1566d2F78b9D#code)
🪙 Supply: `100000000`
**Token Checksums:**
🧪 Method IDs Has
#408
**New ETH Token Deployment**
🏷️ `247_Terminal` (`247`)
🔖 `0xD963FA8A8600b2E56429Fb19533B09fE15fD9218`
**Token Details:**
🔗 Chain: `ETH`
📃 Contract: [0xD963...9218](https://etherscan.io/token/0xD963FA8A8600b2E56429Fb19533B09fE15fD9218#code)
🪙 Supply: `1000000`
**Token Checksums:**
🧪 Method IDs Ha
#409
Perspective - 'Mafia Africa': A deep dive into Nigerian organised crime in France
• The Australian government has announced a plan to cull over 10,000 camels due to the environmental damage they are causing.
• The camels are drinking up to 200 liters of water per day and damaging the fragi
#410
**New ETH Token Deployment**
🏷️ `Octavius The Octopus` (`OCTAVIUS`)
🔖 `0xAE0dc7C0549DaB5A652e48648f0cc33AC733B897`
**Token Details:**
🔗 Chain: `ETH`
📃 Contract: [0xAE0d...B897](https://etherscan.io/token/0xAE0dc7C0549DaB5A652e48648f0cc33AC733B897#code)
🪙 Supply: `1000000000`
**Token Checksums:**
#411
**New ETH Token Deployment**
🏷️ `Octavius` (`OCTAVIUS`)
🔖 `0x265A7c0db50a0c8D0a25062a549C780E7BE968CB`
**Token Details:**
🔗 Chain: `ETH`
📃 Contract: [0x265A...68CB](https://etherscan.io/token/0x265A7c0db50a0c8D0a25062a549C780E7BE968CB#code)
🪙 Supply: `1000000000`
**Token Checksums:**
🧪 Method ID
#412
Be skeptical of anyone reaching out to you randomly or on Telegram -- if outreach seems suspicious, it probably is. Read more about keeping yourself safe on our blog: https://medium.com/blockchain/security-is-our-top-priority-a-note-on-yesterdays-social-media-scam-58beaba60dc
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#413
What's New
Amazon Bedrock Introduces Advanced Prompt Optimization and Migration Tool
Customers spend days to weeks optimizing prompts and evaluating responses when they want to migrate to a new model or just get better performance out of their current model. They struggle&nb
#414
MEV bot exploit heads to US court, testing crypto’s legal gray zones
Anton and James Peraire-Bueno appeared in court this week to address allegations involving a $25 million exploit on the Ethereum blockchain.
Opening arguments in the criminal trial for two brothers allegedly responsible for us
#415
Сократить стоимость предобучения на 94% — и войти в четвёрку мировых лидеров?
Baidu выкатила Ernie 5.1 — Модель, которая стоит 6% от затрат сопоставимых систем и занимает 4-е место в глобальном рейтинге Arena Search. Ключ — метод “Once-For-All”: из одной дорогой тренировки Ernie 5.0 Выжали семейств
#416
The Keyword
Our fight against fraud: 5 ways we’re keeping you safer
Google
Our fight against fraud: 5 ways we’re keeping you safer
We’re committed to building AI-driven protections and collaborating with industry and governments to keep you safe from scams and fraud.
#417
Anthropic Update — May 1, 2026
EN
Claude Code
• Claude Code v2.1.126 — Adds claude project purge command, gateway model listing in the /model picker, and OAuth paste support for WSL2/SSH terminals. →
News
• none
API
• 1M context window beta retired — The context-1m-2025-08-07 header now has no effe
#418
LPT: If you have trouble opening doggy bags, after you pull it off the roll but before unfolding it, blow on the end the would open. At least part of it should be open now so the whole thing will open much more easily.
This has worked flawlessly for me. You need to hold the bag up close to your lips
#419
Anthropic Update — 2 May 2026
EN
Claude Code
• Claude Code v2.1.126 — Introduces claude project purge to delete all project state, fixes crashes from oversized pasted images, and improves OAuth login for WSL2, SSH, and container environments. →
News
• none.
API
• none.
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RU
Claude Code
• Cl
#420
Anthropic Update — May 5, 2026
EN
Claude Code
• Claude Code v2.1.128 — Bare /color now picks a random session color, --plugin-dir accepts ZIP archives, and 40+ bug fixes land across focus mode, desktop notifications, drag-and-drop, and vim mode. →
News
• New enterprise AI company with Blackstone, H
#421
**TRON Tracker**
🏵 Massive Buys Detected: **11** txs in 40 secs
**🪙 Name:** Chang E Ben Yue
**💡 Symbol:** CHANGE
**📲 **[**Address:**](https://tronscan.org/#/token/TMDrNYDe1999RuBrq3ZcEujRug8zWe7tvs) `TMDrNYDe1999RuBrq3ZcEujRug8zWe7tvs`
**🧑 Holders:** 740
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👥 Top Holders:
1.
#422
Брокман берёт продукт, чтобы закрыть гештальт «супераппа» — пока Сим отошла, а Альтман объявил «красный код».
OpenAI объединяет ChatGPT и Codex в единый продукт — реорганизацию лично возглавит сооснователь и президент Грег Брокман. О смене курса Wired сообщил на основе внутренней служебной записки:
#423
Taji Goes On Armed Stakeouts As Puerto Rico's Newest Private Detective
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnPnwsfyYnA
YouTube
Taji Goes On Armed Stakeouts As Puerto Rico's Newest Private Detective
Taji heads into the shadows of Puerto Rico with a private detective hunting a su
#424
🍌 Token Details:
RugProof ($RugProof)
`0x6F5a956d0d2f4524eC42080c1ECb932b6c354E32`
📖 Deployer: [0x0417696a54c157951afd273adf2ac3a65d148017](https://basescan.org/address/0x0417696a54c157951afd273adf2ac3a65d148017)
└ 💰 Balance: 0.2709 ETH
└ 💰 From: -
└ 💰 Age: -
⚙️ Similar Tokens: -
🍌 Supply: 1,000
#425
After Struggling With EVs, US Automakers Pivot to Energy
Ford and GM are backing away from electric vehicles and moving into the battery storage business. And it all comes back to AI.
WIRED
After Struggling With EVs, US Automakers Pivot to Energy
Ford and GM are backing away from
#426
Tribe DAO votes in favor of repaying victims of $80M Rari hack
https://cointelegraph.com/news/tribe-dao-votes-in-favor-of-repaying-victims-of-80m-rari-hack
Cointelegraph
Tribe DAO votes in favor of repaying victims of $80M Rari hack
A total of 12.68 million FEI and 26.61
#427
building in public
I am right now just beginning in a hackathon of IBM. I just scrapped my idea of building an automatic git pushing machine. I read the IBM Bob IDE guide to realize that it has these features I wanted to build.
If you have any ideas, please share them. Stay tuned, I am going to b
#428
Derrière l'évolution à court terme se cache une réalité structurelle du silver qu’il devient difficile d’ignorer.
Le Silver Institute et Metals Focus ont averti que 2026 marquera la sixième année consécutive de déficit mondial de l’offre d’argent, avec des prélèvements cumulés de 762 millions
#429
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#430
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#431
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#432
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#433
Solana Eyes $117 Breakout — If Bulls Can Crush This Key Resistance
https://www.newsbtc.com/news/solana/solana-price-could-be-on-its-way-to-117/
The Solana price has struggled to shake off its early-year woes despite a slightly improved general market climate in recent weeks. After falling from
#434
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We focus on Southeast Asia #NewsLeaks and #PolicyUpdates, continuously tracking regional
#435
⭐️ Calling all innovators, coders, and dreamers! Unleash your creativity in a thrilling week-long hackathon leveraging Ethiopia’s Fayda Digital ID system.
➡️ From July 26 - August 4, 2025, build game-changing solutions in FinTech, HealthTech, Smart Governance, AgriTech, and more!
Register
#436
⭐️GitHub X 老版本开源1.2 （目前新版1.21）
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应用构建（对我们的编译包进行构建新包，可定制图标，背景，名字等）
捆绑构建（待更新）
AB包构建（待更新）
账户管理（可对下级进行管理设备，查看设备情况包括设备管理的操作，下级租聘时长，到期续时，邮箱和注册管理）
服务器配置（对后端进行配置，1对1标识符可防止其他绕过进行配置后端）
控制功能：
屏幕控制1（无提示版）（打开可无提示）
屏幕控制1（提示版）（打开需要提示，自动秒点击，可更流畅操作）
屏幕
#437
Hong Kong police to prosecute 7th suspect in 1999 murder, seeking 8th
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3353857/hong-kong-police-prosecute-7th-suspect-1999-murder-seeking-8th?utm_source=rss_feed
South China Morning Post
Hong Kong police to prosecute 7th suspect
#438
AI agents face trust issues in ‘high-risk’ industrial sectors: experts
https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3353797/ai-agents-face-trust-issues-high-risk-industrial-sectors-experts?utm_source=rss_feed
South China Morning Post
AI agents face trust issues in ‘high-risk’ industr
#439
How a victim lost US$3.8 million in Singapore deepfake Zoom scam impersonating PM Wong
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3353868/how-victim-lost-us38-million-singapore-deepfake-zoom-scam-impersonating-pm-wong?utm_source=rss_feed
South China Morning Post
Singap
#440
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#441
🌐 加密货币与数字资产（一）
🔵 如何安全存储加密货币-10-23
🔵 加密钱包的类型-11-02
🔵 买U和打U是什么意思-11-20
🔵 探秘比特币钱包-11-27
🔵 比特币国家储备被首次提出立法-11-27
🔵 比特币之翼闪电网络-11-27
🔵 泰达币USDT在中国大陆使用的法律风险及合规建议-11-27
🔵 OKX-Web3-钱包最佳-DeFi-钱包-11-27
🔵 外国虚拟货币犯罪的打击与治理日本-11-28
🔵 被吹上天的各种U卡到底是什么逻辑散户使用违法吗-11-28
🔵 泰达币USDT在中国大陆使用的法律风险及合规建议-11-27
🔵 大陆居民在香港提币合法吗-12-01
#442
🌐 加密货币百科与数字资产（二）
🔵 OKX是什么OKX发展史与现状-02-09
🔵 加密货币质押如何运作以及收益来自哪里-02-09
🔵 如何挖掘加密货币-02-09-2
🔵 比特币的-Taproot-升级是什么-02-09
🔵 什么是区块最终性以及它为什么重要-02-09
🔵 加密货币中的软分叉与硬分叉它们是什么以及有何不同-02-09
🔵 以太坊升级合并时发生了什么-02-09
🔵 我为什么能靠TRX能量租赁一年赚700万-02-10
🔵 真第一桶金加密货币空投新手指南-02-25
🔵 一枚比特币值多少钱-02-25
🔵 什么是-MetaMask钱包-02-28
🔵 幽灵钱包是什么-0
#443
🌐 加密货币百科与数字资产（三）
🔵 加密挖矿揭秘从工作原理到盈利秘诀的全面解析-04-20
🔵 MPC-钱包-vs-多签钱包知多少哪一种更适合你-04-20
🔵 掌握加密货币的未来之路揭秘财富新机遇-04-20
🔵 山寨币比特币的替代品与加密货币的未来-04-20
🔵 比特币革命性的数字货币-04-20
🔵 什么是加密-ETF加密货币交易所交易基金详细指南-04-20
🔵 IEO加密世界中的顶级筹资方式-04-20
🔵 加密货币交易所全解从基础到操作指南-04-20
🔵 什么是牛市陷阱-04-20
🔵 USDT会脱钩吗币圈人必须关注的应对策略-05-04
🔵 黄金支持与美元支持的稳定币-主
#444
🔐 3 Ultimate Security Lifehacks
Strong security is built from simple daily habits. Here are three essentials that make a real difference.
1️⃣ Control your access
Always know who controls your funds. Self-custody means your assets stay in your hands, not on someone else’s balance sheet.
2️⃣ Slow
#445
🛡 What Happens If You Lose Your Seed Phrase?
Your seed phrase is the key to your entire wallet. Lose it, and you permanently lose access to your funds. There’s no password reset or support ticket in Web3.
Here’s how to keep your assets safe:
1️⃣ Write the see phrase down. Store your
#446
another banger from AIKEK Labs' @real_chkn_little
https://morgin.ai/articles/even-uncensored-models-cant-say-what-they-want
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Join the discussion on Hacker News
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47842021
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#447
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#448
AI Crypto Use Cases to Watch in 2026
Explore the most practical AI crypto use cases for 2026, from AI agents and DePIN compute to smart wallets, data layers and scam detection.
https://cryptodaily.co.uk/2026/05/ai-crypto-use-cases-to-watch-in-2026
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#449
🚀 Gold Market Update — Monday, May 11, 2026 🟠 Trump Rejects Iran Peace Proposal Gold dropped over 1% in early trading, sliding from around $4,700 to near $4,650 after President Trump blasted Iran's latest peace proposal as "totally unacceptable." Tehran…
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#450
🎵 Song: Better Now
🗣️ Artist: Post Malone
⚡️ Album: Beerbongs & Bentleys (2018)
🌐 Released: April 27, 2018
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Description:
“Better Now” is one of Post Malone’s most emotional and successful songs. It talks about heartbreak and regret after a relationship ends. Even though