The current price of Binance BTC is $97356.24, with a 2.95% increase in the past 24 hours. Among them, the total liquidation amount of contracts across the entire network in the past 24 hours was 207 million US dollars, with the main liquidation being short orders and BTC liquidation being 50.52 million US dollars (24.36%). The data is for reference only.
Odaily Planet Daily News: Cryptocurrency traders are increasingly becoming targets of kidnapping and extortion, as highlighted by several cases reported in recent weeks. According to local French media France Bleu Normandie, French police have rescued a man who was tied up in the trunk of a car in Le Mans after kidnappers demanded ransom from his son, a cryptocurrency KOL living in Dubai. The incident occurred on the evening of January 1st, when Le Mans police intercepted a stolen vehicle at a gas station. After opening the trunk, they found a 56 year old man covered in gasoline. The victim said that the masked attacker broke into his home on New Year's Eve, kidnapped him and his wife, and transported him to a country nearly 500 kilometers away. The kidnappers used an encrypted network to demand ransom from his son. In Pakistan, on January 3rd, seven people, including an anti-terrorism department official, were arrested for kidnapping a local cryptocurrency trader. The victim Mohammed Arsalan was kidnapped on December 25th in Manhopil, Karachi. According to reports, the kidnappers forced him to transfer $340000 through his Binance account and then abandoned him near the tomb of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah. The perpetrator successfully escaped from the scene, and the investigation is still ongoing. In December, a 24-year-old woman named Catherine Colivas kidnapped a member of the Saudi Arabian royal family with the help of three accomplices and threatened to cut off his finger, forcing him to pay $40000 in Bitcoin. Although the woman has confessed, she has not been imprisoned. Catherine Colivas faces up to 25 years in prison at a hearing in Victoria, Australia. She pleaded guilty to charges of kidnapping, extortion, reckless injury, theft, and possession of a firearm. However, the judge cited her age, growth difficulties, mental health status, rehabilitation prospects, and her brother's death while waiting for trial as reasons for sentencing, stating that her "special circumstances" and receiving 30 months of community service were sufficient. Meanwhile, Toronto police are still investigating the kidnapping of Dean Skurka, CEO of Canadian cryptocurrency exchange WonderFi. According to CBC News, Skurka was kidnapped during peak hours on November 6th in downtown Toronto and was released after paying a ransom of $1 million electronically. According to data from blockchain analysis company Chainalysis, ransomware groups extorted over $1.1 billion in cryptocurrency from victims in 2023. (Cointelegraph)
Odaily Planet Daily News: Elon Musk posted on X saying, 'We're going straight to Mars. The Moon will distract our attention.'. The orbital quality is a key indicator, followed by the surface quality of Mars. The former requires an annual orbital mass of one million tons to establish a self-sufficient colony on Mars CZ joked, 'That's right. Elon said price is a disruptive factor.'. Continue to build
BlockBeats News: On January 5th, according to EmberCN monitoring, 0x20C, which has recently attracted attention, shorted 30000 ETH (approximately $110 million) 50 times on Hyperliquid The 4f5 address should be a delta neutral strategy short hedge position for @ ResolvLabs, not a whale. 0x20c... The 4f5 address and the 0xacB of Resolv The b8e contract addresses have multiple transfers between each other and share the same Binance recharge address. In addition, according to Resolv's introduction document, they implement delta neutral strategy by short selling ETH through perpetual contracts for hedging. So, 0x20C The 4f5 address should be the address used by Resolv to execute short hedging, not a specific whale.
Odaily Planet Daily News: According to on chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, recently it has attracted everyone's attention. On Hyperliquid, 50x shorted 30000 ETH ($110 million) worth of 0x20C The 4f5 address should be a delta neutral strategy short hedge position of Resolv Labs, not a whale. 0x20c... The 4f5 address and the 0xacB of Resolv The b8e contract addresses have multiple transfers between each other and share the same Binance recharge address. In addition, according to Resolv's introduction document, they implement delta neutral strategy by short selling ETH through perpetual contracts for hedging. So, 0x20C The 4f5 address should be the address used by Resolv to execute short hedging, not a specific whale.
Odaily Planet Daily News: Security agency SlowMist recently released its "2024 Annual Report on Blockchain Security and Anti Money Laundering", which states: According to the SlowMist Hacked archive, there were a total of 410 security incidents in 2024, resulting in losses of up to 2.013 billion US dollars. Compared to 2023 (464 cases, with a loss of approximately 2.486 billion US dollars), the loss decreased by 19.02% year-on-year. DeFi remains the most frequently attacked domain. In 2024, there were a total of 339 DeFi security incidents, accounting for 82.68% of the total security incidents, resulting in a loss of up to 1.029 billion US dollars. Compared to 2023 (282 incidents, with a loss of approximately 773 million US dollars), the loss increased by 33.12% year-on-year. From an ecological perspective, Ethereum suffered the highest loss, reaching $465 million. Next is BSC, which amounts to 87.35 million US dollars. From the perspective of the cause of the incident, contract vulnerabilities led to the highest number of security incidents, reaching 99, resulting in losses of approximately 214 million US dollars. Next is the security incident caused by the account being hacked. The top 10 security attack incidents with losses in 2024 and the amounts involved include: DMM Bitcoin ($305 million), PlayDapp ($290 million) WazirX ($230 million), BtcTurk ($90 million), Munchables ($62.5 million), Radiant Capital ($50 million), BingX ($45 million) Hedge Finance ($44.7 million), Penpie ($27.35 million), FixeFloat ($26.1 million). In 2024, there were 58 Rug Pull incidents, resulting in losses of approximately $106 million. Among them, ZKSync suffered the highest ecological losses, reaching 36.95 million US dollars, while BSC experienced the most runaway incidents, with 28 incidents. In 2024, wallet phishing attacks caused approximately $494 million in losses, a year-on-year increase of 67%. Although the number of victims only increased by 3.7% (reaching 332000 addresses), the single attack losses significantly increased, with the maximum single stolen amount reaching 55.48 million US dollars. In addition, according to statistics, the annual attack activity is divided into three stages: the first quarter suffered the heaviest losses, reaching $187 million, with 175000 victims. The highest loss was in March, at $75 million. The total losses in the second and third quarters amounted to $257 million, with the number of victims dropping to 90000. The fourth quarter loss decreased to $51 million and the number of victims decreased to 30000, indicating an improvement in safety. Throughout the year, there were 30 cases exceeding $1 million, resulting in a total loss of $171 million. On average, each victim lost $5.7 million, with the largest single theft amounting to $55.48 million. The report also provides a detailed introduction to specific fraud methods, anti money laundering, and regulatory situations; According to statistics, out of 410 security incidents, a total of 24 incidents resulted in the full or partial recovery of lost funds after being attacked. According to disclosed data, approximately $166 million was returned, accounting for 8.25% of the total security losses (approximately $2.013 billion).