Crypto Investors Lost $54M to Rugpulls, Scams in May: Blockchain Security Firm De.Fi

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Crypto Investors Lost $54M to Rugpulls, Scams in May: Blockchain Security Firm De.Fi
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May was a turbulent month for the cryptocurrency market. We witnessed a wave of scams and hacking incidents that resulted in cumulative losses of over $54 million, a DeDotFi report shows. Good news? It's only half of April's $101.5 million loss.

The amount is a nearly half of April's $101.5 million loss, suggesting better security practices among users and developers. However, no funds were recovered in May 2023 – compared to $2.2 million recovered in April.

Other notable cases included Tornado Cash, Mother, WSB Coin, Linda Yaccarino, Block Forest, SNOOKER, and land, with losses ranging from $145,000 to $733,000. A “rug pull” is a colloquial term for a type of crypto scam that typically see the developer, or developers, gain legitimacy on social media, hype up a project and raise a significant sum of money only to drain liquidity after that project’s tokens are first offered to the public.

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