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Khamzat Chimaev ‘wasn’t involved’ with SMASH memecoin — Manager

The UFC fighter’s manager, Majdi Shammas, said his client did not make the decision to promote the coin and the deal only allowed for a single promotional video. Source link

Crypto-Sec: Phishing scammer goes after Hedera users, address poisoner gets $70K

This week’s news in cybersecurity from around the crypto space covers bug fixes, phishing scams, crypto exchange hacks and more. Source link

Coinbase ‘not aware’ of any customer data breach after Au10tix credential leak

Compliance platform Au10tix said that although a credential was leaked, there is no evidence that it was used to obtain customer data, and Coinbase said it is unaware of any breach. Source link

Celsius small business creditors demand reimbursement after 35% cut in claims

Two Celsius creditors have filed a motion asking for a second distribution after they allegedly suffered reduced payments from possessing corporate accounts. Source link

Customers protest exchange bankruptcy plan: ‘We never gave FTX our coins!’

A committee representing the interests of FTX customers is pushing back against a proposed bankruptcy plan, claiming that it violates their property rights. Source link

Crypto-Sec: $11M Bittensor phish, UwU Lend and Curve fake news, $22M Lykke hack

UwU Lend exploited twice and the “10% CRV burn” story invented by a scammer, TAO holder phished for $11M, Lykke hack cover-up: Crypto-Sec. Source link

Lykke crypto exchange acknowledges hack after halting withdrawals

The Lykke team acknowledged that they halted withdrawals after an attack drained $22 million in crypto from its wallets on June 4. Source link

Japanese exchange DMM loses $305M in Bitcoin via private key hack

The cryptocurrency exchange lost 4,502.9 BTC due to a hack of its private key; withdrawals have been temporarily suspended. Source link

How the Peraire-Bueno brothers allegedly drained $25M from their MEV bots exploit

The Peraire-Bueno brothers have been charged with fraud in a first-ever MEV bot exploit case. Here is what the DOJ claims they did to pull it off. Source link

Alex bridge on BNB is drained of $4.3M after suspicious upgrade — Certik

The deployer account changed an Alex contract’s implementation address, and multiple tokens were subsequently drained from its bridge. Source link