Rug pulls are part of a long history of investment schemes. Here's how to spot and avoid them. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate us ...

Crypto scams are booming. In the first half of 2025, investors lost nearly $2.5 billion to hacks and scams—though wallet compromises and phishing led that wave, rug pulls and pump-and-dumps remain top ...

On June 26, decentralized finance (DeFi) aggregator Chibi Finance was exploited by its own deployer account, and $1 million worth of cryptocurrency was drained from its contracts in an apparent rug ...

NFT and crypto scams: What is a rug pull? At best, most Americans are skeptical about cryptocurrency (Pew recently reported that 63% of Americans have little confidence in crypto’s reliability and ...

Early supporters of the Atomicals protocol are nursing fresh fears of a rug pull after a dormant account holding 5.91980561 of the project’s BTC suddenly became active. The Atomicals protocol wallet, ...

In this pattern, early insiders pull out large amounts of value and leave late buyers sitting on sharp losses. Reports from The Associated Press and The Washington Post said a wallet linked to the ...

According to a Reddit post, a developer has posted an unusual farewell note, apologizing and blaming his online gambling woes after leaving a project in shambles, turning a $2 million valuation into ...