INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Update, June 18, 8:01 am UTC: This article has been updated to include a section on Gonjeshke Darande.Update June 18, 8:49 am UTC: This
article has been updated to include the latest figures and quotes from Cyvers.Iran-based cryptocurrency exchange Nobitex has been hacked for
more than $81 million of digital assets, according to onchain investigator ZachXBT.The attack, disclosed in a Wednesday Telegram post,
drained at least $81.7 million in assets across the Tron network and Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible blockchains.ZachXBT spotted
vanity address refers to a public wallet address with a specific, user-defined sequence of characters
growing list of crypto industry hacks in 2025
More than $2.1 billion in digital assets have been stolen so far this year, according to blockchain security firm CertiK
the co-founder of CertiK, told Cointelegraph during the Chain Reaction daily X spaces show on June 2.He added that social engineering scams
such as address poisoning are now more common than protocol-level hacks
These attacks rely on psychological manipulation to trick users into transferring assets to fraudulent wallets.Related: Staked Ethereum hits
dependence on Nobitex is evident from the fact that working at Nobitex is considered valid military service, as it is considered vital to
of renewed conflict between Israel and Iran, raising fears of a broader regional war.On June 13, Israel launched multiple strikes on targets
inside Iran, marking its largest attack on the country since the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s
The two countries have since engaged in strategic missile strikes against each other, resulting in 224 reported deaths in Iran and 24
