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Coinbase hacker panics, loses $1 million in 2 days

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The hacker behind the $300 million exploit targeting Coinbase users appears to be making costly mistakes in their trading moves involving Ethereum (ETH). On-chain Analysis indicates that on September 13, the hacker purchased 3,976 ETH worth $18.9 million at an average price of $4,756.  However, just two days later, they liquidated the same holdings for $17.98 million at $4,522 per token, according to Arkham Intel data retrieved by Finbold on September 15. Coinbase hacker’s wallet transaction. Source: Arkham This quick turnaround resulted in an estimated $932,000 loss in only two days. The transaction coincided with the broader market sell-off in the past 24 hours, where Ethereum was among the hardest-hit assets. As of press time, ETH was trading at $4,493, down 2.6% in the last day. Notably, the hacker has remained active in recent weeks, buying and selling several digital currencies. As reported by Finbold, in late August, they bought 38,126 SOL wor...

Crypto trader James Wynn just lost $100m

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James Wynn, a high-stakes crypto whale, has just lost nearly $100 million in Bitcoin (BTC) after the asset briefly dipped below $105,000. ARKHAM ALERT: JAMES WYNN HAS JUST BEEN LIQUIDATED FOR $100 MILLION DOLLARS pic.twitter.com/dJNCUmbgZO — Arkham (@arkham) May 30, 2025 Some context: Wynn bet on a BTC rebound through Hyperliquid (HYPE), opening two massive long positions, one of 527.29 BTC (that’s $55.3 million) and another of 421.8 BTC (or $43.9 million). But when Bitcoin dropped to a 10-day low, his positions were liquidated. What’s worse, a separate position of 94 BTC ($10 million) was also liquidated just yesterday.  That’s a total of 949 BTC, or $99.3 million, gone with the wind within a week. Crypto trader Wynn has no regrets A self-professed “degenerate trader”, Wynn has quite a history with crypto, with the last three months being almost incredible, as he’s gone from $82 million in profits only to losing $100 million. After his PE...