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TikTok Crypto Trap: $6.9M Lost! How to Spot a Cold Wallet Scam

TikTok Crypto Trap: $6.9M Lost! How to Spot a Cold Wallet Scam

The crypto universe may not have delivered on its promise of true decentralization and financial independence, it has delivered a playground for scammers to exploit naive users. The recent attack on Ledger demonstrates the very real dangers of downloading crypto hardware from sources that can’t be verified. One unfortunate cryptocurrency...

TikTok Crypto Trap: $6.9M Gone, But Here's How We Fight Back!

TikTok Crypto Trap: $6.9M Gone, But Here's How We Fight Back!

Imagine the pain of building a better future for yourself through an extraordinary lifetime of work and thrift. You plan for a comfortable retirement, only to have it all wiped out with a click in cyberspace. One cryptocurrency investor lost an astonishing $6.9 million—their entire life savings—to a cold wallet...

$6.9M TikTok Crypto Heist: The Cold, Hard Reality Check We Need

$6.9M TikTok Crypto Heist: The Cold, Hard Reality Check We Need

A $6.9 million loss. Gone. Poof. Life savings disappeared due to a crypto cold wallet bought off TikTok. It’s so simple for us to look away and think, “Oh, that could never happen to me.” Complacency is a dangerous game in the ever chaotic wild west that is crypto. This...

TikTok Crypto Heist: 5 Reasons Why Regulation Can't Fix This Mess

TikTok Crypto Heist: 5 Reasons Why Regulation Can't Fix This Mess

We've all seen the headlines: another crypto heist, another cautionary tale. This go around, it’s a $6.9 million cold wallet compromise due to TikTok. In essence, the victim believed they were protecting their assets, only to have tens of millions funneled into a well-crafted honeypot. Now, crypto security firm SlowMist...

TikTok Cold Wallet Scam Leads to $6.9M Crypto Theft

TikTok Cold Wallet Scam Leads to $6.9M Crypto Theft

A recent, complex crypto hack, amounting to a staggering $6.9 million has been linked to a fake cold wallet purchased via TikTok. This recent incident, which played out overnight, is a salient example of the growing threat of fake hardware wallets making their way into internet marketplaces. Federal and state...

TikTok Crypto Heist: $6.9M Gone! How to Avoid Cold Wallet Scams

TikTok Crypto Heist: $6.9M Gone! How to Avoid Cold Wallet Scams

A new, harrowing story from that world has come to light. To be clear, it is an alarming signal of the dangers that await in the digital underbelly. On June 15th of 2025, a shocking 50 million yuan just evaporated overnight from a cold wallet. That’s $6.9 million poof! The...