Category: Dark Blocks
Inside The Axiom Scandal: ZachXBT’s Exposé And The Wider Crypto Manipulation Problem
Axiom Exchange, a Solana trading platform backed by Y Combinator, faced scrutiny lately after blockchain investigator ZachXBT revealed an alleged insider trading scheme. His report…
Ross Ulbricht and Silk Road: The Story That Shaped Bitcoin’s First Era
Silk Road helped give Bitcoin real-world use, while Ulbricht’s case exposed the tension between code, crime, and state power. One year after Ross Ulbricht’s release,…
From Billionaire to Betrayal: The FTX Scandal Laid Bare
Introduction: Behind the Façade of Crypto’s Golden Exchange The FTX collapse in November 2022 is one of the biggest failures for a firm of its…
The Betrayal at the Heart of Balancer Exploits
As the early 2020s rolled in, DeFi had made a mark with numerous crypto enthusiasts—the innovation grew drastically, and Balancer was a perfect example of…
Celsius Network — Promised the Future, Delivered Chaos Instead
Introduction: The Utopian Dream That Boiled Over When Celsius Network burst onto the crypto scene in 2017, it came armed with a revolutionary vision: “Unbank…
The SushiSwap Conundrum: Deception Behind the Curtains of Decentralization
As 2020’s DeFi summer raged on, and dApps emerged out of nowhere for users to lock their funds in the hundreds of millions and billions,…
