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Kucoin Twitter Account Compromised, Exchange Promises Reimbursements

Crypto exchange Kucoin's Twitter account was compromised for 45 minutes, leading to asset losses of 22,638 USDT for multiple users. Kucoin has promised to reimburse all verified asset losses caused by the social media breach and the fake activity. The exchange identified 22 transactions that interacted with the fraudulent tweets, resulting in a total loss of roughly 22,638 USDT. Kucoin claims that assets on the exchange remain secure and that it is conducting a thorough investigation of the incident with Twitter to prevent similar occurrences in the future. In other news, the New York State Attorney General has sued Kucoin, claiming it is an unregistered commodities and securities broker or dealer, alleging that the exchange "offered, sold and purchased and effected transactions in cryptocurrencies that were commodities and securities within New York, without having been registered as a commodity broker-dealer and securities broker or dealer in New York." The suit also listed ether as an unregistered security. (TheBlock)

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