$90 Million Gone Without a Trace Iran’s prized crypto exchange, Nobitex, got gutted. Over $90 million in digital assets — Bitcoin, Ethereum, Doge, Ripple, Solana, Tron, and Toncoin — evaporated into so-called “burner” wallets with anti-IRGC messages embedded in the transactions. According to Elliptic, a top blockchain analytics outfit, those wallets are likely inaccessible even to the hackers themselves. Hack for Symbolism, Not Profit That means the loot wasn’t stolen to spend — it was stolen to destroy. Welcome to the new era of cyberwarfare, where crypto isn’t treasure — it’s a battlefield. The hackers behind this cyber-massacre? A pro-Israel collective known as “Gonjeshke Darande”, or “Predatory Sparrow.” They’re not just hitting Iran’s crypto ecosystem. Earlier this week, they also…

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