Worst crypto scams and 'coverups' of 2022

After a February hack, cryptocurrency network Wormhole suffers a $320 million loss.

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$615 million was lost in the Axie Infinity breach in March.

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In the month of May, Terra's UST algorithmic stablecoin crashes.

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In the month of June, users faced the blunt of the collapse of Three Arrows Capital.

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the July 2018 bankruptcy of Celsius, was one of the biggest cryptocurrency lenders.

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The largest trading platform in the world, FTX, collapsed in the month of November.

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