{
  "id": 110012,
  "title": "Malaysia Blockchain Week’s OnlyFans scandal, lonely heart scammed for $3.3M: Asia Express",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/malaysia-blockchain-weeks-onlyfans-scandal-lonely-heart-scammed-for-3",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-04T02:03:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Cointelegraph",
    "slug": "cointelegraph",
    "url": "https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/hong-kong-lonely-heart-scammed-out-of-33m-in-crypto-asia-express"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Malaysia pulled support for the Malaysia Blockchain Week after an influencer linked to OnlyFans was involved in an after-party scandal. In Hong Kong, romance-linked crypto investment scams resulted in $9 million being defrauded from lonely hearts, with one victim losing $3.3 million to a fake online boyfriend who convinced her to invest in a fraudulent crypto application. Meanwhile, FalconX, a crypto prime brokerage, laid off 10% of its global workforce as it prepares for a prolonged downturn in the cryptocurrency market.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}