PeckShield Report: Half of Stolen NFTs Sold Within Three Hours on Leading Marketplaces

July 4 (Cointime) - According to a report by PeckShield, a web3 fraud detection tool, half of stolen NFTs are sold within 160 minutes on leading marketplaces Blur and OpenSea. The value of stolen NFTs decreased to $2.27 million in June from the previous month's $2.95 million.

Despite the bearish period in the NFT market, malicious actors are still stealing NFTs from collectors. To ensure the safety of NFTs, Axenia Shliakhtina, Marketing Lead at Getgems, recommends storing them in a hardware wallet or separating assets of different values into different wallets.

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