Security North Korean Hackers Tapping Russian Crypto Exchanges To Funnel Illicit Digital Assets, According to Chainalysis September 16, 2023 0 A market intelligence firm says that hackers from North Korea are using Russian crypto exchanges known to launder money to... Read more
Security The rapid rise of cryptocurrency romance scams September 16, 2023 0 The following is a guest post from Brendan Cochrane and Katya Gozias.“Pig butchering” scams, where victims are “fattened” up with... Read more
Security ‘Cryptoqueen’ Associate Receives 20 Years in Prison, Ordered To Surrender $300,000,000 September 14, 2023 0 One of the co-founders of the $4 billion OneCoin crypto pyramid scheme has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.... Read more
Security US Government Forces SIM Swapper To Forfeit Millions in Bitcoin (BTC) and a Sports Car: Report September 12, 2023 0 A US federal court has reportedly ordered a SIM hijacker who allegedly stole crypto worth millions of dollars while in... Read more
Security Five accused of illicit $76M cryptocurrency scam captured in Thailand September 11, 2023 0 In a massive cross-border operation, four Chinese nationals and a Lao citizen were apprehended over their alleged involvement in a... Read more
Security US Regulator Slaps Trading Firm With $1,700,000,000+ Penalty for Defrauding Thousands of 29,420 Bitcoin September 9, 2023 0 The Commodities Trading Futures Commission (CFTC) is hitting a South African Bitcoin (BTC) trading and networking firm with a ban... Read more
Security Court Hands 11,196-Year Prison Sentence to CEO of Exchange That Collapsed With $2,000,000,000+ in Crypto: Report September 8, 2023 0 The chief executive of a collapsed crypto exchange has reportedly been handed a staggering prison sentence of over 11,000 years.... Read more
Security Sam Bankman-Fried’s Former FTX Co-CEO To Plead Guilty to Criminal Crypto Charges: Report September 7, 2023 0 The former co-chief executive of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX is reportedly pleading guilty to criminal charges stemming from the firm’s... Read more
Security Crypto whale loses over $24M staked Ethereum to phishing, as ‘verified’ X scams surge September 7, 2023 0 On-chain data shows a crypto whale “0x13e382” lost $24.23 million worth of liquid staked Ethereum, including 4,851 rETH (worth $8.58... Read more
Security US Court Seizes Alex Mashinsky’s Bank Accounts and Texas House: Unsealed Order September 6, 2023 0 New court documents reveal that authorities have seized assets and a house from Alex Mashinksy, the former chief executive of... Read more