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Silk Road Founder Drops NFT, Causing a Stir Among Bitcoiners
Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was convicted six years ago on conspiracy charges of money laundering, computer hacking, fraud and drug...
Crypto Lender Celsius CFO Arrested on Charges of Money Laundering
Yaron Shalem, the chief financial officer of crypto lending firm Celsius, was arrested last week along with seven others in connection with ...
CBA’s Crypto Team to Help Track Down Money Launderers
Despite ongoing sentiment in traditional finance circles that crypto is the “Wild West”, Chainalysis, which recently partnered w...
$6 Million in Crypto Seized from REvil Ransomware Group
The US Department of Justice has announced charges against a REvil ransomware affiliate responsible for the July attack against the Kaseya M...
Google Ads Scam Alert: $500,000 Stolen Through Fake Crypto Wallets
According to a Check Point Research (CPR) report, users of crypto swap platform PancakeSwap, as well as crypto wallets MetaMask and Phantom,...
Adobe Photoshop to Add ‘Prepare as NFT’ Feature to Help Verify Art Authenticity
An unfortunate side-effect of the booming non-fungible token (NFT) market is that scammers are grabbing the opportunity to exploit it. In an...
Joe Biden to Bring 30 Countries Together to Stem ‘Illicit use of Cryptocurrency’
US President Joe Biden intends to marshall the resources of 30 other countries to try to prevent “the illicit use of cryptocurrency”. In...
Crypto Romance Scams Cost Americans $133 Million in the First Half of 2021
Americans are increasingly falling into the tender trap of online romance scams, backed by figures for the first half of 2021. From January ...
ETH Developer Pleads Guilty to Helping North Korea Use Blockchain to Evade Sanctions
Virgil Griffith, a prominent Ethereum developer and one of the most recognised names in the crypto industry, has pleaded guilty to a federal...
UK Student Bitcoin Mugging Highlights Importance of Multisig Wallets
A student starting at England’s University of Kent last year was threatened at knifepoint in the first week of term after his new R...
Apple Faces $5 Million Class Action Lawsuit Over Fake Wallet That Led to Crypto Theft
Apple is facing a US$5 million class-action lawsuit from crypto investors after one of its applications allegedly enabled hackers to steal t...
Government Employee Faces Jail for Installing Crypto Miners Inside Office Walls
An IT operations supervisor in New York state is being prosecuted for allegedly installing BTC mining rigs and other devices inside governme...