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Korean Crypto Exchanges Block Romance Scammers’ Access to Digital Assets Worth Over $82 Million
31.1.2024
South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges have successfully stopped romance scams and voice phishing criminals from siphoning digital assets worth over $82.6 million in the past year. The exchanges attribute their success in blocking criminals to abnormal transaction detection systems, which assist...
Michael Saylor Alerts Bitcoin Community Amid Rising Tide of Deepfake Scams
16.1.2024
Source: Pixabay MicroStrategy founder and tech titan Michael Saylor has issued a warning about the influx of AI-generated deepfake scams in the Bitcoin community. The alarm follows several reports last week flagging fake AI-generated videos of Saylor reportedly promising to “double...
Blockchain Security Firm CertiK Warns OKX IOS Users to Update After Flagging Vulnerability
20.12.2023
Image Source: Adobe Blockchain security firm, CertiK has urged OKX users on IOS devices to update the software to the latest version after it identified a vulnerability with the potential of causing data and asset losses. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the firm informed users of the discovery...
Bitcoin limps into FOMC as flagging volume adds to BTC price hurdles
3.5.2023
Bitcoin price looks unlikely to break out as markets brace for Fed rate hike volatility
Reports Claim Chivo Bitcoin Wallet Is Flagging Wasabi Transactions in El Salvador
7.4.2023
According to several reports, the Salvadoran government-issued bitcoin wallet, Chivo, has been freezing wallets and requesting that owners verify the source of funds. The founder of El Zonte’s Bitcoin Beach stated that the government’s bitcoin wallet software is flagging and freezing...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk Warns a Major Fed Rate Hike Risks Deflation
12.9.2022
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has warned that a major rate hike by the Federal Reserve risks deflation in the U.S. economy. Musk’s warning followed an analysis by Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood, who cautioned that “Leading inflation indicators like gold and copper are flagging the risk...
Wirecard Fallout: Auditor EY Accused of Not Flagging $2.1B Black Hole Sooner
29.6.2020
Following a sharp drop in the Wirecard stock price, the German shareholders' body holds EY responsible for not alerting the public sooner over the firm's accounting failures
Another Crypto Exchange Discourages the Use of Bitcoin Mixing Services
30.1.2020
The cryptocurrency exchange Binance was recently scrutinized for flagging a customer’s funds because the individual had used a bitcoin mixing application. Now the platform Paxos Global is discouraging the use of crypto mixers after a customer allegedly sent coins to a mixing service. Also...
Coinbase Patents AI Compliance System to Monitor and Flag Accounts
29.11.2019
Popular U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase received a patent November 19, for an AI-driven compliance system which would monitor customer accounts, flagging those deemed non-compliant and recategorizing them for corrective action. Described as a “compliance determination and enforcement...