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Coinbase Processed $500,000 in Bitcoin Payments That Helped Ex-Nissan Chairman Flee Japan
24.7.2020
Coinbase processed $500,000 in bitcoin payments that aided the dramatic escape of former Nissan Motor Co. chairman Carlos Ghosn from Japan, according to Bloomberg. In December, two Americans used a box to smuggle Ghosn out of the Asian country, where he was facing criminal charges for embezzlement...
Mempool Manipulation Enabled Theft of $8M in MakerDAO Collateral on Black Thursday: Report
22.7.2020
New research suggests March’s “Black Swan” event for Ethereum may have been a sophisticated plan to cash in on a global sell-off
Canadian Regulator Accuses Coinsquare of Market Manipulation With Wash Trades Worth 590K BTC
18.7.2020
The Ontario Securities Commission has started a proceeding against cryptocurrency exchange Coinsquare and its executives. The Canadian regulator has accused the company of market manipulation, with 840,000 wash trades worth approximately 590,000 bitcoins, representing 90% of the exchange’s...
Crypto Long & Short: Dogecoin, Market Manipulation and the Downside of a Coinbase IPO
12.7.2020
Noelle Acheson explains how the dogecoin rise exemplifies the creative destruction underway in markets, and what a potential Coinbase listing could mean for the development of crypto
To His Own Surprise, Crypto Volume Pumper’s Business Is Still Thriving
30.6.2020
Remember that college student who spoke candidly about inflating crypto trading volumes? He’s still at it – and COVID-19 has kept his business brisk
Wirecard $2 Billion Scandal: Firm Files for Insolvency, Ex-CEO Arrested, User Funds Safe
25.6.2020
Scandal-hit crypto card issuer Wirecard AG, a firm that has filed for insolvency because of its missing $2.1 billion – but customer funds appear to be safe, for now. The news comes just two days after former chief executive officer Markus Braun was arrested by German police on allegations...
3 Ways Bitcoin Traders Can Spot and Avoid Crypto Market Manipulation
21.6.2020
Institutions have embraced Bitcoin but BTC whales still impact the crypto market by using hidden orders and wash trading
Fed Chair Jerome Powell Discusses Leveraging an Ethereum-Based Libor Replacement
5.6.2020
The Federal Reserve’s Chair, Jerome Powell has hinted at using an Ethereum-based interest reference rate in a transition from the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor). Powell also detailed in a letter to Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR), that the Ethereum version of Libor, a software called...
Bittrex, Poloniex Added to Lawsuit Claiming Tether Manipulated Bitcoin Market
4.6.2020
An amended lawsuit alleging Tether and Bitfinex manipulated the bitcoin market is now claiming Poloniex and Bittrex were also involved
Bittrex and Poloniex Targeted in Class-Action Crypto Manipulation Suit
4.6.2020
Bittrex and Poloniex have become embroiled in a class-action lawsuit that alleges USDT created out of thin air drove the 2017 bull run
Bitcoin’s Flash Rally to $10,400 was “Fake”, Short the Cryptocurrency, Warns Renowned Trader Bollinger
3.6.2020
Long time trader John Bollinger has warned that bitcoin’s flash rally to over $10,400 on Monday was fake, adding that losses might be on the way. “This is a Head Fake at the upper Bollinger Band for $btcusd,” tweeted Bollinger, inventor of the Bollinger Bands indicator....
Grayscale: Central Bank Digital Currencies Will ‘Neither Replace nor Harm Scarce, Uncompromising Bitcoin’
28.5.2020
Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) pose no threat to Bitcoin’s value proposition, instead, they will spur its growth toward mass adoption. In a new report, Grayscale Investments said CBDCs will never replace BTC because unlike the top cryptocurrency, they can be inflationary and are open...
Company That Sued FTX and Ripple Now Sets Its Sights on BitMEX
18.5.2020
BMA LLC, which two weeks ago sued Ripple, has now accused crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX of orchestrating the largest financial crime in U.S. history
Phuoc Nguyen’s One Page Wonders
2.5.2020
I keep running across these super useful one page sites, and they keep being by the same person! Like this one with over 100 vanilla JavaScript DOM manipulation recipes, this similar one full of one-liners, and this one with loads of layouts. For that last one, making 91 icons for all those design...
America’s Banks Can Simply Bail Themselves Out – Thanks to the Fed’s $27 Trillion Blackrock Deal
20.4.2020
Mainstream media has been awfully quiet about all the fraud and manipulation stemming from the global bureaucracies’ newly enacted covid-19 reaction policies. In the U.S. amid all the commotion and fear, the Federal Reserve granted special powers to the giant private equity firm Blackrock....
The Stimulus Cover Up: Small Businesses Cheated, Corrupt Covid-19 Stats, Crony Benefits
19.4.2020
Last week thousands of Americans have been reporting that they received their stimulus check, while many people have been having issues with the system. Moreover, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief & Economic Security (CARES) Act has not been able to cover everyone and the Small Business...
Gibraltar to Crack Down on Market Manipulation in DLT Sector
12.4.2020
Gibraltar is will soon update its blockchain regulations to crack down on market manipulation and respond to FATF recommendations
Crypto Exchange Bitfinex Unveils Anti-Manipulation Tool ‘Shimmer’
24.3.2020
Bitfinex deployed the new tool to identify and investigate possible manipulative behaviours and suspicious trading
Need Self-regulatory Code of Practice, but Exchanges Busy in USDT Manipulation: Crypto Kanoon
17.3.2020
One of the biggest crypto influencers in India, the pseudonymous Crypto Kanoon tweeted on Tuesday that after the industry won the battle against the RBI on March 04, there was a need for self-regulatory code of practice. However, he said, the exchanges were busy in customer acquisition strategies...
Ex-Riot Blockchain CEO Settles in Penny Stock Manipulation Case
11.3.2020
Three defendants settled with the SEC for running a pump-and-dump stock scheme and will pay penalties over $3 million