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Solana Meme Coin Smog Token Attracts Thousands to Airdrop, Buy And Stake Earns 42% APY
21.2.2024
The latest addition to the Solana meme coin frenzy, Smog Token is going from strength to strength as thousands join its airdrop and its cross-platform social community surpasses 55,000. The 14-day-old coin sits on a price gain since launch of more than 4,000%.
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UK Prosecutors Challenge Defendant’s Claim of Innocence in $6.3 Billion Bitcoin Laundering Case
20.2.2024
UK prosecutors are challenging the claims of a British-Chinese national who says she had “no idea” she was part of a $6.3 billion Bitcoin money laundering plot. The 42-year-old dual national Jian Wen has pled not guilty to three counts of money laundering on behalf of her former...
Sotheby’s EtherRock Auction Closes Wednesday, Expected to Fetch Over $600K
19.2.2024
Sotheby’s, the 279-year-old British auction house, is expected to close the sale of an EtherRock (EthRock) non-fungible token (NFT) on Wednesday, in a sealed bid auction. The decentralized prediction market website Polymarket reflects that there is a 57% chance that the EtherRock NFT will sell...
The Glenlivet Distillery Utilizes NFTs and AI to Market $43,000 Whisky
13.2.2024
Scotland-based distillery The Glenlivet is using NFTs and AI in its marketing strategy to sell whiskey from a 50-year-old collection. The Glenlivet announced on Monday it was planning to auction off the bottles, which have been maturing at its Speyside distillery in Scotland since 1974. Discover...
South Korea ‘Blighted by Crypto-powered Drug Pollution’ – Report
2.2.2024
South Korea’s crypto-powered drug trading epidemic is seeing the country become “polluted” with dead-dropped narcotics, a new report has claimed. Per Ilyo Shinmun, a 59-year-old man who was arrested for drug offenses told police that he had not bought the narcotics he was caught taking. Instead...
Trickbot Ransomware Developer Behind $833M Crypto Theft Gets Prison Term
26.1.2024
Source: Pixabay/Pete Linforth A 40-year-old Russian developer of Trickbot ransomware has been sentenced to a five-year prison term, according to the US Department of Justice (DoJ). In a press release dated January 25, the DoJ identified the individual as Vladimir Dunaev from Amur Oblast, Russia....
Japanese Crypto Advocate Wins Parliament Seat
23.1.2024
A leading Japanese crypto advocate has won a seat in the House of Councilors, the nation’s lower parliamentary house. Per CoinPost, Takeshi Fujimaki, a former lawmaker who lost his seat in the 2019 election, has been restored to the house under proportional representation rules. Fujimaki,...
Crypto Firm USI Tech Founder Horst Jicha Arrested for Alleged $150 Million Fraud
22.1.2024
Horst Jicha, the founder of crypto firm USI Tech, has been arrested and charged by U.S. authorities for his involvement in an alleged $150 million international fraud scheme. According to a recent release published by the U.S. Depoartment of Justice (DOJ), Jicha, a 64-year-old German national,...
Ukrainian Police Collaborate With Europol to Apprehend Alleged Cryptojacking Mastermind
16.1.2024
The Ukrainian police, in collaboration with Europol, recently apprehended the alleged mastermind behind a cryptojacking scheme. According to a statement released by Europol, the arrest underscores why the private sector should collaborate with law enforcement. Law Enforcement and Private Sector...
Opening Vintage Caches — $28 Million in Dormant Bitcoin Stir From 2010-2017 Wallets
14.1.2024
Recent data reveals that so-called ‘sleeping bitcoin’ wallets, established from 2010 to 2017, transacted about 659.14 bitcoins, valued at approximately $28.26 million, during the initial fortnight of this year. A significant portion of this activity originated from wallets created...
A Runescape Player Is My New Fave 90 Day Fiancé Villain
12.1.2024
Confession time: When I need a break from video games, my go-to comfort food is the trashiest reality TV possible. My knowledge of Real Housewives and Vanderpump Rules lore may go even deeper than that of Final Fantasy or Yakuza. So you can only imagine my delight when I found out that one of...
Police Catch South Korea’s ‘$3.5m Nursing Care Fund Crypto Thief’
11.1.2024
Source: papii/Adobe Police in the Philippines have arrested a South Korean man suspected of stealing some $3.5 million from a nursing care fund – and spending the money on crypto. Officers think the 44-year-old man, unnamed for legal reasons, embezzled the money from April 2022 to September 2022....
Report: Turkey Exits From Foreign Exchange Protected Deposit Program
3.1.2024
On Jan. 1 Turkey ended its two-year-old foreign exchange (FX)—protected deposit program in what is seen as another step towards a return to orthodoxy. Treasury and Finance Minister, Mehmet Simsek also signaled the start of what he called a “permanent improvement in the current account.”...
Cryptocurrency Miner Kidnapped for Ransom in Russia
1.1.2024
In Izhevsk, Russia, a 23-year-old bitcoin miner was forcefully abducted from his residence as kidnappers demanded a ransom of 15 million rubles ($166,000). 23-Year-Old Russian Bitcoin Miner Kidnapped for Ransom On Dec. 25, in a rapid sequence of events, it was reported that the crypto miner...
Student by Day, Crypto Miner by Night: NYU Undergrad’s $6 Million Empire
28.12.2023
Source: AdobeStock / LIGHTFIELD STUDIOS Jerry Yu is a 23-year-old student at New York University. He’s also the majority owner of a Bitcoin (BTC) mining farm in the US, fighting legal battles and various allegations. Yu, a Chinese national and US resident, is what the Chinese call...
18-Year Old GTA 6 Hacker Sentenced To Life In Hospital Prison
21.12.2023
The 18-year old hacker responsible for stealing and releasing dozens of clips of Grand Theft Auto 6 last year has been sentenced to life in hospital prison. He can only be released in the future if doctors decide he’s no longer a danger to others, the BBC reports. Read more
ECB Study Reveals Minimal Environmental Impact of Euro Banknotes – How Does Crypto Compare?
13.12.2023
Source: Adobe / nmann77 It’s not just crypto: old-fashioned banknotes have a noticeable energy footprint worth reducing, according to the European Central Bank (ECB). In a newly published report, the central bank outlined how the elaborate physical infrastructure used to support eurozone cash...
Bitcoin Sidechain Liquid Comes Back To Life Amid Ordinals Frenzy
13.12.2023
Image Source: Pixabay High network congestion on Bitcoin has prompted the revival of an old, nearly forgotten scaling solution that makes BTC transactions fast, private, and cheap. According to data from mempool.space, the Liquid Network has experienced some of its highest transaction volumes...
The Game Awards' Weirdest, Wildest Act Was A Must-See Triumph
8.12.2023
Last night’s Game Awards had a couple of musical delights, but one stood out above the rest. Finnish rock band Poets of the Fall took to the stage as Old Gods of Asgard, the fictional band they play in Alan Wake 2, to perform the song “Herald of Darkness” from the game, and the whole spectacle...
How The KotOR Remake Can Revive The Best Star Wars Game Ever
1.12.2023
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