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Crypto founders top young Australian rich list
2.11.2021
Seven of Australia's 87 richest entrepreneurs aged 40 and under are crypto founders, according to the Australian Financial Review
Rally founders launch crypto venture studio backed by a16z partner
29.10.2021
The new studio, SuperLayer, aims to commercialize Web 3 products. It has already received commitments from notable investors, including Marc Andreessen
Start-up CGU Raises $2.5 Million USD in Third Public Round
26.10.2021
PRESS RELEASE. A crypto platform Crypto Gaming United (CGU), which has joined the crypto exchange TimeX on the 18th of october, made $2.5 million in a record-breaking six seconds since public token trading began. One of the co-founders of the project is a crypto-currency, DeFi and blockchain...
Major DeFi founders back play-to-earn game that hopes to be next Flappy Bird
22.10.2021
A new blockchain based play to earn game called Fancy Birds hopes to emulate the success of the addictive mobile phenomenon Flappy Bird
Early meeting of E-Gold founders may hold clue to Satoshi Nakamoto’s identity — Peter Thiel
21.10.2021
Did Satoshi Nakamoto work on E-Gold? If so, Peter Thiel thinks he has a way to narrow down the identity of Bitcoin’s creator
Crypto Firm Owners Plead Guilty to Tax Evasion, Face up to 5 Years in Prison
14.10.2021
The owners of a cryptocurrency firm that raised approximately $24 million from more than 13,000 investors have pleaded guilty to tax evasion. “These crypto-savvy defendants exploited an emerging technology, lying to their investors, pocketing the proceeds, and concealing the income from...
‘DeFi or DoxFi’ Asks Community After Compound Founder’s Statement
1.10.2021
oreferrer" href="https://cryptonews.com/news/taking-coins-from-bugged-compound-contract-illegal-unethical-or-perfectly-fine.htm">reported, Compound Finance passed and executed a proposal on Wednesday, but soon reported “unusual activity.” Due to a bug in a smart contract, users were able to clai
Law Enforcement in Russia’s Samara Region Investigates 8 Cases of Fraud Related to Finiko
28.9.2021
The investigation into the Russia-based crypto pyramid Finiko is growing with law enforcement officials in Samara region announcing they have launched eight criminal cases against Finiko associates. Authorities are also working to identify more victims of the Ponzi scheme, Russia’s largest...
Suex Founder Loses Top Job Over US Sanctions, Major Exchange, Payment Provider Implicated
26.9.2021
The scandal around sanctioned crypto broker Suex is growing in Russia where one of the co-founders of the OTC platform has been dismissed from his executive post at a bank. Meanwhile, an anti-drug organization has referred the case to the interior ministry and the central bank, asking authorities...
Court Extends Detention of Finiko Pyramid Founder Doronin and His Right-Hand Man
25.9.2021
A court in Tatarstan has extended the detention of Kirill Doronin, founder of Russia’s largest Ponzi scheme in recent times, Finiko. Doronin will spend at least two more months in custody as authorities fear he could hide from law enforcement. Ilgiz Shakirov, vice-president of the crypto...
Blacklisted Suex Addresses Received Over $900 Million in Crypto, Report Reveals
23.9.2021
Cryptocurrency addresses allegedly used by Russian exchange Suex, recently placed under U.S. sanctions, have received more than $934 million in crypto assets, blockchain analysis suggests. According to the Treasury Department, over 40% of the platform’s transactions involved criminal actors....
Genesis Digital Assets Reveals $431 Million Capital Raise — Mining Firm Aims for 1.4 Gigawatts by 2023
23.9.2021
On Tuesday, the bitcoin mining firm Genesis Digital Assets announced the firm raised $431 million from strategic investors. The mining company Genesis detailed that Paradigm led the multi-million-dollar funding round and one of the firm’s co-founders has joined Genesis’s board...
Russian Court Confirms Arrest Warrants for 3 Finiko Founders
20.9.2021
Tatarstan’s highest court has rejected appeals against arrest warrants issued for three co-founders of the notorious Finiko crypto pyramid. The top representatives of the Ponzi scheme, accused of large-scale fraud in Russia, are still hiding abroad, media reports reveal. Three Finiko Ponzi...
Study Shows Cross-Chain Bridge Technology Growth, Bridges to Ethereum Exceed $7 Billion
16.9.2021
On September 8, 2021, Dmitriy Berenzon, research partner at 1kxnetwork, an early-stage crypto fund that helps founders bootstrap token networks, published a comprehensive research post concerning blockchain bridges. Berenzon’s study highlights the current “multi-chain market...
SEC Hits BitConnect Founders, Promoters with Fresh Fraud Wrap
2.9.2021
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has dredged up the ghost of the discredited crypto scam BitConnect, and will look to prosecute its alleged masterminds for selling fraudulent and unregistered securities – amounting to a total of USD 2bn.
The SEC issued a notice explaining that it...
ADAX Have Just Changed the Game, Offering Censorship-Resistant DeFi via ADA
10.8.2021
In the history of every successful startup, there comes a ‘defining’ moment – a moment when the vision of its founders clashes with the impossible and, against all odds, triumphs by becoming a reality. ADAX, a decentralized exchange (DEX) within the Cardano ecosystem, has just...
Bank of America, Coinbase, FTX Invest in Paxos Series D Funding Round
31.7.2021
Paxos, a blockchain services and tokenization firm has added Coinbase Ventures, FTX, Bank of America, and Founders Fund as backers in its Series D funding round that started last April. These institutions were listed as “strategic investors,” but the amounts of their contributions were...
Africrypt turns sour on investors: Founders flee as court cases build up
10.7.2021
Africrypt founders are still on the run as investors turn to legal action to try to recoup funds lost in South Africa’s latest cryptocurrency theft scandal
Polywhale Finance founders accused of rug pull amid abrupt shut down
22.6.2021
The founders of the DeFi yield farm have allegedly redeemed over $1 million worth of tokens as the Treasury wallet was drained Monday
Vitalik Buterin Criticizes Elon Musk’s Idealistic Take on Cryptocurrency, Details Limits on Blockchain Scalability
24.5.2021
Vitalik Buterin, one of the most renowned Ethereum founders, has rebuffed Elon Musk’s take on fixing cryptocurrencies in a new paper where he details the limits of blockchain scalability. Buterin touches on three subjects: storage, bandwidth, and computing power, commenting on their limits...