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Binance to appeal $4.4M fine from Canadian regulator

19.6.2024
The cryptocurrency exchange announced plans to exit the Canadian market in 2023 but may still face enforcement action from local regulators

Kraken Calls Security Research Firm’s Demands ‘Criminal’; Certik Slams Threats Against Its Employees

19.6.2024
Kraken has accused an unnamed security research firm of stealing $3 million from its treasury and attempting to extort more money. Nick Percoco said so-called white hat hackers failed to fully disclose the bug transaction details and have not made arrangements to return the stolen funds. White...

German Law Enforcement Transfers $425M in Bitcoin From Seized Funds

19.6.2024
Onchain data reveals that an entity likely tied to Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) transferred 6,500 bitcoin, valued at approximately $425 million, on June 19. Arkham Intelligence identified the address on Jan. 31 through its onchain monitoring systems. German Authorities...

Apple Could Be Fined A Billion Dollars A Day

19.6.2024
Back in March, the European Union brought in new rules that were designed to stop companies like Apple and Google from blocking third-party companies running their own in-app item stores. This was supposed to carve a path for games like Fortnite to be able to return to mobile, now they could...

Crypto community backs Tornado Cash devs with $2.3M legal fund

19.6.2024
Tornado Cash’s founders and developers are in the legal crosshairs, but the crypto community argues merely writing code shouldn’t be a crime

US prosecutors oppose Ethereum dev’s motion to reduce 5-year sentence

18.6.2024
In April 2022, a judge sentenced Virgil Griffith to 63 months in prison for violating U.S. sanctions on North Korea

Signal boss slams EU’s latest ‘upload moderation’ surveillance ploy

18.6.2024
The Chat Control law is aimed at combating child exploitation material, but Meredith Whittaker said it’s just the latest proposed tactic to undermine encryption

Terraform Labs to shut down after $4.5B SEC settlement: Law Decoded

17.6.2024
Terraform Labs plans to sell key projects within the Terra ecosystem and give the community control of the Terra blockchain

FTX victims go after company’s assets from criminal forfeiture

17.6.2024
Though Sam Bankman-Fried is currently serving a prison sentence, affected FTX customers and creditors are making claims on the firm’s assets, which are still worth millions

South Korea devises law for constant scrutiny of 600 crypto tokens

17.6.2024
South Korea is set to implement the virtual asset user protection law, which will come into force by July 19

Salvadoran Government Introduces Bitcoin Banking Law Reform

16.6.2024
The Salvadoran government has presented an initiative to accelerate the inclusion of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in its investment banking sector. The banking law reform introduced to the National Assembly would allow private investors to constitute banks that can provide services in Bitcoin...

Gemini reaches $50M settlement with New York AG over Earn program

14.6.2024
Gemini Trust said that affected Earn users could expect “100% of the assets owed to them” within seven days

Ripple invokes SEC v. Terraform case, argues for smaller civil penalty

14.6.2024
The blockchain firm’s case with the SEC has been ongoing since December 2020, when the regulator alleged Ripple used XRP as an unregistered security to raise funds

MicroStrategy upsizes latest stock sale to $700M to buy more Bitcoin

14.6.2024
MicroStrategy upsizes its convertible senior notes offering to $700 million, earmarking proceeds for Bitcoin purchases and corporate purposes

UwU Lend offers a $5M bounty to whoever catches its exploiter

14.6.2024
The UwU Lend hacker has now stolen a combined $24 million from the protocol across two attacks

Holograph fell 80% in 9 hours after exploiter mints 1B additional HLG

14.6.2024
The 1 billion HLG tokens were worth $14.4 million at the time of the first mint, Etherscan data shows

Landmark Ruling: Crypto Dealings Not Illegal in India, Says High Court

14.6.2024
The Orissa High Court in India ruled that cryptocurrency dealings are not illegal under Indian law. This decision arose from a case involving individuals accused of fraud through a Ponzi scheme. Justice Sasikanta Mishra clarified that cryptocurrency is not considered money under the Prize Chits...