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Russians Turned to Tether During Wagner Revolt
27.6.2023
Russian citizens sought refuge in tether amid the brief mutiny of the Wagner mercenary group that shook their country. The ruble-denominated trading volume of the U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin spiked during the short-lived rebellion, market data revealed. Russians Traded Millions of Dollars’...
Garlinghouse: SEC Official Received ‘Millions’ From Vested Interests, Tradfi Heavyweight Crypto Exchange EDX Launches, Peter Schiff on USD Decline — Week in Review
25.6.2023
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse recently asserted that former SEC Division of Corporation Finance Director William Hinman “received millions of dollars of payments from his law firm” which had a vested interest in a well-known 2018 speech given by the then SEC official. In other news, crypto exchange...
School Kids Reportedly Phishing Millions in NFTs for Roblox Skins
19.6.2023
Phishing attacks in the world of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have taken a concerning turn as school children allegedly steal millions of dollars' worth of NFTs to splurge on coveted Roblox skins.
The new and disturbing trend was highlighted by The Block in an article this weekend, which said...
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse: Former SEC Official William Hinman Received ‘Millions of Dollars’ From Law Firms With a ‘Vested Interest’ in His Speech
19.6.2023
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has blasted the enforcement approach of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) after the release of the Hinman docs, which contain internal discussions that the institution had before the now famous 2018 speech offered by former SEC Division of Corporation...
Millions in Polygon’s MATIC Tokens Were Sent to Binance and Coinbase Ahead of 30% Slide, Data Shows
10.6.2023
“Altcoins can crash this weekend even more as trading volumes are thin and market makers such as Binance have become less active,” one crypto firm warned
Binance's BNB Token Saw Millions in Sell Orders Right Before SEC Lawsuits
9.6.2023
In trading, timing is everything and it appears that some traders put in well-timed sell orders for BNB, ahead of the massive SEC crackdown against crypto exchange Binance on June 5
Do Kwon Moved $29 Million Worth of Coins Since Arrest, Prosecutor Says
8.6.2023
Founder of Terraform Labs, Do Kwon, has withdrawn millions of dollars in crypto from an entity linked to his failed blockchain firm, investigators claim. South Korean authorities are now trying to locate the digital assets that have been allegedly transferred since his arrest in Montenegro...
Russian Investigator Took Over 1,000 BTC in Bribe Money From Hackers, Report
7.6.2023
An investigator working in Moscow has been caught with a record-breaking bribe paid by a hacking group in cryptocurrency. According to a Russian press report, the corrupt official accepted millions of dollars’ worth of bitcoin and saved the digital money for his retirement years....
Bankers Shopping FTX's 'Hundreds of Millions of Dollars' Stake in AI Startup: Report
6.6.2023
At the time of its bankruptcy last November, FTX may have owned as much as $500 million worth of stock in Anthropic, the creator of ChatGPT rival Claude
Atomic Wallet Hack: Decentralized Finance Wallet Breached, Millions Lost in Attack
4.6.2023
On June 3, 2023, numerous sources revealed details about an attack on Atomic Wallet that resulted in significant financial losses for many victims. The Atomic Wallet team announced they are looking into the issue, while onchain investigators like Zachxbt have also been digging deeper, searching...
Nike NFTs to make their way into EA Sports games and its millions of fans
2.6.2023
Nike’s “virtual creations” will be integrated into EA Sports games in the coming months
Optimism set to unlock $587M worth of OP tokens, will investors unload?
30.5.2023
More than 386 million OP tokens are scheduled to be unlocked on May 31, more than doubling the total circulating supply
Reddit collectible avatars onboard nearly 10M into the crypto, NFT space
29.5.2023
The popular social platform is about to hit a big milestone in terms of collectible avatar holders after launching "Reddit NFTs" in July 2022
Another dormant Ethereum wallet reawakens after 8 years, moving millions
29.5.2023
Its owner acquired the tokens during Ethereum’s ICO in 2015, when each ETH was worth only 31 cents each
Crypto’s Fentanyl Trade Worth Tens of Millions: Security Researchers
24.5.2023
Reports from Chainalysis and Elliptic point to the trade for fentanyl precursors and fentanyl itself being fuelled by crypto
Italy sets aside millions for workers at risk of AI replacement
18.5.2023
Italian officials are setting aside $33 million to enhance the development of digital skills for workers at risk termination due to automation and AI
Bank Execs Face Senate Ire for Blaming Bank Collapse on Crypto While Amassing Millions
17.5.2023
US Senators have slammed executives of failed banks for trying to deflect blame away from their poor management practices and toward digital asset firms.
During a Tuesday Senate Banking Committee hearing, Senator Cynthia Lummis lashed out at Scott Shay, the former chairman of now-collapsed...
Senators slam bank execs for blaming collapses on crypto, pocketing millions
17.5.2023
Senator Lummis noted that Signature Bank’s Scott Shay mentioned digital assets 10 times in his testimony about the bank’s collapse
Zimbabwe sells millions of gold-backed crypto tokens despite IMF warning
15.5.2023
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s first gold-backed cryptocurrency sale has been a success
Crypto Whales Accumulate Millions in Pepecoin as Trading Volume Shifts to Binance
10.5.2023
Larger market participants are buying up the meme coin even as prices dunk, suggesting another leg up might be on the cards soon