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Digital Currency Group under investigation by U.S. authorities: Report

8.1.2023
U.S. authorities are reportedly investigating internal transfers from Digital Currency Group to its subsidiary Genesis

Romania Carries Out Raids as Part of Crypto Tax Evasion Probe

8.1.2023
Authorities in Romania have conducted more than a dozen raids against people suspected of hiding income from cryptocurrency operations. The searches took place in late 2022 following an earlier investigation which established that crypto traders had failed to report digital assets exceeding...

Hedge funds subpoenaed by U.S. prosecutors as Binance probe unfolds: Report

7.1.2023
United States prosecutors are investigating hedge funds' relationships with cryptocurrency exchange Binance for money-laundering violations

Unreported Transactions Linked to Disgraced FTX Co-Founder Revealed by Onchain Investigation

5.1.2023
According to onchain research, wallets connected to Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced co-founder of FTX, transferred a significant number of previously unreported transactions across various blockchains. The transfers were discovered by Conor Grogan, a director at Coinbase, and while most of...

Coinbase & NYDFS to settle compliance investigation

5.1.2023
The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has officially announced a consent order in which it will engage its efforts in unraveling factors supposedly overlooked in the case of the compliance program Coinbase. The factor included in this consent order is the levy of a penalty amounting...

Executive Linked to Crypto Exchange Bithumb Found Dead Outside His Home: Report

4.1.2023
An executive of the largest shareholder of cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb was found dead outside his home. He allegedly committed suicide by jumping off a building while under investigation by Korean prosecutors for embezzlement and stock market manipulation. Executive Found Dead Amid...

US Department of Justice Launches Investigation Into $370 Million FTX Hack

28.12.2022
As the US authorities continue their investigation into the sudden collapse of major crypto exchange FTX, federal prosecutors are probing an alleged hack that allowed cyber criminals to steal assets worth more than $370 million from the platform hours after it filed for bankruptcy. ... Read More:...

FBI Renews Warning About Pig Butchering Crypto Scam Sweeping the Country

28.12.2022
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has reiterated its warning about a very popular crypto investment scam called “pig butchering” that is sweeping across the U.S. “Be very careful when you go on social media and dating apps and somebody starts developing a relationship with...

Maybe it WAS illegal: Mango Markets exploiter arrested on fraud charges

28.12.2022
The Mango Markets exploiter previously called his attack on the crypto exchange “legal open market actions.”

Bitcoin Mining Pool Btc.com Suffers $3 Million Cyberattack

27.12.2022
A major cryptocurrency mining pool has been hit by hackers earlier this month, the company who owns the pool revealed in an announcement. The incident resulted in the theft of digital assets belonging to the pool and its clients worth a combined total of $3 million. Chinese Authorities Launch...

SlowMist investigation of North Korean APT shows huge phishing threats on the NFT

26.12.2022
SlowMist has reported that a hacker group recently conducted a phishing attack from North Korea.SlowMist was established in 2018 as a blockchain security firm. It provides services such as security audits, red teaming, and security consultancy, to mention a few. The attempt was to steal...

ECB to Decide Whether to Issue Digital Euro in 2023

24.12.2022
The European Central Bank (ECB) has published a new report on the progress of its investigation into the possible launch of a digital euro. The research will continue next year with the regulator planning to make a decision whether to proceed to the realization of the project in the fall of 2023....

Report: SEC Heightens Probe Into Auditors Servicing Crypto Exchanges

23.12.2022
According to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Paul Munter, the agency’s acting chief accountant, the U.S. regulator is monitoring proof-of-reserves (POR) more closely. “We’re warning investors to be very wary of some of the claims that are being made by crypto companies,” Munter...

Crime Investigation: Global Drug Cartel Laundered Millions of Dollars Through Binance

21.12.2022
Major cryptoasset exchange Binance was reportedly used by a Mexican-based internationally-operating drug cartel to launder millions of US dollars - and the exchange helped the authorities identify the suspects.... Read More: Crime Investigation: Global Drug Cartel Laundered Millions of Dollars...

SBF prosecutors reportedly dig into donations made to top US Democrats

18.12.2022
Democratic members from the DNC, the DCCC and Congressman Hakeem Jeffries were contacted by SBF prosecutors for information to aid their ongoing investigations

Another Mysterious Person Signs a 2009 BTC Address, Message Shared by Martin Shkreli Mentions Convicted Felon Paul Le Roux

15.12.2022
Just recently, the crypto community discovered a bitcointalk.org forum user who signed a message from bitcoin block 1,018, and the signer associated the signature with an address first seen in 2022. Moreover, further investigation and evidence have tied block 1,018 to the now-deceased computer...

Amid Speculation and Rumors Surrounding Binance, Exchange Token BNB Suffers Losses From the Alleged FUD

13.12.2022
Following the FTX collapse, the largest cryptocurrency exchange by trade volume, Binance, has been surrounded by rumors and speculation in recent times. On Dec. 12, 2022, Reuters reported that U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors have been investigating Binance, according to four people familiar...