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UK Regulator FCA Plans to Deliver a Market Abuse Regime for Crypto This Year
19.3.2024
The U.K. has been refining it approach to regulating the crypto sector
SEC Committed 'Gross Abuse of Power' in Suit Against Crypto Company, Federal Judge Rules
19.3.2024
A federal judge ruled that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission must pay legal costs for Debt Box, a Utah-based crypto company the SEC brought a suit against, finding that the regulator had committed a "gross abuse of power" in its efforts to secure a temporary restraining order
Unveiling the Dark Web: How Privacy Coins Fuel the Trade of Criminal Material Online
1.3.2024
Privacy coins are fuelling the proliferation of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), according to Chainalysis’s 2024 Crypto Crime Report. The report highlights crypto’s growing role as legal tender among dark web vendors of CSAM. Like other things listed on the dark web, CSAM is often...
Bitcoin Mining Not A Threat to Public Safety – Rep Emmer Criticizes OMB’s Abuse of Power
23.2.2024
United States lawmaker Tom Emmer has criticized the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) decision to approve the Energy Information Administration (EIA) request to collect data on Bitcoin (BTC) mining firms.
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Bitcoin Favored in Human Trafficking, Child Exploitation: FinCEN Report
14.2.2024
A few years ago, bitcoin {{BTC}} became a popular means to conduct illegal transactions to support a booming global business in the smuggling and exploitation of people, according to an analysis released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of the Treasury
Report: Predators Are Using Twitch 'Clips' To Spread Child Abuse
5.1.2024
Trigger warning: This post talks about child predation and sexual abuse.Read more
This is your brain on crypto: Substance abuse grows among crypto traders
22.11.2023
What is it about crypto trading that can make some users susceptible to substance abuse, and how can they get help?
TikTok, Snapchat, OnlyFans and others to combat AI-generated child abuse content
31.10.2023
Major social platforms, AI companies, governments and NGOs issued a joint statement pledging to combat AI-generated abusive content such as explicit images of children
Could Doge Uprising Be The Next 10x Meme Coin?
25.10.2023
Doge Uprising is a new meme crypto project fighting against the ‘centralized authorities’ who abuse their power. The platform aims to redefine a typical meme coin’s utility by building a project that goes beyond just crypto to include a storyline, NFTs, staking, and community...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk Predicts ‘Comprehensive Overhaul’ of SEC With 100% Probability
8.10.2023
Billionaire Elon Musk has called for a “comprehensive overhaul” of regulatory agencies, which includes the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The Tesla and Spacex CEO added that there needs to be a commission to take punitive action against individuals who abuse their regulatory power...
American Economist Jeffrey Sachs Heralds End of Dollar Hegemony: ‘Central Bank Digital Currencies Will Become the Basis of Payments’
7.10.2023
Jeffrey Sachs, an American economist and best-selling author, has stated that the end of the dollar’s hegemony is near and that central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) will become the basis of cross-border settlements. For Sachs, the abuse of the U.S. dollar as a geopolitical weapon is one...
SEC Chair: Crypto Is a Field Rife With Fraud, Abuse, Misconduct — ‘It’s Daunting’
14.9.2023
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler testified before the Senate Banking Committee, stating that crypto is “a field which is rife with fraud, abuse, and misconduct.” He also stated that the securities regulator is still reviewing applications for spot bitcoin...
OpenAI launches web crawler 'GPTBot' amid plans for next model: GPT-5
8.8.2023
ChatGPT users have the option to scrap the web crawler by adding a “disallow” command to a standard file on the server
Scottish Author Exposing Onecoin Cancels ‘Devil’s Coin’ Book Tour After Death Threats
7.8.2023
An author from Scotland has been targeted for her work to expose one of crypto history’s most notorious Ponzi schemes, Onecoin. Jennifer McAdam recently canceled book signings after receiving death threats for writing about the massive fraud and its ‘Cryptoqueen’ mastermind. Writer Cancels...
Namibia signs crypto exchange regulation bill into law
26.7.2023
The law will officially enter into force at a date determined by Namibia’s Ministry of Finance
What is Twitter’s rate limit, and can you bypass it?
6.7.2023
Twitter’s rate limit helps maintain system stability and prevent abuse. Bypassing the rate limit is not possible and can result in temporary restrictions
Report: Namibian Parliament Passes Crypto Regulation Bill
6.7.2023
The Namibian parliament recently passed a bill that aims to establish a regulatory regime for cryptocurrencies. According to the Namibian Finance Minister, safeguarding the interests of consumers and combating market abuse are some of the reasons why parliament has taken this step. Mitigating Money...
Coinbase seeks dismissal of SEC suit, claims extraordinary abuse of process
29.6.2023
The motion to dismiss argues that even if all the allegations in the lawsuit are true, the plaintiff does not have a valid legal claim
Video Game Conventions Are Still Hotbeds Of Sexualized Abuse
8.6.2023
Just days after the March 2023 Game Developer Conference came to a close, disturbing allegations started making the rounds on social media: The ultra-popular conference for game developers, held at San Francisco’s Moscone Center and attended by an estimated 28,000 people, was rife with sordid tales...
A ‘Tremendous Variety of Possible Transaction Types’ — A Look at the Conversation Between Nakamoto and Andresen
11.5.2023
The Bitcoin mempool, otherwise known as the network’s transaction backlog, is still clogged with over 390,000 transactions waiting to be processed by miners. To clear the mempool, more than 190 blocks need to be mined. As the scaling issues continue to plague the network, a conversation between...