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US Arrests ‘Mutant Ape Planet’ NFT Creator in $3M ‘Rug Pull’ Scheme to Defraud Crypto Investors

11.1.2023
The U.S. government has arrested and charged the creator of “Mutant Ape Planet” non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for allegedly defrauding crypto investors. “The purchasers were ‘rug pulled,'” the Department of Justice (DOJ) described, adding that millions of dollars...

FTX Co-Founder’s Alleged Extravagance Comes to Light in Bankruptcy Court Documents

9.1.2023
Following the court filing that shows FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) wants access to FTX’s $460 million in Robinhood shares, Delaware bankruptcy court documents show tens of millions were spent by the FTX team in 2022 on living accommodations, hotels, food, and flights. Moreover...

Philippine Regulator Warns Against Using Unlicensed Cryptocurrency Exchanges Following FTX Collapse

28.12.2022
The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has advised investors against transacting with unlicensed cryptocurrency exchanges. The warning followed the collapse of crypto exchange FTX which “left hundreds of thousands, even millions of unsecured creditors with little to...

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...

FTX Aims to Retrieve Sam Bankman-Fried's Political Donations Worth Tens of Millions

20.12.2022
The collapsed crypto exchange FTX has started work to claw back money paid as political donations as part of its bankruptcy proceedings in the US. The donations, which were made at the direction of FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, amounted to hundreds of millions of dollars, several...

Bahamian Government Officials Allegedly Asked SBF to Mint Millions of Dollars in New Tokens Amid the FTX Collapse

13.12.2022
On Monday, court documents from lawyers involved with the FTX Trading LTD Chapter 11 bankruptcy case allege that the government of The Bahamas asked the disgraced FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) to mint new crypto tokens. The lawyers detailed that it was a “request for live, dynamic access...

This Week XRP Whales Moved Millions of Tokens to Exchanges and Unknown Wallets

10.12.2022
During the past 30 days, the crypto asset xrp has gained more than 17% in value against the U.S. dollar. Meanwhile, the crypto community has been noticing significant xrp whale movements during the past week as one whale moved 143,000,000 xrp worth more than $55 million on Dec. 9, and another whale...

Today in Crypto: Goldman Sachs Reportedly to Spend Millions on Crypto Companies, US FTC Investigating Crypto Firms, ConsenSys Releases Data Collection Update

6.12.2022
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________... Read More: Today in Crypto: Goldman Sachs Reportedly to Spend Millions on Crypto Companies, US FTC Investigating Crypto Firms...

Goldman Sachs to Spend 'Tens of Millions' on Discounted Crypto Investments After FTX Implosion: Report

6.12.2022
The investment bank sees a bigger need for trustworthy and established players in the crypto space

Save Thousands In Taxes by Harvesting NFT Losses – CoinLedger Explains How

5.12.2022
There’s a silver lining to the crash in the NFT market — millions of dollars of potential tax-savings. To help NFT investors claim their tax-savings before the end of the year, CoinLedger recently launched an NFT tax-loss harvesting tool. Let’s break down how the tool works...

BNB Chain-Based Defi Protocol Ankr Suffers Major Exploit

2.12.2022
Decentralized Web3 infrastructure provider Ankr has become the latest victim of a hacking attack targeting the defi space. The perpetrators who hit the platform were able to mint and steal a massive amount of tokens in a multimillion-dollar exploit. Defi Protocol Ankr Hit by Unlimited Mint...

Army Planned To Spend Millions On Twitch And Call Of Duty To Recruit Gen Z

2.12.2022
The U.S. Army’s gamer to soldier pipeline is hardly a secret at this point, but new documents show its recent, detailed plans to spend millions to recruit Gen Z through gaming-related sponsorships and ad campaigns. The partnerships ranged from Call of Duty Twitch streamers to sponsoring content...

Deloitte: Metaverse Could Add $1.4 Trillion a Year to Asia’s GDP

24.11.2022
Deloitte estimates the metaverse could add $1.4 trillion to Asia’s GDP annually by 2035. Noting that the metaverse market could be as large as $13 trillion by 2030, the global financial services firm said: “The metaverse is no longer science fiction. Early metaverse platforms...

SBF, FTX execs reportedly spend millions on properties in the Bahamas

22.11.2022
At least 19 properties worth around $121 million were reportedly purchased under FTX's name, Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents and senior-level executives

$333 Million in Bitcoin Vanished from FTX Days Before the Company Filed for Bankruptcy Protection

20.11.2022
While it’s widely reported that hundreds of millions of dollars in Ethereum-based tokens were siphoned from the FTX wallet after the company filed for bankruptcy on Nov. 11, 2022, another $333 million worth of FTX-related bitcoins somehow vanished as well. At one point, FTX held $3.3 billion...

FTX Exploiter Converts Millions in Ether to Alameda-Linked Ren Bitcoin Tokens

20.11.2022
In addition, the exploiter transferred thousands of ether to a brand-new wallet

‘FTX Accounts Drainer’ Now Holds Over 250,000 ETH, Address Is the 27th Largest Ethereum Wallet

20.11.2022
The exploiter responsible for siphoning millions of dollars in ERC20 tokens and ethereum from FTX has added more ether to the entity’s holdings. The wallet is now situated in the top 30 largest wallet positions in terms of ethereum holdings. The address dubbed the “FTX Accounts...