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PlusToken Ponzi Scheme Moves USD 100 Million Worth of Ethereum
19.12.2019
After reporting that an alleged Ponzi scheme may still dump at least USD 243 million worth of crypto on the market, their Ethereum (ETH) seems to be on the move.
China-based PlusToken, deemed a scam by local and foreign media, as well as the crypto community at large, seems to have moved...
19-Year Old Suspect Charged With $1 Million Crypto Heist via SIM-Swaps
19.12.2019
A 19-year old Brooklyn resident faces a nine-count indictment for an alleged $1+ million crypto heist targeting at least 75 victims
Australia Probes Big Four Bank Accused of 23 Million Money Laundering Breaches
18.12.2019
With stricter new regulations on the horizon for the crypto space around the world, Australians have found that it’s actually their traditional financial institutions that have been breaching well-established anti-money laundering rules and other industry standards this year. Westpac, one...
Alchemy Publicly Launches Its Blockchain API After Raising $15 Million
18.12.2019
Blockchain firm Alchemy publicly launched its API after securing $15 million in funding
Justin Sun Riles Community With $1 Million Donation to Greta Thunburg
18.12.2019
Justin Sun says he will donate $1 million to the young Swedish activist Great Thunberg’s climate crisis campaign
Kleiman Estate Asks Judge to Overrule Craig Wright’s Objections
17.12.2019
On December 16, new court filings from the Kleiman v. Wright case show the plaintiffs have responded to Wright’s objections against the magistrate’s court order. Kleiman’s lawyer Velvel Freedman explained that Craig’s statements in court “lacked credibility,”...
Ethereum Foundation USD 100 Million Deal Raises Transparency Questions
16.12.2019
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The waters of transparency issues have been stirred with Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin saying that the Ethereum Foundation (EF) sold ETH 70,000 at the top. It was worth c. USD 100 million at the time, and less than USD 10 million today.
“I did get the Ethereum...
Uphold Users Gain Access to Salt’s Crypto-Backed Loans
16.12.2019
Uphold users have gained access to loans from Salt Lending using crypto holdings such as bitcoin cash (BCH) as collateral. The digital money platform has more than 1.5 million users globally and has powered over $5 billion in transactions. Also Read: Nexo Now Offers Bitcoin Cash Instant Crypto...
Russia’s Hydra Darknet Marketplace Plans $146M Token Sale
14.12.2019
According to regional reports, the Russian darknet market Hydra is planning an initial coin offering (ICO) in order to expand the marketplace internationally. The sale is set to start on December 16 and Hydra administrators hope to raise $146 million from the token sale. Also read: Regulatory...
Shopin Founder Pleads Guilty to Orchestrating Fraudulent $42 Million ICO
12.12.2019
Shopin founder Eran Eyal pleads guilty to felony charges for running a fraudulent initial coin offering that raised more than $42 million
15 Million Debit Cards Exposed as Iranian Banks Fall Victim to Cyber Warfare
12.12.2019
The private details of 15 million bank debit cards in Iran have been published on Telegram in the largest banking security incident in the country’s history. Iranian authorities so far try to blame the breach on common criminals but cyber security experts suspect it was the work...
BitMEX and Arthur Hayes Now Have USD 300 Million Problem
12.12.2019
Arthur Hayes. Major crypto exchange BitMEX and its co-founder and CEO Arthur Hayes just got into another problem.
The company and its CEO are now being sued for USD 300 million by Frank Amato, a former JPMorgan Chase commodity derivatives trader, and RGB Coin Ltd., who claim to have been the first...
SLP Token Market Cap Surpasses $50 Million
12.12.2019
For over a year now, the Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) token universe has grown quite vast. There are now more than 6,000 SLP tokens in existence and a number of SLP tokens have seen price discovery. Moreover, tokens listed on our SLP market capitalization aggregator show in the last two months...
US SEC Charges Shopin Founder With Orchestrating Fraudulent $42 Million ICO
12.12.2019
Shopin Founder and CEO Eran Eyal allegedly spent $500,000 of investor funds on personal expenses
BRD’s Adam Traidman on New Products, Crypto Adoption, and Banking the Unbanked Into 2020
11.12.2019
Breadwallet, later known as Bread, and now just as BRD, was the first crypto wallet in the App Store in 2014. Its non-custodial, open source and user-friendly nature saw it become very popular, now with nearly 3 million users worldwide. CEO Adam Traidman took some time to field questions from...
Three Men Arrested for Running Alleged $722 Million Crypto Ponzi Scheme
11.12.2019
New Jersey authorities announce the arrest of three founders of alleged $722 million crypto Ponzie Scheme
Accused Onecoin Co-Conspirators Fight Criminal Charges in the US
10.12.2019
The Onecoin scam, a multi-level Ponzi scheme that acquired $4 billion from investors has been falling apart at the seams. Criminal proceedings have started against Onecoin leaders and one alleged associate who was found guilty of laundering $400 million has asked a New York judge for more time...
23 Days Until a Bonded Courier Supposedly Delivers Keys to $8 Billion in BTC
9.12.2019
In 23 days, the infamous self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor Craig Wright will allegedly receive 1,100,111 BTC from a trust purportedly held in Seychelles. In fact, many Wright supporters and BSV proponents wholeheartedly believe Wright will “gain complete ownership of the trust,” and to...
While Markets Move Sideways, Crypto Whale Sightings Increase
7.12.2019
While cryptocurrency markets have been moving sideways during the last few weeks, digital currency proponents have been observing large bitcoin whale movements. Transactions with tens of thousands of BTC have been noticed on the move from one wallet to another. On Friday, one colossal BTC holder...
Ross Ulbricht Clemency Petition Gathers 250,000 Signatures
7.12.2019
On Friday, the Clemency for Ross Ulbricht petition hosted on Change.org surpassed 250,000 signatures. The solicitation for signatures started in July 2018 and gathered roughly 6,200 signatures during the first three days. Now with a quarter of a million signatures asking U.S. President Donald Trump...