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Testimony from the FBI, Kendall Jenner, and Revealing Twitter Messages: Recapping the Second Week of the SBF Trial
20.10.2023
The action-packed third week of Sam Bankman-Fried's historic fraud trial concluded Thursday afternoon in Manhattan federal court. Here's what you missed.
The prosecution started with a bang as Nishad Singh delivered a powerful testimony against the now-disgraced FTX founder.
Singh testified that...
Testimony from the FBI, Kendall Jenner, and Revealing Twitter Messages: Recapping the Third Week of the SBF Trial
20.10.2023
The action-packed third week of Sam Bankman-Fried's historic fraud trial concluded Thursday afternoon in Manhattan federal court. Here's what you missed.
The prosecution started with a bang as Nishad Singh delivered a powerful testimony against the now-disgraced FTX founder.
Singh testified that...
SEC plans scrutiny of crypto dealer-brokers, transfer agents, per 2024 exam guide
16.10.2023
The SEC sets examination priorities based on feedback from examiners and input from investors and the industry
Report: Nigerian Central Bank Sued for Dollarizing Economy
30.8.2023
In a lawsuit filed by a Nigerian human rights activist, the country’s central bank is accused of failing to stop the dollarization of the economy. According to the activist, the central bank’s unwillingness to stop economic agents from demanding U.S. dollars for domestic transactions...
SEC Charges Former US Correctional Officer With Fraudulent Crypto Token Sale
25.8.2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Aug. 23 that it had charged a former New Jersey correctional officer “with fraudulently raising funds through the unregistered offering of the blazar token.” The Commission said the correctional officer’s scam was primarily...
Silk Road Advisor Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison While a Rogue Double-Agent Eludes Capture
12.7.2023
On Tuesday, July 11, 2023, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, led by attorney Damian Williams, announced a 20-year prison sentence for Roger Clark. Clark was allegedly the senior advisor to the original Silk Road, an infamous darknet marketplace that operated...
Bots Sending BTC — Lightning Labs Releases New Tools for AI-Bitcoin Integration
11.7.2023
On July 6, Lightning Labs released new developer tools to enhance the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and Bitcoin. The layer two (L2) startup introduced a new specification known as L402 and tools that enable AI systems to conduct transactions over the Lightning Network. The Fusion...
Humayun Sheikh, CEO of Fetch.ai, on AI, Machine Learning, Autonomous Agents, and Blockchains | Ep. 243
30.6.2023
In an exclusive interview with cryptonews.com, Humayun Sheikh, Founder and CEO of Fetch.ai, talks about building the infrastructure required for autonomous software agent, connecting smart agents to automate web3 systems, and the intersection of AI and Crypto....
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peaq to provide multi-chain Machine IDs with Fetch’s AI agents
14.6.2023
Based on its past association with Fetch.ai, peaq will be coming out with multi-chain Machine identities that utilize Fetch’s AI agents for carrying out data transfers between Polkadot and the Cosmos ecosystems. Through this, it will be possible for the enormous number of robots and vehicles on...
Report: US Revenue Collector IRS to Send Four Crypto Crime Investigation Agents Abroad
24.4.2023
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is planning to send investigators to four countries where they are expected to tackle the use of crypto and decentralized finance products in global financial and tax crimes. According to the tax collector’s spokesperson, the IRS will be able to determine...
Russian Agents Are Trying To 'Penetrate' Gaming Communities
13.4.2023
In a chat on stage at at Semafor’s World Economy Summit, Microsoft President Brad Smith has said the company is currently dealing with attempts by various types of Russian agents to “penetrate” online gaming communities, with particular emphasis on those associated with Minecraft.Read more
AI bots mingled at a bar and had a party when researchers gave them a town
11.4.2023
25 AI "agents" were given a virtual town and were observed going to a bar for lunch, planning a party and expressing other human-like behavior
EU Lawmakers Vote to Impose €1,000 Limit on Unidentified Crypto Transactions
30.3.2023
EU lawmakers have voted in favor of imposing a €1,000 limit on crypto transactions where the customer cannot be identified. “Entities, such as banks, assets and crypto assets managers, real and virtual estate agents, and high-level professional football clubs, will be required to verify their...
US Central Bank’s Fednow Payment Service to Launch in July, Economist Calls Timing ‘Suspicious’
22.3.2023
According to the U.S. Federal Reserve, the central bank’s Fednow payment service will start operating in July, and participants will be certified in April to leverage the Fednow Pilot Program. Ken Montgomery, the Fednow program executive, is urging American financial institutions to make...
Nigeria Extends Deadline for Returning Soon-to-Be Demonetized Naira Banknotes
1.2.2023
After initially ignoring pleas to extend the period for returning old naira banknotes, the Nigerian central bank recently said it has shifted the deadline for returning old banknotes to Feb. 10. The bank’s governor, Godwin Emefiele, said some 30,000 so-called super agents have been deployed...
Bluechip NFT project Moonbirds signs with Hollywood talent agents UTA
7.1.2023
PROOF Co-founder Kevin Rose announced the deal via Twitter on Jan. 6, noting that the aim is to get the Moonbirds brand recognized on a global scale and not just in the Web3 space
Chinese agents used Bitcoin transactions through Wasabi to allegedly bribe US government employee
25.10.2022
According to an analysis by crypto risk management firm Elliptic, two Chinese intelligence agents used Wasabi Wallet to conceal BTC transactions allegedly used for bribes
OSCE Trains Uzbekistan Law Enforcement to Track and Seize Crypto, Search Dark Web
22.10.2022
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has set out to teach law enforcement officers in Uzbekistan how to conduct crypto and dark web investigations. The regional body recently organized a training course for employees of the country’s security agencies in Tashkent....
Brazilian Federal Police Launch Operation Colossus, 6 Cryptocurrency Exchanges Involved
23.9.2022
The Brazilian Federal Police and the Brazilian tax authority have launched the final stage of “Operation Colossus,” a movement that has executed hundreds of court orders against cryptocurrency exchanges, arbitrage agents, and fake companies in four states of the country....
Biden is hiring 87,000 new IRS agents — and they're coming for you
19.8.2022
The Internal Revenue Service is hiring a fleet of new agents. And they’re probably coming for you — regardless of your income level