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US House Proposes Bill to Ban Cryptocurrency Mixers for Two Years
9.5.2024
Led by Sean Casten and supported by fellow Democrats, the proposed bill seeks to enact a two-year ban on cryptocurrency mixers. This would mark a significant step towards addressing anonymity concerns and potential misuse in the digital currency realm.
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Illegal XRP Exchange Operator Jailed for Eight Years in South Korea
9.5.2024
An illegal XRP exchange operator has been sentenced to jail for eight years in South Korea after duping investors out of almost $3.4 million.
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Proposed US Blockchain Integrity Act would ban crypto mixers for 2 years
8.5.2024
The bill introduced in the House would impose a fine of up to $100,000 for handling funds from mixers while Treasury writes a report
P2P XMR Exchange Localmonero/Agoradesk Announces Closure After Seven Years of Operation
8.5.2024
In a recent announcement, Localmonero/Agoradesk, a popular platform for trading monero (XMR), has decided to wind down its operations after nearly seven years. The decision, influenced by a mix of internal and external factors, initiates a six-month winding-down process starting from May 7, 2024....
Crypto firms to see more enforcement actions within 2 years — CFTC chair
6.5.2024
Rostin Behnam said that “without a regulatory framework,” regulators would continue pursuing crypto firms to protect investors from potential fraud and manipulation
Bitcoin Wallet Comes Alive After Over a Decade of Inactivity
6.5.2024
After ten years of inactivity, a Bitcoin wallet has returned to operation, moved 687.33 BTC to private wallet addresses on May 6, sparking speculation about a selloff among bitcoin enthusiasts.
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Crypto CEO’s final verdict: From 25 Years to 4 Months
6.5.2024
The conflict between two leading cryptocurrency figures, Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of Binance, and Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of FTX, is finally over, as shown by two significant court rulings in the USA. Zhao’s four-month imprisonment in Seattle brought an anticlimactic conclusion to their...
Satoshi-era dormant Bitcoin address wakes up after 10 years
6.5.2024
According to a Chainalysis report, there are a total of 1.75 million dormant BTC addresses inactive for over a decade
Bitcoin Crosses One Billion Transactions After 15 Years
6.5.2024
Over a decade after its creation in 2009, Bitcoin achieves a major milestone by processing its one-billionth transaction as its price rebounds to $64,000 level.
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Stellar Blade's 'Censorship' Circus, Remembering The First Sonic Trailer Five Years Later, And More Of The Week's Gaming Opinions
4.5.2024
This week, debates raged about supposed censorship in Stellar Blade. We also took a look at the upcoming game from the makers of Life Is Strange, remembered how the first trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog, with its, uhh...unsettling take on the character...broke the internet five years ago,...
Dog, Frog, Seal Or Sloth Coins – Which Low Cap Meme Coin Can Hit $1 In 2024?
3.5.2024
Meme coins are set for a renaissance in the coming months. While their novelty premise has detractors dismissing them as flash-in-the-pan phenomena, several meme coin projects have proven their worth over the years and become the closest thing the notoriously volatile crypto industry has...
10 Years Later, Alien: Isolation Still Looks Incredible
2.5.2024
In celebration of the seminal sci-fi horror movie Alien’s 45th anniversary, Ridley Scott’s film is back in movie theaters. I saw it over the weekend, and even though it’s a movie I’ve seen countless times —on a laptop, on a plane, and on the TV, this was my first time seeing it on the big screen....
Ukrainian Cybercriminal “Rabotnik” Sentenced to 13 Years for Orchestrating $700M Worth of Ransomware Attacks
2.5.2024
Yaroslav Vasinskyi, a Ukrainian national known as "Rabotnik," has been handed a prison sentence of 13 years and seven months for his role in ransomware attacks.
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Rabotnik, Affiliate of Ransomware Group REvil, Sentenced to 13 Years in Jail
2.5.2024
Ukrainian national, Yaroslav Vasinskyi, also known as Rabotnik, has been sentenced 13 years and seven months in prison for his role in conducting over 2,500 ransomware attacks and demanding over $700 million in ransom payments, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday
Changpeng Zhao gets 4 months, Sam Bankman-Fried gets 25 years — Why?
1.5.2024
One former CEO went to trial and maintained his innocence, one admitted fault and turned himself in
18 Years In Prison for NYC Woman Behind Bitcoin Terrorism Financing in Syria
1.5.2024
Victoria Jacobs, aka Bakhrom Talipov, was sentenced to 18 years in prison by a New York State court jury after being found guilty of funding Syrian terrorism through Bitcoin.
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Five Years Ago, The First Sonic Movie Trailer Broke The Internet
30.4.2024
Looking at the original trailer for the live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movie is like looking into a portal to a different timeline, one where the film itself likely doesn’t herald the arrival of a massively successful film franchise that eventually spawns a bad Paramount+ spin-off. At best,...
Web3 gaming won’t exist in 5 years, $656K for best crypto game pitch: Web3 Gamer
30.4.2024
Crypto VCs reveal why last cycle’s games sucked, Mega Cricket League review, plus $656K up for grabs in crypto game Shark Tank: Web3 Gamer
Accomplice William Morro Arrested And Charged In OneCoin Crypto Fraud Case
25.4.2024
William Morro, an accomplice in OneCoin crypto fraud scheme, has been arrested by the United States Department of Justice for his role in the multi-billion dollar scam, Tuesday court documents reveal. He has charged with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud just weeks after co-conspirator...
Instagram Influencer ‘Jay Mazini’ Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for Multi-Million Dollar Crypto Ponzi Scheme
25.4.2024
Instagram influencer Jebara Igbara, known as "Jay Mazini," has been sentenced to seven years in prison for orchestrating a multi-million dollar cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme.
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