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Crypto Is Part of Free Speech, and Free Speech Is Everything

29.7.2019
On July 23, U.S. Attorney General William Barr gave a speech demanding big players in the tech industry work with government agencies in providing backdoor entry points for encrypted devices and software. Per his reasoning, certain devices and messaging services pose a safety threat by providing...

Unbanked for Buying Bitcoin: How the Financial System Criminalizes Crypto

28.7.2019
When we think of the unbanked, we envisage citizens of developing nations who lack the means and documentation to obtain access. But you don’t have to be a Mongolian goat herder to find yourself financially excluded. In the West, relatively affluent citizens are having their banking services...

FBI Suspects Insider Trading Around Long Island Iced Tea’s Blockchain Pivot

25.7.2019
The FBI is seeking evidence of insider trading relating to the 2017 blockchain pivot of Long Island Iced Tea, a warrant indicates

New Jersey Man Indicted Over Unlicensed Bitcoin Exchange

25.7.2019
A resident of New Jersey has been charged for running an unlicensed bitcoin exchange service called Destination Bitcoin

Le Roux Biographer: Cartel Boss Is the Most Credible Satoshi Yet

25.7.2019
Paul Le Roux is a criminal kingpin turned criminal informant whose misdeeds have filled a book. The author of that tome is investigative journalist Evan Ratliff, whose rip-roaring tale has recently received a postscript: Le Roux may also be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto. This week on the Humans...

UK Finance Watchdog Mimicked in Crypto Scam Email

23.7.2019
British regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, is being impersonated in an email promoting a cryptocurrency scam

AT&T Fails to Win Dismissal in $24 Million Crypto SIM-Swap Lawsuit

23.7.2019
Crypto investor Michael Terpin has won an early victory in his attempt to sue AT&T over a SIM-swapping hack that lost a claimed $24 million

South Korea Estimates 2-Year Losses from Crypto Crimes at $2.3 Billion

22.7.2019
Nearly 2.7 trillion won (US$2.3 billion) have been lost to cryptocurrency crimes in the last two years, not including exchange hacks

UK Announces ‘Dirty Money’ Crackdown, Including Tougher Crypto Regime

15.7.2019
The U.K. government has drawn up an action plan aimed to combat financial crimes that it says will include a new regime for crypto assets

Hacked Crypto Exchange Bitpoint Discovers More Millions Are Missing

15.7.2019
After a $30-million hack last week, Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint says it's discovered that another $2.3 million is missing.

Police in Spain Say Bitcoin ATMs Expose Problems in Europe’s AML Laws

12.7.2019
Spanish police authorities are raising the alarm because a recent criminal case involved the use of bitcoin ATMs, making their jobs more difficult

Indian Police to Get Special Training to Spot Crypto Scams

8.7.2019
A new training session seeks to create "domain expertise" for cryptocurrency related crimes

Scammer Taunts Couple Who Lost Thousands in Bitcoin Fraud

4.7.2019
An Australian couple lost over AU$20,000 in a bitcoin scam, and were even taunted by the perpetrator over their losses

Third Defendant Pleads Guilty in Fake ID-for-Bitcoin Case

3.7.2019
A fake ID ring operated between June, 2013, and February, 2018 and may have netted over $4.7 million in bitcoin

Flowery V20 Talk and Government Terror: Why Darknet Crime Is the Least of Our Worries

1.7.2019
Governments and central banking regulatory bodies continue to express concern about crypto being used for criminal purposes and terror. The terror campaigns of these very same governments continue unabated, however. In the wake of the V20 summit it might seem that lawmakers actually care about...