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Bitfinex Must Face New York’s Accusations Over the Loss of $850M in Co-Mingled Funds
10.7.2020
The popular digital currency trading platform, Bitfinex must deal with the New York Office of the Attorney General (NYAG) over the alleged hiding of over $800 million in client and corporate funds. The NY state Supreme Court’s Appellate Division overruled an appeal on Thursday, after...
Former Bakkt CEO to Sell All Holdings After Insider Trading Accusations
9.4.2020
Former Bakkt CEO and Georgia senator Kelly Loeffler will sell all her holdings with her husband following accusations of insider trading
Maker Foundation Rejects Accusations of Participation in Its Debt Auctions
23.3.2020
The Maker Foundation dismisses debt auction accusations, stating it has only provided “limited technical assistance to some bidders”
Sen. Loeffler Rejects Accusations of Improper Trading
22.3.2020
Loeffler denies allegations of improper trading, emphasizes that third parties handle decision making pertaining to her portfolio
How Many Women Users Before Crypto Is Not Sexist?
17.3.2020
A recent headline on Micky — an iconoclastic media outlet that focuses on cryptocurrency — read “Crypto Twitterstorm: ‘Creepy sexist trolling’ or just a funny meme?” The article explained, “A post making fun of Blockstream’s Samson Mow has sparked...
Greek Court Suspends Decision to Extradite Alexander Vinnik
25.12.2019
The Supreme Administrative Court of Greece has suspended a decision to extradite the alleged BTC-e operator Alexander Vinnik. The temporary measure has been imposed to allow the review of an appeal against the extradition. The Russian national, accused of laundering billions of dollars through...
Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Raises $700,000 in Crypto Donations
19.12.2019
Alexei Navalny, Russia’s leading critic of the current Kremlin administration, has attracted a serious amount of cryptocurrency in the form of anonymous donations for his corruption-combatting NGO. The digital coins collected since the beginning of this year have amounted to well over...
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...
Accusations Pile Up Against ‘Big’ South Korean Exchange
12.12.2019
The storm around an unnamed major South Korean cryptocurrency exchange is continuing to rage – with a senior politician allegedly involved, an ongoing assault/kidnapping case ongoing and now claims of artificially inflated trading volume figures.
As previously reported, the head of a major...
Satoshi ‘Nakamolto’ Emerges With Great Hair and Questionable Claims
3.11.2019
A viral video taken at a Las Vegas event has put self-claimed “Bitcoin co-founder” Jörg Molt in the spotlight this past week. A Twitter user in the space known for hair trigger accusations calls Molt a scammer in the video, and Molt proceeds to knock off the guy’s baseball...
104 Addresses Hold 70% of Tether, Research Reveals
17.10.2019
The ownership of tether (USDT) turns out to be quite concentrated. According to a recent report, a few addresses control the bulk of the stablecoin, which is widely used by bitcoin traders. The finding comes on top of fresh accusations of creating a bubble levied in a lawsuit against tether’s...
OKEx Defends Itself from Wash Trading Accusations With a BTC 100 Bet
24.9.2019
After Blockchain Transparency Institute (BTI), the group of anonymous blockchain data researchers and enthusiasts, reported that a large majority of cryptocurrency exchange OKEx's volume is fake, the exchange’s CEO Jay Hao wants to challenge this claim with a bet worth BTC 100 (USD 970,000)....
Kristy Minehan Uninvited to ETC Summit Under Vague Accusations
19.9.2019
So it’s true. The man behind the progressive proof-of-work for Ethereum was purged from the list of invitees for the ETC summit. Bob Summerwill, the organizer of the summit, said that he withdrew Kristy-Leigh Minehan from the list because of her relations with Craig Wright and Calvin Ayre. Craig...
BTC-e’s Vinnik Case Drags on as New Accusations Continue Emerging
9.8.2019
The U.S. has filed a new indictment in an ongoing tug-of-war with Russia over the fate of the accused BTC-e operator
Money Laundering Fines Worth Billions Help Bankers Avoid Prosecution and Unpleasant Labels
18.7.2019
The recent seizure of a cargo ship owned by JP Morgan, a vessel loaded with 20 tons of cocaine according to latest accounts, highlighted the risks of banks’ involvement in illicit activities, inadvertent or otherwise. And although U.S. authorities released the MSC Gayane after the owner,...
Twitter User Withdraws His Accusations, Claims TradingView’s Fibonacci Tool Is Not Broken
20.6.2019
The Fibonacci retracement tool of popular chart analysis service TradingView “works perfectly fine,” according to the analyst who previously claimed that it was broken
Ex-Tron CTO Denies Founder Justin Sun’s Accusations of Embezzlement, Bribery
13.5.2019
The former CTO of Tron, who left the company in January to build a "new Tron," is denying serious accusations from Tron CEO Justin Sun