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Kim Dotcom Publishes a Website That Highlights the Benefits of Bitcoin Cash
13.2.2021
On February 12, the founder of the now-defunct file-sharing website Megaupload and cryptocurrency proponent, Kim Dotcom tweeted about a new website he created that shows the upside of bitcoin cash. The web portal whybitcoincash.com highlights why people should join the digital money revolution...
CEO Sentenced to 18-Month Jail Term for Accepting Bitcoin Bribes to List a Cryptocurrency
15.1.2021
A South Korean court has sentenced the former CEO of the defunct crypto exchange Coinnest to 18 months in prison. The court also fined him over $61,000, who also was charged for fraud in 2020. Prosecutors Accused Coinnest Executives of Receiving 110 BTC in Bribes According to Fn News, the Supreme...
Kim Dotcom Discusses the Swelling Crypto Economy and His Plans to ‘Accelerate P2P Electronic Cash’
13.1.2021
This week, news.Bitcoin.com chatted with Kim Dotcom, the founder of the now-defunct file hosting service Megaupload and the creator of the content monetization application called K.im. The Internet entrepreneur Dotcom is a big believer when it comes to the crypto economy and during...
New Online System at Mt. Gox May Be Used to Facilitate Bitcoin Refunds to Creditors, Says Trustee
8.1.2021
Mt. Gox’s trustee, Nobuaki Kobayashi, has asked creditors of the defunct crypto exchange to register on a new online system so that they might receive their refunds and be able to vote on the civil rehabilitation plan. ● In a statement released Jan. 7, Kobayashi said the registration...
Thai Regulator Hits Defunct Crypto Exchange Operator with Legal Wrap
23.12.2020
Thailand’s regulatory Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a criminal lawsuit against Bitcoin Company Limited, the operator of BX.in.th (BX), formerly the nation’s first and largest crypto exchange.
BX closed its doors last year, but the SEC claims the company transferred...
Mt. Gox Trustee Submits Rehabilitation Plan — Creditors May Soon Be Repaid 150,000 Bitcoins
16.12.2020
Mt. Gox trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi has finally submitted a draft rehabilitation plan to a Japanese court — meaning former users of the long-defunct crypto exchange may now look forward to getting paid someday. Kobayashi, the Japanese bankruptcy lawyer appointed to oversee the repayment...
Claims process begins for creditors of liquidated crypto exchange Cryptopia
9.12.2020
A claims process for Cryptopia creditors has started following a 2019 hack
‘Basis Cash’ Launch Brings Defunct Stablecoin Into the DeFi Era
30.11.2020
With Basis Cash, a team of anonymous developers is making what might be called a fork of a project that never launched
Silk Road Bitcoin Seizure: Analytics Firm Claims Tokens Worth Millions Still Outstanding
22.11.2020
Analytics firm Coinfirm says the US Department of Justice (DOJ)’s seizure of digital assets associated with the now-defunct Silk Road left behind tokens worth millions of dollars. According to Coinfirm, there are still valuable balances held on forked addresses originating from that wallet....
Quadriga CX Trustee Raises $30 Million for Reimbursements to Creditors, Claimants Want $171 Million Instead
7.11.2020
The trustee of the now-defunct crypto exchange, Quadriga CX says the sell-off of the platform’s assets raised $30 million. This contrasts with the $171 million in claims that has been filed with the trustee by Quadriga creditors. Consequently, Ernst and Young (EY), the accounting firm...
South African Investors to Lose $13 Million as Bitcoin Scammer Declared Bankrupt
7.7.2020
A South African high court has declared an alleged bitcoin scam mastermind, Willie Breedt, bankrupt. The court decision follows an application by one disgruntled investor, Simon Dix, a News24 report states. Willie Breedt is the CEO of the defunct Vaultage Solutions (VS), the company at the center...
Canadian Regulator Unveils the Truth Behind Collapsed Crypto Exchange Quadrigacx
12.6.2020
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has completed its investigation of what happened to the defunct cryptocurrency exchange Quadrigacx which owes over 76,000 clients a combined $215 million in assets. Supposedly deceased, its founder Gerald Cotten was found to have committed a series of fraud...
17,000 Creditors Hope to Recover Assets Lost to Defunct Exchange QuadrigaCX
13.5.2020
QuadrigaCX trustee Ernst & Young has received close to 17,000 proofs of claim from creditors, denominated in various fiat and cryptocurrencies
Block.one Absorbs Team Behind Now-Defunct Block Producer EOS New York
27.3.2020
EOS creator Block.one has acquired the team behind once-prominent block producer EOS New York, which has now entirely ceased operations
Alexander Vinnik Accused of Laundering Billions Through BTC-e Extradited to France
25.1.2020
Alexander Vinnik, the Russian-born IT specialist who spent over two years in detention in Greece, where he was arrested on a U.S. warrant, is now in Paris. The alleged BTC-e operator, suspected of laundering at least $4 billion through the now defunct crypto exchange, has been handed over to France...
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...
Quadrigacx Founder Dead or Alive? Request for Exhumation and Autopsy Filed
14.12.2019
It has been a year since the founder of now-defunct crypto exchange Quadrigacx supposedly died in India. However, some 76,000 victims are still out of millions of dollars. A court-appointed lawyer representing them has now requested an exhumation and post-mortem autopsy in Canada of the dead body...
Cryptopia’s Liquidator Claws Back $7.2M, But Identifying Crypo Ownership a ‘Mammoth Task’
12.12.2019
The liquidator for the collapsed New Zealand-based crypto exchange Cryptopia now has $7.2 million on balance for potential user refunds. Finding out who's owed what, though, is proving a tough task
Kim Dotcom Token Sale Postponed Over ‘Regulatory Uncertainty’
6.11.2019
In 2017, Kim Dotcom, the founder of the now-defunct file hosting service Megaupload, revealed a similar service called K.im that planned to give anyone the ability to upload files, documents, code, videos, and music files and get paid in crypto for their work. Since then, Dotcom’s team...
Founder Of Defunct Crypto Exchange Mt Gox Faces Lawsuit Accusing Fraudulent Misrepresentation
27.6.2019
Mt Gox founder Jed McCaleb has landed in legal trouble, as a fresh lawsuit has been filed against him, accusing him of fraudulent misrepresentation. The case is related to the handling of the crypto exchange, which is now defunct. The lawsuit was jointly filed by Joseph Jones and Peter Steinmetz...