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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...
Former Mt Gox CEO Mark Karpeles Announces New Blockchain Startup
5.6.2019
Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles is dipping his feet back into the crypto industry as he wants to help Japan become a powerhouse within the blockchain economy. The former CEO of the now-defunct exchange told the media on June 5 about his new venture called Tristan Technologies. Also read: Mt...
New Ernst & Young Report Reveals Assets and Debts of Now-Defunct QuadrigaCX
10.5.2019
A new report from audit firm EY outlines the assets and debts of Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX and its subsidiaries