09-25-2024
Steve Kaaru
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Article by Steve Kaaru
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9 May, 2022
US SEC, DoJ halt $62M Mining Capital Coin pyramid scheme
Mining Capital Coin lured investors with promises of guaranteed returns but ended up defrauding them of over $62 million, according...
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9 May, 2022
Nvidia settles with SEC for $5.5M over failure to disclose miners boosted profits
In a settlement that the regulator made public recently, Nvidia agreed to a cease-and-desist order as well as a $5.5...
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9 May, 2022
BitMEX founders ordered to pay $30M fine as ex-CEO Arthur Hayes seeks probation
A New York federal court has ordered the co-founders of BitMEX exchange to pay $30 million in civil monetary penalty...
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8 May, 2022
Philippines: Electricity market operator explores blockchain tech for P2P energy trading
The Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines is working on a futures offering for the country’s Wholesale Electricity Spot...
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8 May, 2022
Council of Europe wants members to crack down on digital asset money laundering
In its report, Moneyval acknowledged that the emerging virtual assets sector and the increasing use of digital currencies is becoming...
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7 May, 2022
Weiss Ratings issues warning against BTC-backed mortgages
Ratings agency Weiss Ratings has issued a warning against mortgages backed by BTC and ETH, noting these offerings look a...
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7 May, 2022
Uganda central bank issues warning against digital currencies
The central bank said that digital currencies aren’t regulated, and it hasn’t licensed any firm to offer related services while...
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7 May, 2022
No taxes before proper regulation: South Korea president pushes back 20% digital currency tax
Newly-elected president Yoon Suk-yeol announced that his government would push back the tax scheduled for 2023 in favor of consumer...
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7 May, 2022
EU Commission calls for unique DeFi regulatory approach in new report
The European Commission pointed out that the same regulatory approach used for traditional finance won’t work for DeFi as it...
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6 May, 2022
Probe into $2,600 Indian job fraud reveals $390M Binance-linked digital asset scam
Indian police thought they were curbing a simple job scam but stumbled upon one of the largest digital asset scams,...
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5 May, 2022
Ahmed Yousif on CoinGeek Backstage: We’re educating governments about the power of blockchain
Ahmed Yousif revealed that he has been in talks with government officials on how implementing blockchain can improve their countries,...
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5 May, 2022
US interstate tax consortium J5 lists NFT marketplace red flags
In its first guidance on NFTs, J5 listed phishing scams, fake token giveaways, and wash trading as some of the...
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