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Bitfinex hack: One-half of NYC couple accused in $4.5B laundering case released on bail

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17 February, 2022

Bitfinex hack: One-half of NYC couple accused in $4.5B laundering case released on bail

Judge Beryl Howell has revoked the bond which had been granted to Ilya Lichtenstein, agreeing with prosecutors that he was...

Will the US gov’t dump $3.6 billion of BTC soon?

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Gavin Lucas

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11 February, 2022

Will the US gov’t dump $3.6 billion of BTC soon?

As more people begin to accept that a prolonged bear market is likely upon us, the fear that the U.S....

Bitfinex: DOJ seizes over 94,000 BTC related to 2016 exchange hack, arrests couple

Business

Jon Southurst

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10 February, 2022

Bitfinex: DOJ seizes over 94,000 BTC related to 2016 exchange hack, arrests couple

The arrests, reportedly linked to the 2016 Bitfinex hack, "show that cryptocurrency is not a safe haven for criminals" according...

BTC price drops and Coinbase goes offline… temporarily

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Jon Southurst

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24 January, 2022

BTC price drops and Coinbase goes offline… temporarily

The Coinbase trading suspension might have been short and temporary, but for many it's enough to cause losses. Are regulators...

Bitfinex to leave Ontario as regulatory pressure piles up

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Steve Kaaru

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20 January, 2022

Bitfinex to leave Ontario as regulatory pressure piles up

Bitfinex didn’t reveal the reason for the sudden departure, but it advised Ontario users to withdraw their assets by March...

Tether gets sued again, claims latest suit is ‘nonsense’

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Jon Southurst

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14 December, 2021

Tether gets sued again, claims latest suit is ‘nonsense’

A pair of disgruntled users has filed a fraud claim in the Southern District of New York against Tether Holdings...

CFTC orders Tether to pay $42.5M, tells it not to break the law again

Business

Jon Southurst

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18 October, 2021

CFTC orders Tether to pay $42.5M, tells it not to break the law again

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has slapped Tether with US$42.5 million in penalties, saying it made "untrue" and "misleading"...

Brock Pierce, risky loans, plastic surgeon and bullying: Inside Tether’s $68B house of cards

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Steve Kaaru

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14 October, 2021

Brock Pierce, risky loans, plastic surgeon and bullying: Inside Tether’s $68B house of cards

Bloomberg BusinessWeek recently published an exposé on the company, detailing how it rose to become so powerful, the people pulling...

Business

Steve Kaaru

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30 September, 2021

Bitfinex goes offline—yet again

Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex went offline on Thursday for over two hours, halting trading on its platform and leaving traders in...

Reginald Fowler court date set for early 2022

Business

Gavin Lucas

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10 August, 2021

Reginald Fowler court date set for early 2022

Reginald Fowler stands accused of providing shadow banking services through his firm Crypto Capital among multiple other charges. The firm...

Regulators must crack down on unethical and illegal digital asset promotion

Editorial

Jordan Atkins

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21 June, 2021

Regulators must crack down on unethical and illegal digital asset promotion

The number of laypeople pouring their money into ‘crypto’ is growing exponentially, lured in by fantasies of overnight wealth and...

Exposure to Tether scheme now reaches as far as NBA

Business

Jordan Atkins

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31 May, 2021

Exposure to Tether scheme now reaches as far as NBA

Regulators have waited too long to act on so-called stablecoins, to the point where exposure to schemes like that being...

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