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Federal judge approves DOJ prosecution of US citizen who sent BTC to a sanctioned country

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18 May, 2022

Federal judge approves DOJ prosecution of US citizen who sent BTC to a sanctioned country

The Justice department’s complaint involves a U.S. citizen accused of transmitting more than $10 million worth of BTC to a...

Coin Signals trader gets 3-year prison term over $5M digital currency scam

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Wahid Pessarlay

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17 May, 2022

Coin Signals trader gets 3-year prison term over $5M digital currency scam

Jeremy Spence, aka 'Coin Signals,' has been sentenced to 42 months in federal prison after he was found guilty of...

Probe into $2,600 Indian job fraud reveals $390M Binance-linked digital asset scam

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Steve Kaaru

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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,...

Editorial

Dr. Craig Wright

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2 May, 2022

Nanostrategy

Bitcoin is a financial system, and it doesn’t matter whether systems on the network ‘want’ a transaction; it only matters...

Brazil’s Senate approves digital asset regulation bill

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Steve Kaaru

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30 April, 2022

Brazil’s Senate approves digital asset regulation bill

The draft bill, which received a green light from a Senate committee in February, is now headed to the Chamber...

New York state lawmakers propose bill to criminalize rug pulls

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Wahid Pessarlay

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27 April, 2022

New York state lawmakers propose bill to criminalize rug pulls

Senate Bill S8839 and Assembly Bill A8820 both call for the defining, criminalizing, and penalizing digital currency projects designed to...

New Yorker faces charges over $1.8M block reward mining scam

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Steve Kaaru

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26 April, 2022

New Yorker faces charges over $1.8M block reward mining scam

The man solicited funds from several victims, promising to deliver S9 and L3 miners and offer miner-hosting services but channeled...

AUSTRAC new guidelines aims to help fight digital currency cybercrimes

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Wahid Pessarlay

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23 April, 2022

AUSTRAC new guidelines aims to help fight digital currency cybercrimes

AUSTRAC said that the digital assets use in criminal activities is increasing revealing that in 2020-21, 500 ransomware attacks were...

Reggie Fowler to plead guilty to running digital asset shadow bank

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Jordan Atkins

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22 April, 2022

Reggie Fowler to plead guilty to running digital asset shadow bank

Reginald Fowler has told the court that he intends to plead guilty to charges of fraud, money laundering and running...

Business

Wahid Pessarlay

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21 April, 2022

3 plead guilty to operating fraudulent digital asset business, DOJ says

The U.S. attorney’s office announced that three New Hampshire citizens have pleaded guilty to wire fraud, operating using church accounts...

SmartLedger and Gray Wolf form strategic partnership

Press Releases

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20 April, 2022

SmartLedger and Gray Wolf form strategic partnership

With SmartLedger’s enterprise-grade blockchain solutions and Gray Wolf’s expertise in Bitcoin scam response and prevention, the two companies aim to...

Big Short author Michael Lewis warns BTC speculators: It may all come crashing down

Editorial

Gavin Lucas

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19 April, 2022

Big Short author Michael Lewis warns BTC speculators: It may all come crashing down

In a podcast, Michael Lewis warned BTC speculators that “it may all come crashing down”—revealing that the value of popular...

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