This week, Trump token making millions, Hester Peirce to lead a crypto task force, CLS Global pleaded guilty to wash trading, Upbit faced KYC violation charges, DCG's $38M settlement with the SEC, guilty plea in $100M theft, and the SEC accused Nova Labs of securities violation.
This week, BitMEX fined $100M, prosecutors sought return of Bitfinex funds, Mango Markets shut, a Web3 attack method; pastor charged in crypto scam, CFPB proposed firms refund hack victims, 2024 crime stats, Wolf Capital co-founder's guilty plea, Thai Bitcoin miners seized and a New York AG lawsuit.
Three Russian nationals behind cryptocurrency mixers favored by ransomware hackers and North Korean crypto thieves face criminal charges in U.S. federal court: Roman Vitalyevich Ostapenko, 55, Alexander Evgenievich Oleynik, 44, and Anton Vyachlavovich Tarasov, 32.
This week's roundup includes Do Kwon's trial, penalty on a Siberian firm over illegal cryptomining, 2024 drainer attack statistics, U.S. bank regulator's crypto stance, Gemini's CFTC settlement, China's blockchain plans and Hong Kong's push for DLT in banks.
Do Hyeong Kwon, former CEO of Terraform Labs, appeared in a Manhattan federal courtroom Thursday after facing extradition from Montenegro over allegations he defrauded investors out of billions of dollars while misrepresenting his company's cryptocurrency and other products.
This week, Cambodia introducing new crypto directive, a hacker compromising Animoca Brands co-founder's social media, FTX co-CEO having his sentence reduced by a year, IRS pushing new crypto tax reporting rules and the Blockchain Bandit moving funds after two years of inactivity.
This week's stories include updates on hackers in the DMM Bitcoin and Bitfnex cases, South Korea sanctioning North Korean hackers, Trump naming an exec director for Digital Assets Council, Craig Wright's prison sentence and the Interpol's red notice for Hex founder.
Hackers tied to North Korea's cash-strapped totalitarian dictatorship this year stole a record amount of cryptocurrency, totaling $1.34 billion across 47 incidents, or about double their known haul for 2023, reported blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis.
Every week, Information Security Media Group rounds up cybersecurity incidents in digital assets. This week, LastPass breach linked to $5.4M crypto theft, CoinLurker malware steals data via fake updates, cryptocurrency key to 27 million euro seizure and nearly 800 arrested in crypto-romance scam.
This week, scammers targeted crypto workers with fake meeting apps, Australia fined Kraken crypto exchange operator Bit Trade, a Los Angeles federal court ordered five individuals to pay $5 million, Polish police detained a Russian former exchange operator and FTX debtors clawed back more cash.
President-elect Donald Trump's appointment of former PayPal executive David Sacks to serve as the inaugural White House czar for artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency is already raising significant concerns about potential conflicts of interest and market favoritism.
This week, Solana npm package attack, a Brazilian banking giant entered crypto trading and a Nebraska man pleaded guilty to cryptojacking. Australia tightened rules for crypto businesses and crypto losses dropped in 2024 and DMM Bitcoin will cease operations.
President-elect Donald Trump's strong cryptocurrency support amid market volatility is raising concerns over potential conflicts of interest, with experts warning his agenda - including potential plans to appoint a White House crypto czar - could destabilize the economy and undermine public trust.
This week's cryptohack roundup includes a U.S. federal judge striking down the SEC's expanded "Dealer Rule," a Python crypto library update stealing credentials, why digital payment apps are being excluded from some types of federal oversight, and drug cartels laundering profits via Tether.
A U.S. federal appeals court ruled U.S. Department of Treasury exceeded its authority by sanctioning Tornado Cash, a cryptocurrency mixing service used by North Korean hackers to launder more than $455 million. Smart contracts "are not capable of being owned," the court ruled.
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