Crypto Crime Cartel

Coinsquare outage a reminder to keep your coins off exchanges
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13 May, 2022

Coinsquare outage a reminder to keep your coins off exchanges

The Canadian digital currency exchange is the latest to experience unscheduled ‘downtime’ during a ‘crypto’ crash, further underscoring the need...
Coinbase loses $430 million, blames ‘irrationally pessimistic’ customers
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11 May, 2022

Coinbase loses $430 million, blames ‘irrationally pessimistic’ customers

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase lost close to half-a-billion dollars in the first quarter of 2022, which helped push its stock price...
BitMEX founders ordered to pay $30M fine as ex-CEO Arthur Hayes seeks probation
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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...
Who is Digital Currency Group?
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9 May, 2022

Who is Digital Currency Group?

Digital Currency Group (DCG), a conglomeration of venture capitalist groups founded in 2015, is one of the major centers of...
Coinbase faces (w)reckoning for ‘passing off’ BTC as fake Bitcoin
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6 May, 2022

Coinbase faces (w)reckoning for ‘passing off’ BTC as fake Bitcoin

Coinbase’s refusal to respect Dr. Craig Wright’s intellectual property rights could result in the digital currency exchange facing liabilities that...
Kraken’s anarchist ideology drove its opposition to Bitcoin
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6 May, 2022

Kraken’s anarchist ideology drove its opposition to Bitcoin

Kraken was founded in 2011 by Jesse Powell while visiting his friend Roger Ver in Tokyo to deal with the...