Crypto Crime Cartel

India: Authorities arrest 11 in $5.3M Ethereum scam
-
23 February, 2022

India: Authorities arrest 11 in $5.3M Ethereum scam

The authorities arrested the leaders of Ether Trade Asia, which lured investors to its Ether investment funds and then made...
BTC’s ‘CoinPool’—scaling solution or fancy coin mixer?
-
23 February, 2022

BTC’s ‘CoinPool’—scaling solution or fancy coin mixer?

CoinPool promotes itself as a way to increase "coin onboarding and transactional scaling by orders of magnitude," but in reality,...
Coinbase, Kraken CEOs’ tough talk holding back digital currency adoption
-
22 February, 2022

Coinbase, Kraken CEOs’ tough talk holding back digital currency adoption

The CEOs of cryptocurrency exchanges Coinbase and Kraken may find out the hard way that there’s a price to be...
FCA concerned about Binance’s backdoor re-entry into UK payments network
-
21 February, 2022

FCA concerned about Binance’s backdoor re-entry into UK payments network

Binance announced a partnership with Paysafe that once again gives it access to the U.K. payments network, having lost it...
Bitfinex hack: One-half of NYC couple accused in $4.5B laundering case released on bail
-
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...
Binance: Embattled exchange finds itself under more scrutiny in US—this time with SEC
-
17 February, 2022

Binance: Embattled exchange finds itself under more scrutiny in US—this time with SEC

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has opened an investigation into Binance.US over its relationship with two trading firms said...
Advertisement