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New Yorker faces 5 years sentence following $10B Bitfinex theft
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19 November, 2024

New Yorker faces 5 years sentence following $10B Bitfinex theft

Ilya Lichtenstein faced 20 years for stealing 120,000 BTC from Bitfinex, but prosecutors said he cooperated, had no priors, and...
‘Crypto’ crime declines? Hackers, North Korea disagree
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10 September, 2024

‘Crypto’ crime declines? Hackers, North Korea disagree

The FTC recently issued a report calling BTC-based ATMs “a payment portal for scammers,” while Chainalysis released two summaries of...
India’s budget boosts startup, e-commerce ecosystem; silent on digital assets
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24 July, 2024

India’s budget boosts startup, e-commerce ecosystem; silent on digital assets

India's finance minister abolished the 'angel tax' but remained silent on requests from the digital asset industry to lower taxation...
Binance demanded WazirX ‘lie publicly’ to clear CZ’s name in leaked emails: report
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2 February, 2023

Binance demanded WazirX ‘lie publicly’ to clear CZ’s name in leaked emails: report

Binance sent an email a week ago demanding that WazirX publicly take back all statements about its ownership, but WazirX...
India’s WazirX lays off 40% of workforce as trading volume plummets
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4 October, 2022

India’s WazirX lays off 40% of workforce as trading volume plummets

WazirX will lay off as many as 70 employees, many of whom were assured of their job security just months...
India freezes $1.5M of laundered funds linked to mobile gaming scam
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3 October, 2022

India freezes $1.5M of laundered funds linked to mobile gaming scam

The Enforcement Director D froze a wallet containing 77 BTC, which was bought through WazirX and later transferred to Binance...
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