2025-6-24 09:46 |
A 27-year old Tel Aviv resident was recently arrested by police for allegedly spying on Israeli public officials for Iran. He was reportedly paid thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency for his efforts.
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Bitcoin edged higher on Tuesday even as broader cryptocurrency markets posted a mixed performance and global financial markets paused amid the continuing conflict between Israel and Iran. Both stocks and digital assets fell sharply on Friday following renewed Israeli strikes but began to stabilize on Monday.
2025-6-17 12:38 | |
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Сообщение Israeli Authorities, Assisted by Binance, Freeze Cryptocurrency Accounts Tied to Hamas появились сначала на Coinstelegram.
2023-10-14 14:13 | |
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Israeli authorities froze multiple cryptocurrency accounts after joining forces with Binance. The move was made to disrupt the flow of funds to Hamas, a Palestinian militant group. Israeli aThe post Israel and Binance join forces to freeze crypto accounts linked to Hamas appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2023-10-10 20:00 | |
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While the war between Palestine and Israel escalates, crypto enthusiasts have turned to the developments in the Middle East. According to a local source, Israeli police froze and seized cryptocurrency accounts linked to Hamas on Tuesday, “with the help of the crypto exchange Binance.
2023-10-11 17:32 | |
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In a development that further underscores the escalating global crackdown on crypto scams, Israeli police have accused technology entrepreneur Moshe Hogeg of defrauding investors out of $290 million in a series of cryptocurrency scams, according to Bloomberg.
2023-8-24 20:50 | |
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Israeli authorities have confiscated approximately 190 Binance accounts believed to be affiliated with terrorist organizations, prompting concerns over the cryptocurrency exchange’s anti-money laundering measures.
2023-5-5 14:14 | |
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The move follows an Apr. 13 partnership between Twitter and the Israeli cryptocurrency exchange.
2023-4-19 18:16 | |
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Reports suggest that Australian individuals are among the prime targets of a sophisticated cryptocurrency call-center scam network believed to be managed by crime lords based in Israel.
2023-2-25 16:31 | |
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Galaxy Digital, Mike Novogratz’s cryptocurrency firm, has agreed to buy Israeli cybersecurity company GK8 for $44 million
2022-12-8 22:56 | |
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Leumi will be the first Israeli bank to offer bitcoin and other cryptocurrency trading in partnership with Paxos, pending regulatory approval.
2022-3-26 20:27 | |
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Hamas militants heavily rely on cryptocurrency donations
2021-7-8 19:01 | |
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PayPal announced plans to acquire Israeli cryptocurrency startup Curv specialized in developing digital asset storage security solutions.
2021-3-16 20:28 | |
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American payments giant PayPal has confirmed the acquisition of cryptocurrency custody security startup Curv. The digital payments firm has been rumored to be in talks with the Israeli startup for weeks now.
2021-3-9 00:06 | |
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The Binance cryptocurrency exchange is making leaps and bounds in the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector. Its latest foray is the sponsorship of a new DeFi accelerator. The latest expansion into the DeFi space by Binance has been in partnership with an Israeli public blockchain infrastructure firm called Orbs.
2021-1-12 10:03 | |
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The Israeli tax watchdog is tightening the noose around crypto holders. Report Says Crypto Disclosure to Be Made Compulsory While the cryptocurrency markets continue their unprecedented rise with bitcoin (BTC) hitting new all-time-highs almost every passing day, the tax watchdogs around the world have developed a keen interest in the burgeoning industry. According to aRead More
2020-12-29 14:00 | |
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The revenue collector, the Israel Tax Authority (ITA) has reportedly sent notifications to dozens of Israelis who own digital currencies asking them to fully disclose their assets and be taxed accordingly.
2020-12-27 10:00 | |
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A leading blockchain public relations firm MarketAcross has announced the launch of its blockchain-based PR distribution service, Chainwire. Being an automated PR distribution service, Chainwire guarantees optimal coverage and in-depth report in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space.
2020-10-13 19:45 | |
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Mossad and Shin Bet are reportedly investigating an early September hack that hit 20 cryptocurrency executives.
2020-10-7 21:31 | |
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Trusting a third party with one’s crypto assets is always a risky endeavor. Users of the BT360 wallet service are finding that out the hard way. The Israeli cryptocurrency wallet service provider has shut down in mid-February of 2020.
2020-3-31 01:00 | |
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Despite the harsh market conditions this year, high profile closures of a few ventures and a lot of employee downsizing, the number of companies operating in the blockchain and cryptocurrency fields in Israel actually grew by 32% in 2019.
2019-12-31 12:46 | |
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According to reports from Israel on November 24, 2019, 78 current and ex-personnel of the Israeli firm behind DX. Exchange, many of whom are former employees of the FBI-raided company, SpotOption, have petitioned to have their employer dissolved.
2019-11-25 12:00 | |
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Security Matters, a distributed ledger technology (DLT) project headquartered in Israel and listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) has filed a patent application in the United States for a blockchain solution for tracking the entire cannabis supply chain, reports ZDNet on September 3, 2019.
2019-9-4 01:00 | |
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On August 6th we reported the difficulty experienced by Israeli cryptocurrency traders to pay taxes given the concerns raised by the banking industry. With over $85 million USD in tax arrears to be paid to the government, cryptocurrency traders are blaming the banks for purposefully creating a barrier due to the competition from the emerging […]
2019-8-9 19:46 | |
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Crypto startups are hitting a snag when it comes to Israeli banks.
2019-8-9 00:30 | |
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Israeli media sources say bitcoin traders in the country are finding it difficult to pay taxes as banks continue to refuse crypto deposits, August 6, 2019. Banks in many countries refuse to accept deposits from crypto-related activities based on fears of money laundering and other illicit financial activities.
2019-8-7 19:00 | |
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The Palestinian Authority believes issuing a sovereign cryptocurrency token will reduce Palestine’s reliance on the Israeli shekel. Palestinian Authority: First Money, then Power Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh recently announced that his government will use cryptocurrency to bypass sanctions levied by Israel.
2019-7-23 06:58 | |
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Cryptocurrency scams have always been successful ever since this industry was created. Even in 2019, there are multiple successful scams which cost people a lot of good money. In Israel, one scammer successfully stole $1.
2019-7-19 17:00 | |
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Eliyahu Gigi, a notorious Israeli hacker who allegedly stole NIS 6. 1 million ($1. 7 million) in bitcoin (BTC) ether (ETH) and other altcoins from foreign citizens through illegal means, has been indicted by Israeli authorities, reports local news source Globes on July 18, 2019.
2019-7-19 01:00 | |
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A cybercriminal from Israel is facing a long list of felonies associated with the supposed theft of $1. 7 million (6. 1 million NIS) in various cryptocurrencies. The perp, 31-year old Eliyahu Gigi from Tel Aviv, reportedly stole Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Dash from various foreigners, including Belgians, Dutch, and Germans, Israeli news reports.
2019-7-18 11:18 | |
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According to a June 21, 2019, article by local crime news outlet Posta, Israeli police has arrested two brothers named Eli Gigi and Assaf Gigi on the suspicion of partaking in cryptocurrency phishing attacks and getting involved in the infamous 2016 Bitfinex hack.
2019-6-24 23:00 | |
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Two Israeli brothers have been arrested in connection with a cryptocurrency scam involving "tens of millions" of dollars. Jerusalem-based Eli and Assaf Gigi were involved in a scheme were they accessed traders' wallets and took the coins for themselves, Finance Magnates reports.
2019-6-25 18:43 | |
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It’s a new week, which means only one thing: it’s time for Hard Fork’s roundup of cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines from over the weekend. Let’s get to it. 1. Security researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered a new type of cryptocurrency mining botnet.
2019-6-24 10:55 | |
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Two Israeli brothers have reportedly been arrested for allegedly hacking the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange and engaging in other crypto-related phishing scams
2019-6-24 20:26 | |
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The long-standing court battle between Bits of Gold, one of Israel’s pioneer bitcoin trading venues and Bank Leumi, the nation’s second-largest lender, has finally come to an end as the Israeli Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the cryptocurrency exchange.
2019-6-4 21:00 | |
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If you are keeping funds on a cryptocurrency platform such as a centralized exchange it is highly advisable you make sure your accounts are as safe as possible. Using a physical security key can greatly help with this as well as safeguarding other private services such as email and cloud storage.
2019-6-4 15:15 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange Bits of Gold has won a notable legal victory over an Israeli bank in its bid to keep access to banking services.
2019-6-4 11:00 | |
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Israeli bank cannot ban a crypto exchange’s account on the grounds of regulatory concerns, says supreme court judge
2019-6-4 01:35 | |
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In February 2018, the Supreme Court of Israel issued a temporary injunction order forbidding a major bank in the country from halting the activity of a local cryptocurrency exchange. Now the bank has been forced to accept that the company’s account will remain open indefinitely.
2019-6-3 22:45 | |
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The Israel Tax Authority has won a court case against Noam Copel, a Bitcoin investor and founder of a blockchain startup called DAV, who bought the cryptocurrency in 2011 and sold it in 2013 with a profit of NIS 8.
2019-5-24 18:00 | |
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Bitcoin Is An Asset, Not A Currency, According To Israeli Courts In Israel, a court ruled that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are considered assets, rather than currencies. Founder of DAV. Network will be forced to pay over $830,000 in taxes from his revenue incurred between 2011 and 2013.
2019-5-22 22:08 | |
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An Israeli court has ruled that bitcoin is an asset, confirming the central bank’s stance. The case involves the country’s tax authority and the founder of a blockchain startup who argues that profits from the sale of cryptocurrency should be tax-free.
2019-5-22 10:14 | |
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The city council of Belfast, Northern Ireland, has announced it is introducing a Bitcoin-like cryptocurrency for local goods and services. The technology is currently being trialled, during which the council hope to attract “an ecosystem of stakeholders.
2019-5-15 15:00 | |
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An Arizona Man and an Israeli woman have been charged in connection with providing “shadow banking services” to cryptocurrency exchanges — involving millions of dollars. The two individuals were charged by the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in a criminal investigation.
2019-5-2 14:00 | |
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The Israel Institute of Technology, the Technion, which functions as a public research university in the region, has filed a lawsuit against professor Eli Ben-Sasson, a senior lecturer at the Technion’s Faculty of Computer Science, for allegedly using the institution’s intellectual property to establish his blockchain startup, reports local news source, Calcalist on April 22,Read MoreRead More.
2019-4-23 17:00 | |
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According to Israeli sources, a man named Afek Zard is charged with stealing around 75,000 Dash from his friend Alexei Yaromenko after learning about cryptocurrency from Yaromenko. Reportedly, Yaromenko trusted Zard alone in his apartment in Eilat, a city at the southern edge of Israel near the Jordanian and Egyptian borders.
2019-4-23 20:38 | |
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The cryptocurrency community has been affected by a new fraudster. Apparently, an Israeli hacker stole 74,990. 74 DASH, equal to almost 1% of the total Dash supply. This is according to a recent indictment filed against the suspected stealer Afek Zarad.
2019-4-22 20:31 | |
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In the cryptocurrency world, there has never been a lack of nefarious projects, theft, and hacking attempts. In Israel, it would appear as if a recent indictment is making a fair bit of attention.
2019-4-21 15:21 | |
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By CCN: The developers of the Sirin Labs Finney have created for themselves a monumental task. Not only do they desire to break into the fiercely-competitive smartphone market, but they also aim to spearhead cryptocurrency’s transformation from a niche curiosity into a mainstream financial instrument.
2019-4-21 22:00 | |
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Israeli tech startup Sirin Labs, which launched the world’s first blockchain smartphone called Finney last year has laid off 15 of their total 60 employees, as reported by Globes on April 15, 2019. Sirin Labs Fires 25 Percent of its Workforce Sirin Labs, an Israeli tech startup that roped in football stalwart Lionel Messi toRead MoreRead More.
2019-4-18 13:00 | |
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Israel’s Ministry of Defense ordered the seizure of 187 crypto wallets that it claims to have ties to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The wallets reportedly received $1. 5 billion in funds.
Hacking group Gonjeshke Darande leaked sensitive user data. Israeli authorities arrested three citizens for spying for Iran. Past Nobitex transactions show signs of money laundering activity. The fallout from the Nobitex hack is expanding beyond missing funds.
Bitcoin took a big hit on escalating tensions in the Middle East. However, a recovery may soon follow, analysts suggest.
The Israeli financial markets regulator has shut down the crypto exchange Bitin for offering crypto trading services without the required license, reinforcing the country’s regulatory stance on crypto firms.
The Bank of Israel’s latest report presents an “optimal” digital shekel design, though implementation will depend on collaboration with lawmakers and industry stakeholders. The Bank of Israel has unveiled a preliminary design for the digital shekel, but its launch will…
Following the TRUMP meme coin’s $72 billion debut, the crypto market was hit with a flood of scams, as 6,800 fraudulent tokens and 91 fake dApps rapidly appeared, analysts say. What starts with a surge of excitement can quickly turn…