2019-8-8 12:43 |
Five people have been charged in Australia over a cold-call cryptocurrency investment fraud that allegedly duped investors for over $1.8 million. origin »
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The U. S. has sentenced a creator of video streaming and downloading websites to prison for 12 months and one day. The feds also seized $3. 9 million from him, including more than $1 million in cryptocurrency.
2021-7-12 21:00 | |
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Cryptocurrency has dealt with many different scams, but one recent issue arose in a separate arrest in New Zealand. The national police force reportedly seized a total of NZ$6. 2 million and NZ$6. 7 million in cryptocurrency.
2019-11-24 19:20 | |
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Coinspeaker Cryptocurrency Lender BlockFi Secures New $18. 3 Million FundingBlockFi, a service that allows its users borrow fiat using crypto deposits, has just bagged $18. 3 million in its Series A funding.
2019-8-7 12:04 | |
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A Brazilian cryptocurrency crime cartel has been shut down after conning over 55,000 investors for over $200 million. The cartel ran an unlicensed financial institution without authorization from Brazil‘s Central Bank.
2019-5-22 12:25 | |
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Australian fraudsters earned $4. 3 million (AU$6. 1 million) with cryptocurrency scams last year—a revenue increase of 190 percent when compared to 2017. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)’s new report details the extent of the nation’s problem with cryptocurrency fraud.
2019-4-29 13:01 | |
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Justin Sun recently announced a $20 million giveaway. The full details of the airdrop haven’t been released yet, but he is definitively giving away a Tesla. This reporter’s been thinking about it: if a million people sign up for a $20 million giveaway, that’s $20 each.
2019-3-16 02:15 | |
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If you didn’t notice, today is Monday, January 21, which means two things. One, it’s time for another Moonday Mornings; and two, it’s the most depressing day of the year – apparently. Goodthing we have a wrap-up of the weekend’s top cryptocurrency and blockchain news for you.
2019-1-21 11:35 | |
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A cryptocurrency prime dealer for professional traders and institutional investors called San Francisco Open Exchange (SFOX) announced on Thursday (August 16th, 2018) that it had raised up to $22.
2018-8-19 18:51 | |
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An American cryptocurrency investor has filed a $224 million lawsuit against the world’s largest telecommunications company, AT&T, for allegedly causing the California resident to lose an estimated $24 million in cryptocurrency, CNBC reports.
2018-8-15 21:57 | |
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Cybercriminals earned more than $2.3 million from cryptocurrency scams during the second quarter of 2018, a new study reports.
2018-8-15 05:00 | |
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Hong Kong-based GSR Capital is investing $160 million in Overstock’s cryptocurrency venture, the exchange tZERO. The news immediately hiked Overstock’s share price by 12. 5 . percent. Through its tZERO exchange, a majority-owned subsidiary, Overstock plans to bring “efficiency and transparency” to capital markets.
2018-7-1 10:00 | |
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Bithumb is one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. Its status has attracted a lot of unwanted attention from criminals, culminating in a $31 million hack earlier this month. The company has been working on recovering the money and scored some initial success in this regard.
2018-7-1 02:00 | |
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Even though there is no obvious connection between cryptocurrency, blockchain, and VR, things are evolving in an interesting direction. High Fidelity is building a VR ecosystem on top of the EOS blockchain.
2018-7-1 00:00 | |
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Bithumb has announced the recovery of $14 million out of the $31. 5 million stolen during the June 20 hack. The South Korea-based cryptocurrency exchange made this fact known via a blog post on its website on June 28, 2018.
2018-7-1 22:55 | |
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The initial coin offering industry has seen a lot of growth over the past 18 months. Various projects launch every single week, and most of them raise a few million dollars in the process. Unfortunately, a lot of ICOs are destined to fail sooner or later. Several billions have been lost due to such failed […]
2018-7-1 22:00 | |
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Line, the most widely utilized messaging application in Japan with over 200 million active monthly users, is attempting to establish dominance over the blockchain and crypto sector with various ventures including a cryptocurrency exchange and a decentralized application (dapp) platform.
2018-6-30 16:00 | |
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With the rise in popular interest, the cryptocurrency sector has seen several stablecoins emerge in decentralized and centralized forms. Backed by Coinbase and Peter Thiel, Reserve stablecoin is the latest addition to the digital asset marketplace.
2018-6-30 11:50 | |
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European law enforcement agencies dismantled a Darknet drug trafficking network, seizing almost 800,000 doses of LSD and over $ 5 million in Bitcoin, IOTA, and Lumens. The FBI seized 144,336 Bitcoins during the Silk Road bust, which they auctioned for a meager $ 48 million. According to an article from the EU Reporter, over 100
2018-6-30 11:33 | |
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European law enforcement agencies dismantled a Darknet drug trafficking network, seizing almost 800,000 doses of LSD and over $5 million in Bitcoin, IOTA, and Lumens. The Infamous ‘Darknet’ The Deep Web or the “Darknet” gained a lot of notoriety back in 2013 when the United States FBI took down the Internet’s largest online black market and drug trafficking ring known as The Silk Road after an extended manhunt for the site’s libertarian creator, Ross William Ulbricht.
2018-6-30 10:00 | |
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Bithumb, one of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges worldwide has made a recent announcement stating that the exchange platform lost about $17 million [19 billion SKW] during its recent hack and not $31 million [35 billion SKW] as stated earlier.
2018-6-30 04:04 | |
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SBI Holdings (a partner of Ripple) CEO Yoshitaka Kitao said, during the Japan Blockchain Conference in Tokyo, that blockchain technology would fuel the next boom in the Japanese economy. The company is at the forefront of blockchain innovation as it plans to invest over $460 million in the industry through an AI & Blockchain fund, which […] Ripple [XRP] Partner CEO: Cryptocurrency Is Ammo for Economic Shift was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News.
2018-6-29 21:14 | |
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Bithumb has managed to recover roughly 45 percent of the cryptocurrencies stolen during the June 20 hack. The company also acknowledged the support of other exchange platforms in its efforts to recover the stolen funds.
2018-6-29 21:08 | |
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This week, the U. S. Department of Justice and other law enforcement agencies banded together to bring down some bad actors on the dark web. EOS is undergoing some growing pains with the launch of its network, exposing the trials and tribulations of an all-too-centralized governance model.
2018-6-30 20:56 | |
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Bithumb has managed to recover roughly 45 percent of the cryptocurrencies stolen during the June 20 hack. The platform announced the news in an update published on June 28 — while also providing full disclosure of the digital currencies taken in the attack.
2018-6-29 19:00 | |
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PayPal has agreed to enter a $400 million deal to acquire fintech company Hyperwallet Systems Inc. But did the online payment processing company pay for the acquisition using cash or the cryptocurrency Ripple (XRP)? Since its inception in 2000, Hyperwallet has grown to such a size that it is now able to disburse payments to more than 200 countries in a number of ways.
2018-6-29 13:00 | |
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The project, closely tied to Neo, has big plans for enterprise applications and digital identity.
2018-6-29 07:03 | |
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The operator of Line, Japan’s most popular chat app with approximately 200 million users worldwide, has confirmed the upcoming launch of its cryptocurrency exchange called Bitbox. The new platform will list more than 30 of the most popular cryptocurrencies, offering “low trading fees”.
2018-6-29 02:55 | |
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The operator of Line, Japan’s most popular chat app with approximately 200 million users worldwide, has confirmed the upcoming launch of its cryptocurrency exchange called Bitbox. The new platform will list more than 30 of the most popular cryptocurrencies, offering “low trading fees”.
2018-6-29 02:55 | |
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On June 27, 2018, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announced his new cryptocurrency charity fund, GiveCrypto. Armstrong established the philanthropic venture to financially empower people with direct cryptocurrency distributions.
2018-6-29 22:17 | |
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South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb reported a successful attempt to reduce its losses from the recent hacker attack, which resulted in approximately $31 million in cryptocurrencies stolen.
2018-6-29 20:33 | |
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Brian Armstrong, the CEO, and Co-founder of the digital currency exchange Coinbase has announced that he will be launching a new project “GiveCrypto” with a personal $1 million donation. GiveCrypto is a nonprofit that distributes cryptocurrency to people living in poverty.
2018-6-28 18:05 | |
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Japanese social messaging app LINE will launch a cryptocurrency exchange for 30 coins next month, it revealed Thursday, June 28. As Cointelegraph reported in January, LINE had been in talks with Japanese regulators over launching an exchange.
2018-6-28 16:00 | |
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From lithographs to polaroids to VHS, pornography has been a key to pushing forward technology as far back as recorded history. A dirty secret maybe but one that Tron founder Justin Sun must recognize as he has partnered with Pornhub.
2018-6-28 15:00 | |
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By offering cash for bitcoin, HSI agents were able to identify specific drug dealers, ultimately tracing more than $20 million in drug-linked cryptocurrency transactions. In the past, law enforcement efforts have focused on taking down marketplaces in full, most notably Silk Road, Silk Road 2.
2018-6-28 08:47 | |
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Agents acting under the purview of the U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have arrested more than 35 criminals by posing as cryptocurrency traders on the darknet, according to a DOJ release published yesterday, June 26.
2018-6-28 07:05 | |
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Major adult entertain website Pornhub has announced it will accept TRON and ZenCash, adding to its cryptocurrency acceptance after beginning payments with Verge in April. Pornhub: Crypto ‘More Anonymous’ Than Fiat In a statement posted on ZenCash’s official blog on June 27, MindGeek, the group which owns Pornhub and thirteen other adult resources, confirmed the decision to accept ZenCash across its products.
2018-6-28 00:00 | |
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By offering cash for bitcoin, HSI agents were able to identify specific drug dealers, ultimately tracing more than $20 million in drug-linked cryptocurrency transactions. In the past, law enforcement efforts have focused on taking down marketplaces in full, most notably Silk Road, Silk Road 2.
2018-6-27 23:10 | |
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The U. S. Department of Justice, in cooperation with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Secret Service (USSS), the Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), have apprehended more than 35 dark web drugs and arms dealers in a nation-wide bust.
2018-6-27 20:26 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange Huobi Pro is to cease offering trading services to investors living in Japan starting from next month. According to a news report from Coinpost, the exchange announced the news in an email sent to investors in Japan on Wednesday, stating it will remove the Japanese option from its homepage and suspends trading services
2018-6-27 14:12 | |
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At the time, the popular South Korean cryptocurrency exchange tentatively announced a “cyber intrusion” that saw the loss of $40 million worth of cryptocurrencies. If that wasn’t enough, on June 20, Bithumb – South Korea’s largest by trade volume – also announced a major security breach in which $31 million was reported to be lost. No strangers to
2018-6-27 00:48 | |
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American Private Venture Capital, Andreessen Horowitz announced a $300 million worth venture fund named “a16z crypto” for cryptocurrency companies and protocols. Chris Dixion, General partner at Andreessen Horowitz mentioned the same in one of his Twitter posts, which detailed the features of the traditional venture capital.
2018-6-27 00:05 | |
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Andreessen Horowitz is set for an even deeper foray into the cryptocurrency market. The Silicon Valley Venture Capital (VC) firm recently announced the launch of a $300 million cryptocurrency fund.
2018-6-27 22:00 | |
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The cryptocurrency platform EOS, which raised about $4 billion during its year-long crowdsale, is actively selling or moving ethers, attracted during its ICO. Within the last week, the sale speed reached 500,000 ETH, which is equivalent to $250 million.
2018-6-27 21:55 | |
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Andreessen Horowitz has launched a $300 million crypto fund dedicated to investing in cryptocurrencies and other blockchain-related projects. The fund, named a16z crypto, signals that the firm is diving deeper into the cryptocurrency space to grow its existing portfolio, which includes digital currency exchange Coinbase.
2018-6-27 21:34 | |
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A Federal Trade Commission official claimed that cryptocurrency scams looted investors of $532 million in the first two months of 2018 and predicted that the total loss could inflate to $3 billion by the end of the year.
2018-6-26 21:01 | |
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Authorities in Ukraine say that they don't have any plans to regulate the country's $100 million cryptocurrency mining market.
2018-6-26 18:23 | |
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USD-linked stablecoin has printed another quarter-billion USD, representing a significant injection of capital into the ailing cryptocurrency market. The issuance of the new USDT, historically linked with a surge in positive market action.
2018-6-26 13:06 | |
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Despite a market downturn, cryptocurrency is drawing institutional investor attention now more than ever. Announced on June 25, 2018, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is launching a $300 million fund dedicated to cryptocurrency-related ventures.
2018-6-26 10:43 | |
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The new crypto fund will be focused towards investing in cryptocurrency projects and companies with a long-term goal of over a decade. The post ‘a16z Crypto’: Andreessen Horowitz Launches $300 Million Crypto Fund appeared first on CoinSpeaker.
2018-6-26 09:42 | |
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Peter Steinberger, the creator of the open-source AI assistant ClawdBot, has publicly rejected any association with crypto. This is after scammers hijacked his online identity to promote fake token projects.
A major crypto scandal has emerged in the US, implicating John Daghita, known online as “Lick,” in the alleged theft of over $40 million from government seizure addresses. The incident is tied to Daghita’s father, who heads CMDSS, a Virginia-based IT firm awarded a 2024 contract to assist the US Marshals Service (USMS) with managing The post $40 Million Crypto Heist Allegedly Linked to US Government Contractor’s Son appeared first on BeInCrypto.
A worrying pattern has formed in the crypto sector. Reports say that about four in five projects hit by major hacks do not fully recover. Money is lost, yes. But the deeper damage is often to trust — and that can be fatal.
According to Chainalysis’s estimates, crypto-related scams and fraudulent activity may have caused over $17 billion in losses in 2025 The blockchain data firm also highlighted a concerning trend, as scammers are increasingly turning to impersonation schemes to deceive unsuspecting users.
Coinbase said a former customer support agent was arrested in India as investigators probe a breach tied to insider bribery and customer data theft. Chief Executive Officer Brian Armstrong said on Dec.
India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) has carried out coordinated raids at 21 locations across Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Delhi as part of a widening probe into a large-scale crypto scam that allegedly operated for nearly a decade.
Binance co-CEO Yi He said her WeChat account was hijacked on Dec. 10 after a cell number tied to the profile was reclaimed and could not be recovered at first. The account was later restored after Binance worked with WeChat’s security team, according to a spokesperson cited the same day.