Israeli man arrested for acting as an Iranian spy in exchange for cryptocurrency

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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Australian federal police seizes $4.5M in assets tied to 2013 crypto theft

Australian authorities have seized more than $4.5 million in assets from a Queensland man, who was linked to the 2013 theft of 950 BTC from a French crypto exchange. In a May 18 statement, AFP-led Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce said…

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Hacker in SEC X account breach faces $50k fine in plea deal

Eric Council Jr., the man accused of helping to breach the X account of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, has pleaded guilty to the charges. As a result, Council faces a potential $50,000 fine as part of the plea…

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Gensler Called ‘Worst Public Servant’ In Scathing Remarks By Ripple Co-Founder

The word war between Ripple Labs’ key people and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continues. Related Reading: Fake Bitcoin ETF Post Lands Man Plea Deal In SEC Hack Case In the latest twist in the Ripple v SEC saga, Ripple’s co-founder, Chris Larsen, offered a stinging comment of SEC Chair Gary Gensler, saying that […]

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Fake Bitcoin ETF Post Lands Man Plea Deal In SEC Hack Case

The US government is preparing a plea deal for the hacker who targeted the Twitter/X account of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Bloomberg reported. The deal was made just a few days after authorities arrested the 25-year-old suspect from Alabama.

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US prosecutors considering plea deal for SEC X account hacker

Federal prosecutors are considering a plea deal offer for Eric Council Jr., the Alabama man recently arrested for hacking the X account of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Bloomberg reported on the latest development in the SEC X account…

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FBI arrests man for SEC social media hack over fake Bitcoin ETF approval post

The FBI arrested the man allegedly responsible for hacking the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) X account and using it to make a fake post about the approval of spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the US in January.

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FBI arrests Alabama man for SEC X account hack that triggered Bitcoin surge

In a significant development for cryptocurrency regulation, the FBI arrested a 25-year-old man from Alabama, Eric Council Jr. , in connection with a January hack of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) X account.

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FBI arrests ‘AGiantSchnauzer’, the Alabama man behind SEC Bitcoin hack

Eric Council Jr., a 25-year-old from Athens, Alabama, was arrested in connection with the January 2024 hack of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account. Council’s hack resulted in the false pretense that the SEC had approved Bitcoin exchange-traded…

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Fake ID crypto exchange sign-ups attract 2-year prison sentence

Australian authorities sentenced a man who had used other people’s identities to open accounts on crypto exchanges.

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Sports sponsorships sealed amid market turmoil as Man City inks deal with OKX

Manchester City fans will also have a chance to win season tickets in the OKX Hospitality Box via scanning QR codes on street art commissioned by the crypto exchange.

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eToroX Review – Pros & Cons of the Exchange and Wallet

eToroX, a subsidiary of eToro Group and registered in Gibraltar, is a regulated cryptocurrency exchange (unlike many others that are in no man’s land when it comes to regulation) that offers trading of various crypto assets on its digital web-based platform.

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KUNA Exchange Owner In Charge Of Ukrainian Government’s Virtual Crypto Fund

Through Bloomberg’s interview with KUNA’s Michael Chobanian, we can learn a lot about present-day Ukrainian life. The man’s job is to use cryptocurrencies to settle transactions at light speed. And to manage the crypto donations Ukraine gets from all over the world.

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eToroX Review 2022 – Pros & Cons of the Exchange and Wallet

eToroX, a subsidiary of eToro Group and registered in Gibraltar, is a regulated cryptocurrency exchange (unlike many other that are in no man’s land when it comes to regulation) that offers trading of various crypto assets on its digital web-based platform.

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One man's plan to orange pill a nation: Bitcoin Senegal

The Senegalese Bitcoin community is flourishing: There's a homemade Bitcoin exchange, Bitcoin seminars in the local language and a growing list of merchants accepting Bitcoin in 2022.

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The Metaverse Effect: Phemex’s Vision of a Blockchain-Powered Future

Since the advent of technology, man has demonstrated the ability to disrupt, innovate and create dramatic new paradigms for human exchange, cohabitation and communication. Some of us are prescient enough to predict its capabilities decades in advance.

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Shanghai Man: US senators tell athletes to avoid digital yuan, Chinese exchange volumes rebound … and more

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‘Doctor Bitcoin’ Pleads Guilty to Running Illegal Crypto Exchange in US, Faces 5 Years in Prison

A Texas man, who calls himself “Doctor Bitcoin,” has pleaded guilty to running an illegal cryptocurrency exchange business, converting cash to bitcoin. He faces five years in federal prison.

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Coinbase has India in Global Expansion Plans Despite Regulatory Uncertainties 

Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange has announced via a March 25, 2021 blog post, that it’s hiring tech experts in India to man its office in the state. This comes at a time when regulatory clarity in the country’s crypto ecosystem is still absent.

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eToroX Review 2021 – Pros & Cons of the Exchange and Wallet

eToroX, a subsidiary of eToro Group and registered in Gibraltar, is a regulated cryptocurrency exchange (unlike many other that are in no man’s land when it comes to regulation) that offers trading of various crypto assets on its digital web-based platform.

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Bitcoin Critic Roubini Accuses Elon Musk of Market Manipulation

Bitcoin critic Nouriel Roubini has criticized Telsa CEO Elon Musk for alleged manipulation of the cryptocurrency markets. According to the economist, the Securities Exchange Commission should be looking into the world’s richest man’s affairs.

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US Resident Operated Illegal Bitcoin Exchange Business – Faces 25 Years in Jail

An Ontario man based in San Bernardino County of the U.S. has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges of illegally operating a bitcoin to cash exchange business. According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the man, Hugo Sergio Mejia, 49, operated the unregistered exchange business between May 2018 and September 2020. Accordingly, Mejia […]

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California resident to plead guilty to operating unlicensed Bitcoin exchange service

According to the United States Department of Justice (DoJ), a man from Ontario, California, has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges of illegally operating a crypto exchange.  On 29 January, The post California resident to plead guilty to operating unlicensed Bitcoin exchange service appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Bitcoin Trader Robbed During an In-Person Transaction, Kicked Out of Car in Hong Kong

An unnamed 37-year-old man was a victim of a theft from a gang of robbers who fled with 15 bitcoin (BTC), worth HKD 3 million ($387,000) in cash. They had agreed to meet in person for a crypto exchange transaction.

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Coinbase Client Sues Exchange For Allowing The Sale Of Ripple’s XRP

A man who claims to be a Coinbase customer has filed a lawsuit against the exchange for allowing the sale of XRP on the crypto exchange in an event in which the SEC has filed a suit to challenge the legality of the digital asset.

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eToroX Review 2020 – Pros & Cons of the Exchange and Wallet

eToroX, a subsidiary of eToro Group and registered in Gibraltar, is a regulated cryptocurrency exchange (unlike many other that are in no man’s land when it comes to regulation) that offers trading of various crypto assets on its digital web-based platform.

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CZ Binance: Man Hired to Kill My Bitcoin Bull Reputation Quit in One Day

The head of Binance, Changpeng Zhao, says he met a person from a rival Chinese exchange whose job in the past was to damage CZ?s reputation as a crypto influencer

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SEC Charges Ohio Man for $33M Crypto Fraud Targeting Physicians

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed charges against a man for allegedly swindling 150 investors in an elaborate crypto trading scam

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CoinCorner helps Isle of Man law firm Quinn Legal accept bitcoin payments

UK bitcoin exchange company CoinCorner, announced today it recently partnered with Quinn Legal, to assist them in becoming the first Isle of Man law firm to offer bitcoin as a payment method for legal fees.

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Fidelity likely to on-board an undisclosed exchange in January

On the most recent episode of The Scoop Live podcast, The Block’s Frank Chaparro spoke to president of Fidelity Digital Assets, Tom Jessop, a man hailed by CoinDesk as the man who could, “”bridgThe post Fidelity likely to on-board an undisclosed exchange in January appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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SEC’s man behind Centra Tech, Kik Interactive investigations resigns after 15 years of service

According to a press release by the U. S Securities and Exchange Commission, Robert A. Cohen, Chief of the Division of Enforcement’s Cyber Unit, has resigned from the SEC and will be leaving the organization in August.

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Binance Coin has Binance’s LaunchPad to thank for its successful lift-off

Binance, the world’s largest and arguably, the most trusted cryptocurrency exchange in the world, has made a name for itself since its launch in mid-2017. Led by Changpeng Zhao, a man who made a name for himself as the ‘good boy’ of the digital assets realm, the exchange has heralded a slew of innovations out […] The post Binance Coin has Binance’s LaunchPad to thank for its successful lift-off appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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How Government Agencies Make Criminals of Crypto Traders

A New Jersey man has been indicted this week for converting over $2 million to bitcoin and operating a private exchange business not registered with the U. S. Secretary of the Treasury. According to a July 24 press release by the U.

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New Jersey Man In Soup For Selling Bitcoin Worth $2 Million

New Jersey resident William Green faces up to 5 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for selling $2 million worth of Bitcoin online. The Justice Department Lays Down the Hammer On Wednesday the U.

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U.S. Man Indicted for Running Illegal Bitcoin Exchange 

William Green, a Monmouth County, New Jersey resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury for operating a bitcoin trading business dubbed “Destination Bitcoin” without registering with the Secretary of the Treasury as required by the law, according to a press release on July 24, 2019.

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Feds Rightfully Indict New Jersey Man for Running Illegal Bitcoin Exchange

One of the many problems with bitcoin is that regulatory policy is still developing, and it is individuals like William Green that will always require cryptocurrency never stray far from the very governments they seek independence from.

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New Jersey Man Indicted Over Unlicensed Bitcoin Exchange

A resident of New Jersey has been charged with running an unlicensed bitcoin exchange service called Destination Bitcoin.

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Furious Bitcoin scam victims torch alleged Ponzi mastermind’s house

Angry victims have looted and torched the home of a man who reportedly operated an alleged Bitcoin Ponzi scheme in South Africa.   Firefighters in Ladysmith, approximately 365 kilometres south of Johannesburg, were called to Sphelele “Sgumza” Mbatha’s house on Wednesday afternoon after several angry citizens set the building on fire.

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7 Darknet Markets Where Your Cryptocurrency Is Welcome

Whether you’re a Store of Value advocate or a Medium of Exchange purveyor, every bitcoiner ought to spend a little crypto from time to time. Consider it as paying it forward, spreading the love, fostering adoption or simply treating yourself.

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QuadrigaCX Curtain Call Part 1: Gerald Cotten’s deviousness and the downfall of Canada’s largest crypto-exchange

QuadrigaCX is the gift that keeps on giving. The now-defunct Canadian cryptocurrency exchange has been at the center of a six-month-long controversy involving 650,000 ETH, a “Big-Four” auditor, a private jet, and the mysterious death of the man behind it all.

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California man gets 10 years for selling drugs for Bitcoin on dark web

A US man who sold narcotics on the dark web in exchange for Bitcoin has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. Tyler Reeves, who sold the drugs under the moniker “Platinum45,” was sentenced on Monday by by United States District Judge James V.

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Nevada Bitcoin broker on LocalBitcoins sentenced to 2 years in prison

Morgan Rockcoons, a Nevadan man accused of wire fraud and operating an unlicensed Bitcoin exchange for using LocalBitcoins, was sentenced to nearly two years in prison. According to a government press release, Rockcoons will also have to forfeit $80,600 in illicit profits.

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Man Sentenced for Illegal Money Transmission Services on LocalBitcoins

U. S. citizen Morgan Rockcoons has been sentenced to fines and prison time for running unlicensed money exchange services on LocalBitcoins. Advertising himself on the peer-to-peer bitcoin trading network, Rockcoons made more than 1,000 transactions with hundreds of different users.

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Musk Vandalizes Sex Scandal Space Bro Bezos’ Mooncraft ‘Blue Balls’

By CCN: Elon Musk has just proved to Jeff Bezos that being the world’s richest man doesn’t offer immunity against below-the-belt jokes. This was demonstrated on Twitter after the Amazon founder and CEO, as well as the founder of space firm Blue Origins, launched a mock-up of a new mooncraft designed to ferry humans and equipment to the lunar surface by 2024.

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Craig Wright’s wife Ramona Ang sues exchange for $3M in Bitcoin losses

News surfaced yesterday that the wife of Craig Wright, the man famous for claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto, has supposedly lost $3 million worth of Bitcoin following a series of trading mishaps.

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The Bitcoin Man Named Chief Marketing Officer of Cryptology Exchange

Announced today, Herbert Sim, was officially named Chief Marketing Officer at Cryptology Exchange — community cryptocurrency exchange. Herbert, commonly known in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry as the guy behind TheBitcoinMan.

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The CEO Of QuadrigaCX Feared For His Life Before He Died – Did He Set Up A Dead Man’s Switch?

Details are now emerging about Gerald Cotten’s last days alive. Gerald is the late CEO of the crypto exchange, QuadrigaCX, who died while on a trip in India. According to Adam O’Brien, a crypto entrepreneur, Gerald was spooked about his safety in regard to the huge amount of funds he controlled.

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FinCEN Fines California Man For Operating Illegal Crypto Exchange

In what is being called a first, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has fined Eric Powers of California $35,000 for operating an illegal bitcoin exchange, failing to register as a money transmitter, and not filing currency transaction reports.

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QuadrigaCX CEO Feared for Life, Possibly Planned $200 Million Dead Man’s Crypto Switch

By CCN. com: The late CEO of QuadrigaCX crypto exchange Gerald Cotten feared for his life due to the vast amounts of funds he exclusively controlled, a former colleague and friend has said. Per cryptocurrency entrepreneur Adam O’Brien, Cotten worried that he could be kidnapped over the crypto assets worth millions of dollars that he exclusively had access to, according to Global News: Gerry was holding, we know, over $100 million, almost $200 million dollars in funds.

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