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Spot Bitcoin ETF Hopes Rise Amidst Binance Trouble and CZ’s Plea Deal: Report
Binance’s founder and former CEO, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, pleaded guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act. The charges against Binance include money laundering...
Misunderstanding Crypto And Terror Financing Leads To Bad Policy – CryptoInfoNet
The House Financial Services Committee is holding a hearing Wednesday focused on illicit activity in digital assets. This hearing follows two others, conducted last...
Poloniex Loses over $100M in Hot Wallet Hack
Cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex has fallen
victim to a massive hot wallet hack, resulting in an estimated loss of a
staggering $114 million. The exploit, flagged by...
Japan Freezes Assets Linked to Hamas Funding
On October 31, the Japanese government announced the freezing of assets belonging to nine individuals and one cryptocurrency trading company accused of financially aiding...
US Senator Asks DOJ To Consider Criminal Charges Against Binance and Tether Over Alleged Illicit Finance Links – The Daily Hodl
US Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) says the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) should press criminal charges against Binance crypto exchange and Tether over their...
Iran-Linked ‘MuddyWater’ Spies on Mideast Gov’t for 8 Months
The Iranian state-aligned advanced persistent threat (APT) known as MuddyWater used an arsenal of new custom malware tools to spy on an unnamed Middle Eastern...
Emerging Trends In Crypto Fraud – CryptoInfoNet
This is an Insight article, written by a selected partner as part of GIR’s co-published content. Read more on InsightIn summaryCryptocurrency – it’s the...
Binance and Changpeng Zhao Seek Permission to File Excess Pages in Response to CFTC Complaint
In the ongoing legal battle between the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Binance, the defendants have filed a motion requesting permission to exceed...
US offers $10m bounty for Russian ransomware suspect outed in indictment
by Naked Security writer He goes by many names, according to the US Department of Justice.
Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev, or...
US DOJ investigating Binance for potential violations of Russian sanctions
DOJ’s national security division is investigating Binance.
Binance is accused of enabling Russians to circumvent US sanctions.
The...
US DOJ Cracks Down on Binance: Will the Exchange Survive?
The US Justice Department is investigating if Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, was used to bypass US sanctions by Russians and move money...
OFAC Slaps Poloniex with Hefty Fine for Sanctions Missteps
Poloniex fined $7.6 million for sanction violations Compliance protocols lacked proper measures Transactions exceeded $15 million in restricted regions
Crypto exchange Poloniex has...