— Crime
Cocaine and crypto: Dealer caught with millions in gains gets 9 years in jail
Simon Barclay was snared by the UK’s Dark Web Intelligence Collection and Exploitation team as part of a wider crackdown on dark web criminals.
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Coinbase staff told to wait an hour to discover if they were fired
According to an SEC filing, the cuts will leave Coinbase with around 5,000 remaining staff and will cost somewhere in the region of $40 million.
MicroStrategy plays it cool as crypto investors sweat over margin call
The company has spent nearly $4 billion on 130,000 bitcoins in the past two years at an average purchase price of more than $30,700.
Do Kwon says money isn’t his thing amid claims he pocketed $3B in crypto
The UST co-founder was accused of siphoning off $2.7 billion in 33 monthly withdrawals of $80 million each.
Cops hunting OneCoin scammers switch focus to Crypto Queen’s husband
Ignatova went missing in October 2017 after duping unsuspecting investors out of an estimated $4 billion worldwide through crypto Ponzi OneCoin.
— Stablecoin, Tether
Turns out this tiny Bahamas bank is holding some of Tether’s reserves
Tether is usually extremely tight-lipped about where it keeps its assets, but it appears the company holds some funds in the tiny Capital Union bank.
Police still unsure if crypto millionaire was abducted or just lying low
Investor Alexander Altunbashev went missing last week but police don't know whether he was kidnapped or just wants to avoid angry clients.
Republican politician faces probe over anti-Biden crypto scam
Cawthorn is a controversial figure in US politics. He's previously spoken of cocaine-fuelled orgies, appeared in a nude video, and tried to carry a gun into an airport.
Raoul Pal doesn’t want people to be angry after he appeared to hype Terra
Pal tweeted his dislike of people on Twitter "screaming at anyone with different views," just months after claiming Terra was "basically risk-free."
Larry David FTX ad director says Seinfeld creator knows zilch about crypto
Jeff Schaffer says neither he nor the Curb Your Enthusiasm star own any crypto, follow the market, or even have a clue how it works.