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Tether sent $1B to UK firm owned by prominent Conservative donor

Through Britannia Financial, financier Julio Herrera Velutini has donated $625,000 to the Tories since Boris Johnson became prime minister.

Data stolen from the British Library is being auctioned for bitcoin on the dark web

Data, including passport details and employment data, was stolen in October and is reportedly being used to blackmail the British Library.

According to UK banks, crypto scammers are often choosing Revolut to receive fraudulent funds as reported crypto scams rise by 23% in a year.

In the first-of-its-kind case, police will use the Proceeds of Crime Act to pay back crypto scam victims with funds seized from an exchange.

Scottish Police described the $200,000 bitcoin robbery as the first of its kind to involve tracking crypto.