Flaws in New York regulator’s BitLicense operation prompt action
The NYDFS took four years to approve a crypto license for one firm, the New York Comptroller found in his report.
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Andrew Tate may recover 21 seized bitcoin now worth 88% more
Andrew Tate has won an appeal, forcing a court to reassess $10M in assets seized last year... including 21 bitcoin that's now up 88%.
BitMEX’s bitcoin moon mission could be lost in space after fuel leak
BitMEX paid to place a bitcoin on the Astrobotic flight to the moon, which is also carrying cremated human remains of Star Trek cast members.
Charity worker says bitcoin scam forced him to steal $150K from veterans
Martin J. Svoboda II says he stole from the veterans charity after scammers threatened to post edited nudes unless he paid a bitcoin ransom.
Iranian crypto exchange Bit24 reportedly leaks 230,000 users’ KYC data
Bit24, Iran's fifth-largest crypto exchange, reportedly leaked 230,000 users' KYC data, including ID photos and credit card information.
Former DCG advisor Larry Summers on list of Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘Harvard friends’
Larry Summers appears in the trove of documents dubbed the 'Epstein List' that names dozens of individuals with ties to the late trafficker.
Bitconned: The story of Miami crypto bros facing 100 years in prison
Netflix documentary Bitconned tells the all too predictable story of Centra, the Miami crypto token that crashed to $0 after raising millions.
— Himalaya Exchange, Ho Wan Kwok
Chinese billionaire behind Himalaya Exchange indicted for $1B scheme
Ho Wan Kwok, founder of the Himalaya Exchange project, has been indicted under RICO for a $1 billion fraud and money laundering scheme.
High number of Ethereum blocks censoring US sanctioned users
Since Ethereum’s Merge in 2022, more than 40% of blocks have apparently sanctioned wallets on the Specially Designated Nationals List.
— CertiK, RevokeCash
X account of crypto auditing firm CertiK hacked
CertiK’s compromised account claimed a vulnerability had been discovered in Uniswap’s router contract and linked to a fake RevokeCash page.