Judge extends probe into Catalonia crypto deal after reading two-year-old story
The article published in May 2022 detailed how a former Russian diplomat offered Catalonia $500 billion to become a pro-Russia crypto hub.
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UK gamblers bypass blocks to crypto casino Stake for $10, report
Stake is blocked in the UK, but accounts made abroad are being sold on social media for as little as $10 (£8), Sky News found.
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Magic Internet Money loses its sparkle as DeFi platform hacked for $6.5M
Abracadabra Finance, the platform behind Magic Internet Money, was hacked on Tuesday, causing the stablecoin to depeg.
FTX-funded charity Effective Ventures agrees to return donations
Effective Ventures, an effective altruism-focused charity, has agreed to return donations it received from FTX.
German police seize 50,000 bitcoin in piracy website bust
German authorities focused on two men who allegedly ran “pirated copy portals” under the name Movie2K and used the profits to buy bitcoin.
Chinese takeaway worker laundered bitcoin from $6B scam, prosecutors
Jian Wen has been accused of laundering funds that were stolen from 128,000 Chinese investors and converted to bitcoin between 2014 and 2017.
Bitcoin utopia El Salvador isn’t homicide-free, despite claims
Homicide rates in El Salvador appear to be falling but there have been seven murders reported 2024, contradicting claims on social media.
Did law enforcement in Finland crack Monero’s privacy technologies?
Investigators in Finland say it was “very likely” that someone illegally sent XMR to Binance in a series of transactions involving a crime.
Chris Dixon says a16z doesn’t sell its crypto tokens — portfolio disagrees
a16z's Chris Dixon claimed that the firm would never invest in a token with a public token sale, but it seems it repeatedly did.
Silk Road seller linked to 8,100 bitcoin seizure pleads guilty
The DEA seized 8,100 bitcoin from Silk Road vendor Banmeet Singh as part of the largest crypto and cash seizure in DEA history.