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Colonial Pipeline forgets to mention it already paid $5M Bitcoin to hackers
The New York Times confirmed that Colonial Pipeline paid 75 BTC to its ransomware hackers last week, contradicting earlier reports.
Binance under investigation by US agencies over money laundering
The IRS and DoJ are probing Binance employees for information related to money laundering and tax offences, according to reports.
Inside the Great Pie Chart giving Tether its dollar value
Tether released a pie chart alluding to actual cash backing its dollar-pegged stablecoin, but less than 3% of it is money in a bank.
Crypto lost $430M to thieves, hackers, and fraudsters in 2021, report
DeFi rug pulls account for nearly half of all crypto fraud and thefts this year, found analytics unit CipherTrace in its latest crime report.
Disney sees blockchain replacing watermarks to fight film piracy
Disney won a blockchain patent that audits film playbacks at theatres — a move to combat piracy at the hands of cinema insiders.
Microsoft cans Azure Blockchain, pushes users to Ethereum’s ConsenSys
Microsoft says its Azure blockchain-as-a-service product will go kaput in September, giving customers four months to find a replacement.
Bank of Korea wants to monitor Korea’s crypto transactions
Last month exchanges were told they had six months to implement strict anti-money laundering rules.
Palantir accepts Bitcoin as co-founder Thiel backs $10B crypto exchange
Billionaire Peter Thiel's CIA-backed Palantir said it accepts Bitcoin just as Block.one revealed its new crypto exchange, Bullish.
NFT collector shares sad videos of Christie’s $17M CryptoPunk auction
NFT collector Gmoney left unimpressed. "Hiding them in the corners with no markings doesn't really convince me you're taking them seriously."