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Abkhazia Authorities Crackdown on Illicit Crypto Mining Operations
Bitcoin News The administration holds mining responsible for the republic’s worsening electricity crisis. The President has ordered the establishment of a republican headquarters. Ministry of Internal...
Paxos Under Investigation By US Authorities: Report
Paxos has been trying to secure a national trust bank charter for a while now. There have been rumors that the firm has been denied the aforementioned license, which it actually denied. To clarify spe...
Hunt for Do Kwon Intensifies As South Korean Authorities Work With Serbian Officials: Report
Authorities in South Korea are reportedly seeking help from officials in Serbia to expedite the arrest of embattled Terraform Labs CEO and co-founder Do Kwon. According to Bloomberg, a senior Justice ...
Korean authorities confirm search for Do Kwon
Korean officials traveled to Serbia last week in search of Do Kwon, according to Bloomberg. The Prosecutor’s Office in Seoul confirmed that a delegation — including a member of the Justice Ministry — ...
Do Kwon Manhunt Brings South Korean Authorities To Serbia
Authorities who are out to get former Terra (LUNA) founder Do Kwon find themselves flying to Serbia, a country that they have been tipped with as his primary hiding place. According to a report publis...
South Korean Authorities Searched for Do Kwon in Serbia (Report)
A group of South Korean officials reportedly arrived in Serbia last week to look for the infamous Do Kwon. The 31-year-old has been on the run since the collapse of his blockchain protocol Terra. The ...
Brazil unveils crypto legislation for police and tax authorities
Brazil’s federal prosecution office is set to roll out a roadmap of activities that will grant the nation’s prosecutors, courts, and police officers powers to prosecute offenders and confiscate crypto...
Spanish Authorities Arrest Bitzlato Exchange Executives for Money Laundering
The chief executive officer, sales executive, and marketing director of the Hong Kong cryptocurrency exchange Bitzlato have been detained in Spain, according to a story that was published on February ...
Authorities Arrest Bithumb Owner Over Charges of Embezzlement
12 seconds ago | 2 mins read Exchange News With a 34.2% holding, Vidente Vidente is Bithumb’s largest stakeholder. Kang Jong-hyun is the older brother of Kang Ji-yeon, the CEO of a Bithumb subsidiary....
South Korean Authorities Arrest De-Facto Owner Of Bithumb
South Korean authorities have arrested the de-facto owner of the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Bithumb, on charges of embezzlement and stock manipulation. According to local reports, Kang...
Bitzlato Prepares to Resume Operations Following Shutdown by Authorities
Two weeks ago, a little-known crypto exchange called Bitzlato was shut down in a raid coordinated by Europol and spearheaded by French and American authorities. Now, the company’s founder believes it ...
Bithumb faces more woes as Korean authorities accuse it of price manipulation
South Korean authorities have raided Bithumb’s premises over allegations of price manipulation of locally-issued GoMoney2 and Pixel tokens, as well as fraudulent transactions. A few days after reports...
Philippine Authorities Rescued Six Alleged Victims at Clark
On Friday 2023, the Philippine Bureau of Immigration (BI) rescued six immigrant victims at the Clark International Airport who were recently trapped in a “crypto trafficking ring.” Currently, the Bure...
Snapchat Reportedly Scrutinized By Authorities Over Role In Spreading Fentanyl
Topline Snapchat and its parent company Snap have been scrutinized by the FBI and Justice Department over the sale of fentanyl-laced pills through the app, according to Bloomberg, as federal agencies ...
British authorities split on banning sale of crypto investment products
The policy decision-makers in the United Kingdom are divided on whether the sale, marketing, and distribution of derivatives and exchange-traded notes (ETNs) tied with cryptocurrencies should be prohi...
US Authorities Detain Mango Market Attacker
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) arrested Avram Eisenberg On January 20, 2023, for attacking Mango Market by manipulating the platform’s native tokens and siphoning off $116 million in ...
Philippine Authorities Rescue Alleged Victims of ‘Crypto Trafficking Ring’ – Featured Bitcoin News
Philippine authorities say that they have rescued alleged victims of a “crypto trafficking ring” who were recruited to work in a call center in Cambodia and scam people out of their cryptocurrencies. ...
US Authorities Charge Mango Markets Attacker — Defendant Arrested, Detained in Puerto Rico – Regulation Bitcoin News
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have charged an alleged attacker who stole $116 million from c...
Ukrainian Authorities Block Russian Crypto Exchanges as per Reports
15 mins ago | 2 mins read Exchange News They worked together to single out cryptocurrency exchanges in Russia. The SFMS has developed a method for the “blocking of Russian Federation’s crypto wallets....
Nexo Reaches Deal With Authorities Over Internet-Paying Products
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage Cryptocurrency lender Nexo has suffered a myriad of challenges of late, but is managing to beat one of them. In the most recent d...
Crypto Exchange Executive Arrested by US Authorities
US authorities arrested a Russian cryptocurrency executive who is suspected to have exchanged crypto worth millions with drug traffickers and cyber criminals. On January 18, 2023, the Department of Ju...
IMF Authorities Warn of Crypto Impact on Conventional Markets
4 hours ago | 2 mins read Bitcoin News The many collapses of tokens and exchanges may harm conventional markets. Investors in developed countries have been flocking to some of these assets. Global pol...
Nexo Pays $45M In Penalties And Settles With US Authorities
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has levied a $45 million fine on Nexo Capital Inc. The SEC explains the reason for the fine in a tweet, Today we charged Nexo Capital Inc. with failing ...
U.S. Authorities Seize Nearly $700 Million Of Sam Bankman-Fried’s Assets
The FTX brouhaha continues and this time, unsurprisingly, millions of dollars in cash and assets belonging to the crypto exchange’s former big boss has been confiscated by United States authorities. F...
Indian Authorities Uncover Major Cryptocurrency Investment Scam
Authorities in the Indian state of Maharashtra have uncovered a significant cryptocurrency investment scam, which has led to losses of up to 300 crores. City police claimed that Kiran Kharat and his w...
US Authorities Charge Bitzlato Exchange of “Unlicensed Money Transmitting”
In a live video conference on January 18, 2023, The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the arrest of Russian national Anatoly Legkodimov. The Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI) arrested the 40 ye...
Nexo Agrees to Pay $45 Million in Fines to US Authorities
Back in September, the Californian DFPI and other U.S. regulators ordered Nexo to desist from offering Earn Interest Products (EIP), which in the company’s case took the form of crypto asset lending a...
U.S. Authorities Nab Crypto Exchange Founder Over Money Laundering
Bitzlato owner Anatoly Legkodymov was detained in Miami on accusations of money laundering. The exchange was used to launder money from darknet transactions and ransomware operations. US officials hav...
Bitzlato and its founder face enforcement actions from US authorities
The United States Department of Justice announced a “major international cryptocurrency enforcement action” against crypto firm Bitzlato and the arrest of its founder, Anatoly Legkodymov. In a Jan. 18...
Bitzlato Exchange Seized by Authorities, Founder Arrested in Miami
The Department of Justice (DoJ) has announced that Russian cryptocurrency exchange Bitzlato founder Anatoly Legkodymo has been arrested in Miami for running an illegal operation. The report alleges th...
US authorities are pursuing Bitzlato’s creator
The crypto company Bitzlato was the target of a “significant worldwide cryptocurrency enforcement operation” that was announced by the United States Department of Justice. The action also ...