A blockchain data platform company says about $30 million from the $600 million hack of Axie Infinity (AXS) in March is now in the hands of law enforcement. North Korean-linked hackers, known as the L...
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Law enforcement recovers $30 million from Ronin Bridge hack with the help of Chainalysis
On Thursday, blockchain forensics firm Chainalysis said that law enforcement had recovered $30 million in crypto stolen from the $625 million Ronin Bridge hack in March. According to Chainalysis, Laza...
Crypto Legislation, Enforcement Highlight a Busy Fall for Financial Regulators; Bitcoin Holds Steady Over $19K
Crypto prices followed a recent trend in tracking stocks, which closed higher on Thursday. The tech-heavy Nasdaq, S&P 500, which has a big tech component, and Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) a...
Chainalysis and US law enforcement recover $30 million from Ronin exploit
Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis and US law enforcement recovered $30 million in stolen crypto from the North Korea-linked hack on Ronin, the main blockchain for the web3 play-to-earn game Axie I...
Thai Regulator Accuses Digital Asset Service Provider of Failing to Comply With Information Request – Matter Referred to Law Enforcement – Regulation Bitcoin News
Thailand’s securities regulator recently said it had referred digital asset service provider Zipmex and its Thai unit chief executive officer, Akalarp Yimwilai, to a technology crime division of the R...
Law Enforcement Reclaims $30 Million From Axie Infinity Hack
The blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis announced on Thursday that it has successfully assisted law enforcement in seizing $30 million in crypto stolen by North Korean hackers of the Lazarus grou...
From Law Enforcement To Investigative Journalist To Emmy Award-Winning Producer
Segueing from law enforcement to the Emmy Award-winning producer of crime-themed programs, Scott … [+] Weinberger credits boxing legend Muhammad Ali for paving his path. WEINBERGER MEDIA Weinber...
Binance identifies KyberSwap hack suspects, involves law enforcement
Helping investigate a $265,000 hack on decentralized crypto exchange KyberSwap, crypto exchange Binance narrowed down two suspects that seem responsible for the attack. On Sept. 1, Kyber Network succ...
Crypto Exchange Giant Binance Restricts $1,000,000 Corporate Account, Cites Law Enforcement Request
The world’s largest crypto exchange by trading volume is restricting a corporate account with over $1 million in virtual assets due to a request by law enforcement. Digital assets exchange giant Binan...
Binance Blocks $1 Million Corporate Account After Law Enforcement Request
Renowned crypto exchange Binance has now confirmed that it has restricted its account access to $1 Million in crypto for a Tezos tool contributor. This confirmation comes after the platform was called...
Binance restricts account with more than $1 million upon “law enforcement” request
Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by daily volume, confirmed on Twitter that it had restricted an account that held more than $1 million at the time. The following tweet was in response to ...
Binance froze $1M corporate account due to law enforcement request
Major crypto exchange Binance has confirmed it restricted account access to $1 million in crypto for a Tezos tool contributor after being called out on social media. In a Thursday Twitter thread, Bina...
NC Global Media’s Legal Advisor Delivers Company’s Vision to Law Enforcement Officers in India
NC Global Media Legal Advisor/ Blockchain trainer, Mr. Yogesh Pandit delivered a session on Blockchain Technology to various officers of law enforcement academia and the prosecution in Jaipur, Rajasth...
Binance Blocks $1 Million Account as Result of Law Enforcement Request
Gamza Khanzadaev Tezos contributor accuses Binance of nullifying his corporate account worth $1 million without explanation A new drama erupted on crypto Twitter when one user, who is by his own admis...
CoinSwitch Kuber Premises Raided as Indian Enforcement Agency Probe Grows
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) searched the offices of leading crypto exchange CoinSwitch Kuber at five different locations on Thursday, as the agency continues to investigate allegations of Foreign...
Crypto Exchange CoinSwitch Kuber Raided By India’s Enforcement Directorate Agents
Crypto exchanges that don’t follow the rules are seriously dealt with by India’s law enforcement authorities. One of the biggest crypto exchanges in India has been raided by agents of the country’s En...
Indian Enforcement Directorate (ED) Raids CoinSwitch Kuber
3 hours ago | 2 mins read Exchange News This is the second cryptocurrency exchange in India to be hit this month. Many suspected violations of FEMA are now under investigation. Another cryptocurrency ...
Binance clarifies it froze Baking Bad corporate account due to law enforcement request, locked assets in agency custody
Binance said it froze Tezos (XTZ) tool contributor Baking Bad’s corporate account because of a law enforcement request and said that Baking Bad is aware of the issue behind the freeze as it was notifi...
CoinSwitch Kuber Raided By Indian Enforcement Agency
In the wake of increased regulatory pressure on crypto companies in India, another cryptocurrency exchange became subject of scrutiny. On Thursday, India’s Enforcement Directorate began searching the ...
Tether says it won’t freeze sanctioned Tornado Cash addresses unless instructed by law enforcement
On Wednesday, U.S. dollar stablecoin issuer Tether said that it would not freeze smart contract addresses sanctioned by the United States Office of Foreign Assets (OFAC) Control’s Specially Designated...
Law enforcement should give up trying to access everyone’s data, says legal expert
While some think the Tornado Cash ban may negatively impact other projects focusing on privacy, others believe that these projects will keep pushing forward and keeping their commitments to anti-censo...
Tornado Cash developer arrest sparks fears of global crypto enforcement
The crypto industry has been reeling since the US Treasury blacklisted decentralized crypto mixer Tornado Cash on Monday. Despite Treasury sanctions formally being limited to US persons and entities d...
Crypto Industry Eyes SEC’s ‘Regulation by Enforcement’ Ramp Up
Recent regulator actions are the culmination of efforts to bolster authority in the space made in the past year Defendants in current case against alleged crypto scheme Forsage could challenge SEC’s j...
XRP Lawyer Calls Out SEC For Selective Enforcement; Cites Japanese Bank Case
Japan based bank launched a new program in order to reward its new and existing customers which turns out to be a big win for Ripple’s XRP. However, XRP’s lawyer has mocked the U.S. SEC stating its cl...
Hotbit Stopped its Services After Fund Freezed By Law Enforcement
The leading crypto exchange platform, Hotbit, stopped its services of trading, deposits, withdrawals, and funding. Law enforcement freezed some funds of Hotbit and also subpoenaed some of its senior m...
Dutch Law Enforcement Arrests Suspected Tornado Cash Developer in Amsterdam – Bitcoin News
According to a statement from the Dutch Fiscal Information and Investigation Service (FIOD), law enforcement officials in Amsterdam arrested an unnamed 29-year-old suspected of developing the ethereum...
Crypto Exchange Hotbit Suspends Service After Law Enforcement Freezes Its Funds, Subpoenas Senior Managers – Exchanges Bitcoin News
Crypto exchange Hotbit has announced the suspension of trading, deposits, withdrawals, and funding on its platform. The exchange said law enforcement has frozen some of its funds and subpoenaed some s...
Enforcement Directorate raids WazirX and seizes Rs 64.67 crores in bank assets
On Friday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) announced that it had frozen bank transfers worth Rs 64.67 crore as part of a money laundering investigation against cryptocurrency exchange WazirX. For a w...
How much enforcement is too much? – Cointelegraph Magazine
Many blockchain companies now believe that regulation is inevitable, but there’s a growing debate over where to draw the line between protecting users and strangling the lifeblood out of the industry ...