Law enforcement officials have uncovered an illicit crypto mining business at Russia’s oldest penal institution. The deputy warden of Moscow’s Butyrskaya prison has been charged with creating the mini...
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Ancient Russian Prison Found To Be The Breeding Ground For Crypto Mining
Anurag Batham is working as a fundamental writer for The Coin Republic since 2021. He likes to exercise his curious muscles and research deep into a topic. Though he covers various aspects of the cryp...
No prison for BitMEX co-founder
BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes will not go to prison for violating the US Bank Secrecy Act. The former CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange was sentenced to six months home detention and two years prob...
Bitcoin Mining Farm – A Psychiatric Clinic – Uncovered In Moscow’s Oldest Prison
Law enforcement officers have uncovered a psychiatric clinic at Russia’s oldest prison that was secretly converted into a bitcoin mining farm. A deputy warden and his accomplices are under investigati...
Russian Prison Officials Running Crypto Mining Seized
Editors News Many Russians are turning to subsidized and even unauthorized power. Machines used over 8,400 kW of power paid for by the government. The Butyrskaya jail in central Moscow’s Tverskoy Dist...
Bitmex Co-Founder Arthur Hayes Avoids Prison for Violating US Bank Secrecy Act – Regulation Bitcoin News
Bitmex co-founder Arthur Hayes is not going to prison for violating the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act. Instead, the former crypto exchange CEO has been sentenced to “six months of home detention and two years...
Controversial Entrepreneur Martin Shkreli Claims Using Uniswap in Prison
14 seconds ago | 2 mins read Editors News Martin Shkreli spoke to Twitter only a few hours after he was released. Responses poured in, including one from Uniswap’s founder. The controversial entrepren...
So-Called ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli Turns ‘Crypto Bro’ — ‘I Started Using Uniswap in Prison’ – Bitcoin News
Following his release from prison, the former hedge fund manager and convicted felon, Martin Shkreli, discussed cryptocurrencies and using the decentralized exchange (dex) platform Uniswap from a fede...
Martin Shkreli started using uniswap in Prison
The convicted felon also shared his thoughts on DeFi Uniswap Price at the time of writing – $5.41 It’s Maket Cap is up by 3.85% in the past 24 hours Only a short time subsequent to being delivered ahe...
Crypto Mining Farm Uncovered in Russia’s Oldest Prison – Mining Bitcoin News
Russian law enforcement officials are investigating a crypto mining operation at Butyrka, Russia’s oldest prison. A deputy warden has been accused of stealing electricity to mint digital coins with th...
“I Started Using Uniswap in Prison”: Martin Shkreli
Share this article Shkreli was released from prison Wednesday. Martin Shkreli Talks DeFi Martin Shkreli, the so-called “pharma bro” who became notorious for hiking the price of the life-saving drug ...
Former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes Avoids Prison Time, Sentenced to 2 Years Probation
The co-founder and former CEO of the crypto derivatives platform BitMEX was sentenced to two years of probation, with the first six months to be spent in home confinement. In late 2020, the Commodity ...
Could Terra’s Do Kwon Go to Prison?
In brief The bar to prove fraud in the U.S. is a high one to clear. It’s unclear for now if the behavior of Terra’s founder was more than merely reckless. The recent collapse of the stable...
‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli Released From Prison Early
Topline Martin Shkreli, the former hedge fund manager who became a symbol of Wall Street greed after raising the price of a live-saving drug by 5,000%, was released early from his seven-year prison se...
Martin Shkreli released from federal prison into halfway house
Former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli departs the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, August 3, 2017 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Getty Images Notorious ...
US Prosecutors Call For 1 Year Minimum Prison Sentence on BitMEX Co-founder – crypto.news
US prosecutors believe that Arthur Hayes, the Co-founder of BitMEX, should be jailed for longer than a year after pleading guilty to anti-money laundering violations. Mr. Hayes made a plea deal that s...
Crypto Trader Sentenced to 3.5 Years in Prison for $5 Million Fraud
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has sentenced a 25-year-old Rhode Island cryptocurrency trader, popularly known as Coin Signals, to 42 months in prison for defrauding over 170 people of ...
BitMEX Co-Founder Arthur Hayes Deserves More Than a Year in Prison
According to US prosecutors, the Co-Founder of the cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX – Arthur Hayes – should stay behind bars for more than 12 months because his company violated anti-money laundering la...
US prosecutors recommend minimum 1 year prison sentence for BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes
U.S. Prosecutors have filed a sentencing recommendation in the case against BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes seeking minimum one-year imprisonment. The prosecutors submitted the sentence recommendation ...
Crypto Trader Sentenced To 42 Months Prison For Fraud, Claimed To Make Profits
The U.S. DOJ recently sentenced an unethical actor to prison as he coaxed folks to hand him crypto, which he would invest. He represented profits on his accounts when he was actually incurring m...
Crypto Trader Running $5M ‘Ponzi-like’ Scheme Faces Nearly 4 Years in Prison: DoJ
Jeremy Spence, a 25-year-old Rhode Island crypto trader, also known as “Coin Signals” on social media channels, has been sentenced to 42 months in prison for defrauding 170 people for more than $5.37 ...
U.S. Marine Veteran Trevor Reed Released From Russian Prison
Topline Russian authorities agreed to release Trevor Reed from jail Wednesday, freeing the Marine veteran who had been detained in Russia since 2020 over questionable charges in a case that captured t...
Ousted Myanmar Leader Suu Kyi Sentenced To Five Years In Prison For Corruption
Topline A Myanmar court on Wednesday sentenced ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in prison in the first of several corruption cases brought against her by the country’s military junta that...
Ethereum’s Virgil Griffith Gets 5-Year Prison Sentence
Crypto expert Virgil Griffith was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty last year to conspiracy. Virgil Griffith Will Serve Time Behind Bars Griffith had been charged with helping No...
Iran to Introduce 3-5 Year Prison Term for Illegal Crypto Mining
Iran is set to introduce increased penalties for illegal crypto miners that use subsidized electricity, a local media outlet reported on Saturday. Under the new regulations, offenders will be handed i...
Sina Estavi $2.9m Jack Dorsey Tweet NFT buyer out of prison
TL;DR Breakdown Sina Estavi lists Jack Dorsey Tweet NFT for $48 million shortly after being released from prison. Estavi asks BRG (Bridge Oracle project) investors to trust him again. After two failed...
Ethereum Dev Virgil Griffith Gets Five Years in Prison for North Korea Trip
In brief Former Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith was sentenced to 63 months in prison today. Griffith was charged with conspiring to help North Koreans evade U.S. sanctions via cryptocurrency. Virgi...
Former Ethereum Researcher Gets A 63-Month Prison Term For Aiding North Korea ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     Former Ethereum Foundation researcher Virgil Griffith has seen a sentence of 63 months in prison for charges related to helping North Korea. He was a...
Ethereum Developer Gets 5 Years In Prison For Teaching North Korea Skirt Sanctions Using Crypto
An Ethereum engineer who gave a lecture on how to use blockchain technology in North Korea was sentenced to 63 months in prison on Tuesday. Cryptocurrency expert Virgil Griffith will pay a $100,000 fi...
Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith Sentenced to 5+ Years in US Prison for Violating North Korean Sanctions – Regulation Bitcoin News
An Ethereum developer, Virgil Griffith, has been sentenced to five years and three months in U.S. prison after he pleaded guilty to a charge brought on by speaking at a crypto conference in North Kore...