2+ week, 1+ day ago   (355+ words) Law enforcement is fighting back with blockchain analytics contracts and cross-border wallet freezes, but organized crime's shift to crypto is accelerating faster than regulators can keep up The case is part of a broader pattern that Israeli law enforcement has…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (266+ words) Joint US-Cambodia raids seized $7 million in crypto assets and over 200 kilograms of illegal drugs tied to the Mexican cartel's laundering network A joint operation between Cambodian and US anti-drug agencies dismantled a cryptocurrency money laundering network allegedly run on behalf…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (455+ words) Ireland's Criminal Assets Bureau reveals organized crime groups are using rented security boxes to hide the off-chain keys needed to access on-chain wealth. Organized crime in Ireland has found an analog solution to a digital problem. Instead of trying to…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (115+ words) Crypto Briefing The blockchain analytics firm uncovered a darkweb CSAM operation that processed over $530,000 in crypto payments across thousands of wallet addresses since 2022. Chainalysis traced the CSAM site’s financial footprint across thousands of addresses. The sheer volume of transactions, more…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (367+ words) OFAC targets Shelbit Exchange and affiliated companies for facilitating digital asset transactions tied to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps. The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control just added another layer of pressure to Iran’s illicit financial networks, this time…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (440+ words) The hedge fund giant is taking another swing at the LME after courts rejected its earlier $456 million claim over cancelled nickel trades from the 2022 crisis. Elliott Investment Management has filed a fresh lawsuit against the London Metal Exchange, this time…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (436+ words) with the hacker. That included approximately 28,953 ETH and 1,032 WBTC. The only funds that didn’t make...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (301+ words) Someone decided to catch ’em all, and by “all” they meant unsuspecting crypto buyers. The official @Pokemon account on X was briefly compromised on August 27, with hackers using the platform to shill a fake memecoin called $POKEMON to the account’s…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (356+ words) A multinational operation took down the Sality botnet, which quietly hijacked clipboard data to redirect Bitcoin and Ethereum transactions to attacker-controlled wallets. A coordinated strike by CrowdStrike, the DOJ, the FBI, and European law enforcement has dismantled a peer-to-peer botnet…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (365+ words) Singapore’s authorities are sounding the alarm on a scam operation that has siphoned roughly $11.8 million from cryptocurrency firms, and the attack vector is one most people wouldn’t think twice about: a LinkedIn job offer. Fake recruiters reach out to targets…...