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Bitcoin Price Alert: German State Could Take Control of Another 57, 000 BTC
3+ hour, 23+ min ago (1268+ words) A proposed court deal in the movie2k case could put another 57, 000 Bitcoin within reach of the German state, reviving a supply-overhang story that the market thought had largely passed after Saxony's 2024 Bitcoin liquidation. Local news MDR reported this week that the…...
One Coin Scam: DOJ Opens Path For Compensation With $40 Million In Forfeited Assets
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (444+ words) The US Justice Department (DOJ) has announced a compensation process for victims of the One Coin fraud. The funds are expected to come from property forfeited in the case, money traced back to the people behind the scheme, including co-founders…...
Crypto Pump'And'Dump Era Ends Here? Why DOJ's New Indictments Should Scare Market Makers
2+ week, 16+ hour ago (490+ words) The U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ) charged ten senior staff and employees at four crypto "market'making" firms with running fraudulent campaigns designed to pump up both the trading volume and the price of certain digital assets. The charges, announced by the…...
UK Slaps Sanctions On $20 B Crypto Black Market Tied To Southeast Asia Scam Rings
2+ week, 5+ day ago (477+ words) Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis puts the number at close to $20 billion " the estimated volume of dirty money that flowed through Xinbi, a Chinese-language crypto marketplace, between 2021 and 2025. Now the UK government wants to shut it down. Britain's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development…...
NVIDIA Faces Class Action After Court OKs $1 Billion Crypto-Mining Revenue Claims " Stock Dips 7%
2+ week, 5+ day ago (493+ words) NVIDIA shares, NVDA, fell 7% on Thursday after a US federal judge allowed an investor lawsuit to proceed as a class action, reviving allegations that the company and CEO Jensen Huang concealed more than $1 billion in crypto-mining'related graphics card sales." The…...
Crypto-Linked Crime Jumps In Basque Country " But What Does It Mean For Traders?
4+ week, 2+ day ago (351+ words) The Ertzaintza (Basque Country police) says crypto is now present in a growing share of tech'enabled crimes in Euskadi. The Basque Country situation is not an outlier, but rather a micro'case of a broader European pattern of growing cases of…...
Bitcoin Robbery: French Couple Held Hostage As Fake Cops Steal "900 K in BTC
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (113+ words) Three individuals stole almost $1 M on Bitcoin from a couple at knife point at their home. No arrests have been made just yet. The Versailles prosecutor's office has opened an investigation for kidnapping and armed robbery by an organized gang,…...
Jane Street Faces New Lawsuit: Trump Media Calls For Federal Investigation
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (346+ words) Jane Street, one of the world's largest market-making firms, has come under growing scrutiny as a series of allegations have surfaced linking the company to major disruptions in the crypto market." The firm is already facing a federal lawsuit tied…...
Scammer Sentenced to 20 years for $73 M Scheme as Investors look to BMIC's Verifiable Protection
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (609+ words) The crypto world was rocked this week by a landmark legal victory against one of the industry's most predatory scams. In a press release, it was revealed that Daren Li, a 42-year-old dual national, was sentenced to the statutory maximum…...
US Government Bitcoin, Crypto Theft Allegation Emerges Involving CEO's Son
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (354+ words) A new controversy has surfaced around Bitcoin (BTC) and other crypto assets held by the US government, following allegations raised by blockchain investigator Zach XBT." In a series of posts on social media platform X (previously Twitter), Zach XBT accused…...