Europol sounds alarm on rising criminal activities in DeFi and NFT sectors – Cryptopolitan
The lack of regulation in DeFi platforms has made them a haven for economic crimes like money laundering, while the...
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Europol Hails Blockchain’s Unbeatable Independence and Security, Slams DeFi for Soaring Criminal Activity
In what’s described as a rapidly evolving landscape of financial and economic crimes threatening the internal security of the European...
How Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents enabled his criminal empire
A question that has come up repeatedly in the FTX scandal has been the role of Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents. Namely,...
Former chief revenue officer at Celsius pleads guilty to four criminal charges
Roni Cohen-Pavon, the former chief revenue officer of the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network, has pleaded guilty to U.S. criminal...
Donald Trump NFT prices spike following release of mugshot in Georgia criminal case
The price of nonfungible tokens (NFTs) featuring Donald Trump surged after news outlets released a photo of the former United...
Sam Bankman-Fried plans to lean on ‘counsel advice’ defense in criminal trial
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried intends to blame “counsel advice” provided by the company’s internal legal team and Fenwick & West,...
U.S. Department of Justice weighing Binance criminal charges against risk of market panic: Report
Semafor reports today that U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) officials are deliberating potential fraud charges against the cryptocurrency exchange giant,...
FTX’s Bankman-Fried seeks gag order for all witnesses in criminal case
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has agreed to a gag order preventing him from making comments to third parties that...
Crypto-exchange that laundered millions in Malta was a ‘criminal organisation’
News Thodex founder Faruk Fatih Özer in better times. The Thodex crypto-exchange, once one of Turkey’s largest exchanges, was set...
XRP is not a security, Celsius CEO arrested on criminal charges…
Top Stories This Week Judge rules XRP is not a security in SEC’s case against Ripple Ripple Labs scored a...