Crypto Heists Funneling Billions to North Korea's Nuclear Program Attract Senate Scrutiny
The Treasury Department, the senators said, “must act quickly and decisively to crack down on illicit crypto activity and protect...
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Crypto Is Illegal in China. Binance Does $90 Billion of Business There Anyway. – WSJ
Crypto traders in China and elsewhere also use VPNs—an application that masks their location—to sign up on exchanges that are...
Scammers Target Stores With Bomb Threats, Seeking Bitcoin and Gift Cards – WSJ
Some callers demanded gift cards, bitcoin or money, and threatened to detonate bombs if payments weren't made. In a suburb...
Crypto Companies Behind Tether Used Falsified Documents and Shell Companies to Get Bank Accounts
In late 2018, the companies behind the most widely traded cryptocurrency were struggling to maintain their access to the global...
SEC Heightening Scrutiny of Auditors’ Crypto Work
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Crypto Might Have an Insider Trading Problem
Public data suggests that several anonymous crypto investors profited from inside knowledge of when tokens would be listed on exchanges.Over...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren Questions Fidelity’s Plan to Put Bitcoin in 401(k)s
Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Tina Smith of Minnesota raised questions about a plan by Fidelity Investments to let...
Citigroup Markets Executive Leaves to Launch Fintech Investment Fund
Citigroup’s equities-trading business long lagged behind its powerhouse fixed-income operations. Photo: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg News March 11, 2022 8:41 am...
BTS’s NFT Venture Hits Sour Note With Fans
SEOUL—When BTS unveiled plans last month to break into the NFT business, the South Korean boy band’s supporters revolted online,...