Ex-Binance CEO Zhao urges judge to allow him to leave US before sentencing
By Nate Raymond Lawyers for former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao are urging a U.S. judge to reject the
2023-11-25 07:21
Sam Bankman-Fried pressed in court over past comments
As inconsistencies were put to him, the former crypto boss tried to distance himself from some decisions.
2023-11-01 05:50
US Treasury's financial crimes unit proposes cracking down on cryptocurrency mixers
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on Thursday proposed increasing transparency around cryptocurrency "mixers" to
2023-10-20 02:26
Will Sam Bankman-Fried take the stand to save himself?
A long prison sentence hangs over him so the former crypto tycoon may take a gamble and testify.
2023-10-17 06:47
JPEX: Hong Kong investigates influencer-backed crypto exchange
About 2,000 investors lost money on the JPEX platform which was advertised on Hong Kong's metro.
2023-09-22 08:48
Thodex cryptocurrency boss jailed for 11,196 years in Turkey for fraud
Faruk Fatih Ozer was found guilty of defrauding millions of dollars from investors in his collapsed Thodex platform.
2023-09-08 21:58
Biden administration unveils new crypto tax reporting rules
By Hannah Lang Cryptocurrency brokers, including exchanges and payment processors, would have to report new information on users'
2023-08-25 20:59
Tornado Cash crypto firm founders indicted for allegedly laundering money for North Korean hackers
Two co-founders of cryptocurrency giant Tornado Cash, one of them a Russian national and the other an executive in Washington state, have been charged with operating a crypto scheme that allegedly laundered hundreds of millions of dollars for North Korean hackers, according to a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday in the Southern District Court of New York.
2023-08-24 08:24
Coinbase wins approval to offer crypto futures trading in US
(Reuters) -Coinbase Global said on Wednesday it had secured approval to offer cryptocurrency futures to U.S. retail customers, scoring a
2023-08-16 22:27
Congresswoman Waters 'deeply concerned' about PayPal's stablecoin launch
Democrat Congresswoman Maxine Waters said on Wednesday she was "deeply concerned" about payment giant PayPal launching its own
2023-08-10 02:20
'This isn't some random dude with a duffel bag': To catch fentanyl traffickers, feds dig into crypto markets
The Biden administration has intensified its focus on tracing cryptocurrency payments that some of the most dangerous Mexican drug cartels use to buy fentanyl ingredients from Chinese chemical companies, the latest step in a renewed attempt to crack down on the multibillion-dollar fentanyl trade that kills thousands of Americans each year.
2023-08-05 19:20
Buried gold, burning trash: US couple admits to hiding hacked crypto
By Luc Cohen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A husband-and-wife duo on Thursday pleaded guilty to laundering money stolen in a 2016 hack
2023-08-04 03:58