Austria has concluded its largest-ever fraud trial, which centred around a sophisticated €20 million crypto Ponzi scheme. The trial, held at the Klagenfurt Regional Court, lasted 60 days and led to five convictions involving eleven suspects from Austria,...
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has introduced fresh perspectives on "The Verge," the next milestone in Ethereum's evolution, aimed at boosting the network's decentralization and accessibility. In a recent blog post, Buterin noted that running an Ethereum node now...
MicroStrategy co-founder Michael Saylor has stirred controversy within the crypto community after making unexpected comments on Bitcoin self-custody during his recent appearance on the "Markets with Madison" podcast. The prominent Bitcoin advocate criticized the self-custody movement and suggested...
The Nigerian government has formally dropped all charges against Tigran Gambaryan, an executive at Binance Holdings, who had been on trial for money laundering since April. According to a report by local media outlet PremiumTimes, the charges, linked...
Ripple's recent transfer of 60 million XRP tokens has stirred speculation within the XRP community, as many question whether the move is tied to the company's ongoing legal battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). According...
State securities regulators across North America are facing an unprecedented surge in technology-driven investment fraud as digital assets and social media scams reach record levels, according to a new report by the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA)....
Singpore-based Bitcoin miner BitFuFu has announced plans to acquire a majority stake in an 80-megawatt (MW) crypto-mining facility in Ethiopia. According to the firm, this move is expected to help offset the 170% surge in production costs the...
A new phishing scam has emerged, targeting Sony’s blockchain ecosystem, Soneium, by exploiting Google’s ad service to deceive users and drain their cryptocurrency wallets. Scam Sniffer, a fraud detection service, initially flagged the scam on X (formerly Twitter),...
Coinbase has escalated its push for regulatory clarity in the digital asset space by filing multiple Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests with the Federal Deposit Insurance Commission (FDIC). According to the court documents, the cryptocurrency exchange sought...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has fined WisdomTree, a New York-based issuer of ETFs, $4 million for failing to adhere to its own investment criteria for funds marketed as following the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)...
