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Former NFL co-owner sentenced to 6 years for crypto shadow bank scheme

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June 6, 2023

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Reginald Fowler, a former co-owner of the Minnesota Vikings and prominent figure in the NFL, has been handed a six-year sentence after being found guilty of running a “shadow bank” operation within the crypto industry. The sentencing follows his involvement in over $700...

Monero privacy bug decreased anonymity for 3 years

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June 1, 2023

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A recently disclosed bug in the privacy-centric cryptocurrency monero (XMR) has compromised user anonymity for the past three years. The bug, which affected the decoy selection process in monero transactions, has been patched in the latest version of the monero wallet, but its...

BTC supply last active in 2 to 3 years hits 2-year high amid consolidation

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May 15, 2023

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The amount of bitcoin (BTC) supply last active in the past two to three years hit a 2-year high despite the asset’s consolidation below the $29,000 price mark after plummeting below the threshold over a week ago. Glassnode, a blockchain data intelligence provider,...

Cardano deploys the first Hydra Head, 3 years after proof-of-concept

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May 5, 2023

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Cardano, a smart contracting platform, has deployed the Hydra Head on the mainnet, marking a significant achievement three years after the proof-of-concept was introduced in 2020. This development is crucial to Cardano’s ongoing efforts to enhance transaction processing capabilities for decentralized applications (dapps)...

Former SPAC CFO sentenced to 3 years for $5m crypto fraud

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April 28, 2023

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Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied A former chief financial officer of a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) was given a jail term of three years for stealing $5 million intended to be used for...

Bitcoin has been ‘buried’ over 470 times in 14 years: a review of obituaries

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April 19, 2023

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Born in 2009, bitcoin has faced an untimely demise 473 times over the past 14 years, and yet, like a phoenix rising from the ashes, it continues to soar ever higher. They say cats have nine lives, but bitcoin (BTC) has at least...

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Crypto philanthropy expected to surpass $10b in 10 years

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April 3, 2023

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The Giving Block, a leading crypto charity platform, predicts that crypto donations will skyrocket to over $10 billion in the next decade. Since the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the trend for crypto donations has surged. Despite market volatility affecting...

Offchain Labs, team behind Arbitrum, locks over $3.7b of ARB for 4 years

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April 1, 2023

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New York-based Offchain Labs, the development team behind Arbitrum, a layer-2 scaling solution for Ethereum, has moved 2.679b ARB, worth over $3.7b, on-chain data on Apr. 1 indicates. The ARB transfer to a custodian According to Arkham Intelligence, an analytics firm, the large...

Binance may have hidden its presence in China for years

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March 29, 2023

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Based on new reports, the Binance crypto exchange allegedly hid many primary links to China for several years. Binance exchange and its CEO, Changpeng Zhao, are under the regulatory spotlight in U.S. regulators owing to a legal suit against fraud. Recent reports allegedly...