The government of Canada’s Ontario has obtained an order from the province’s Superior Court of Justice that allows freezing some USD 9.4m in funds collected through crowdfunding platform GiveSendGo for the ‘trucker protest’ — encouraging calls by some of the protest’s supporters to develop a bitcoin (BTC)-based strategy that could ensure continued funding for…
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The mysterious case of the duo charged with attempting to launder a vast bitcoin (BTC) haul allegedly looted from the Bitfinex crypto exchange in a hack in 2016 just got a lot more bizarre – with the Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia issuing a 34-page legal document detailing why the couple should…
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ENF Founder Yves La Rose says that they are planning “to seek $4.1B in damages” against the EOS creators. In a new chapter of the EOS community versus creators saga, the EOS Network Foundation’s (ENF) founder and “community-elected CEO” Yves La Rose revealed that they are preparing for a legal “war” against EOS creators Block.one.…
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At first, a self-proclaimed “serial entrepreneur” couple has been granted bail by a US judge for an alleged conspiracy to launder USD 4.5bn worth of bitcoin (BTC) stolen from the 2016 hack of the major crypto exchange Bitfinex. The New York judge set bail for Morgan at USD 3m and for Lichtenstein at USD…
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Two individuals were arrested this morning in Manhattan for an alleged conspiracy to launder bitcoin (BTC) that was stolen during the 2016 hack of Bitfinex, presently valued at approximately USD 4.5bn, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) said. BTC kept correcting its gains following the news, while Bitfinex’s LEO token skyrocketed. According to the…
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XRP, the coin affiliated with the US-based fintech firm Ripple, extended a week-long rally in the market today that started after a judge in an ongoing court battle between Ripple and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued orders that were seen as positive for Ripple…. Read More: XRP Rallies as New Court…
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The long-running Monero (XMR) mining saga that pitted Japanese web developers against the police over the matter of crypto mining software may have come to a close last month, but the police force appears to have added an intriguing coda – by removing its public warning about the dangers of crypto mining widgets…. Read…
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Pin Lean Lau, Lecturer in Bio-Law, Brunel Law School | Centre for Artificial Intelligence: Social & Digital Innovations, Brunel University London._____ The “metaverse” seems to be the latest buzzword in tech. In general terms, the metaverse can be viewed as a form of cyberspace. Like the internet, it’s a world – or reality, even…
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A novel decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) dubbed AssangeDAO is already raising millions to bid on a non-fungible token (NFT) and help WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in his legal effort to get free. So far, the DAO has raised ETH 1,623 (USD 4.6m)…. Read More: DAO Raises USD 4.6M for the ‘Liberation of Julian Assange’…
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