One of the main operators of the now-shuttered streaming site movie2k.to has forfeited over $30 million worth of crypto to German police. After a lengthy joint investigation with the American FBI, German police have seized over 25 millions euros worth of cryptocurrency associated with the illegal movie streaming site movie2k.to. Shuttered in spring 2013 due…
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OKEx has launched a peer-to-peer trading platform and fiat onramp in India. Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx has announced a new peer-to-peer trading platform launching Aug. 5, which allows users to buy digital currencies with zero transaction fees using Indian rupees (INR). The announcement comes hot on the heels of reports that the Indian government is planning…
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Plaintiffs as the court to authorize communication via email and Twitter to Status co-founders as part of a class-action lawsuit over SNT’s ICO. Plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against Status and its 2017 initial coin offering of the Status Network Token (SNT) are asking the judge to authorize official document delivery, or serving, via alternative…
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Two Costa Rican residents were charged for selling drugs worth $270 million on the darknet. A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia has charged two Costa Rican residents for illegally selling opioids on the darknet. Originally from the United States, David Brian Pate is a darknet vendor who along with Costa Rican pharmacist…
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“Deregulating Bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies may not necessarily promote technical innovation,” says Japan’s new top financial regulator. Ryozo Himino, the new commissioner of Japan’s Financial Services Agency, says the agency is wary of deregulating private cryptocurrencies. Noting that the COVID-19 pandemic could accelerate the transition to a cashless society, Himono instead emphasized the potential role…
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On Tuesday, during a court hearing in Hillsborough Circuit Court, the “mastermind” of the Twitter hack pleaded not guilty. Graham Ivan Clark, the 17-year-old resident of Tampa, Florida, who is accused of leading the hack of several celebrity Twitter accounts pleaded not guilty to all allegations on Tuesday in Hillsborough Circuit Court. According to the…
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The ‘Wolf of All Streets’ offers suggestions for how to protect one’s crypto assets and identity after his SIM was compromised in February. Scott Melker, also known as the “Wolf of All Streets,” says he was the victim of a SIM swap attack in February but managed to avoid losing any crypto assets. In a…
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Five months after Indian courts lifted the blanket ban on crypto, an official said the government is considering a new law banning crypto. An Indian government official has claimed that two ministries and the Reserve Bank of India are actively working on a legal framework to ban cryptocurrencies on the subcontinent. According to a Aug.…
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Several of the more crypto-forward members of Congress have asked the IRS to sharpen up its guidance on taxing staking rewards. On Aug. 4, four U.S. congressional representatives wrote to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) asking the tax authority not to overtax rewards from Proof-of-Stake blockchains. Explaining the difference in energy consumption between PoS and…
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Huobi’s COO believes lack of defined regulation and infrastructure services are preventing the mass adoption of blockchain technology. Robin Zhu, Huobi Global Group’s COO, told Cointelegraph at a China Great Bay Area International Blockchain Week pre-event interview on August 3 that lack of defined regulations and infrastructure services are preventing the mass adoption of blockchain…
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