cryptocurrency

Sam Bankman-Fried must be jailed, is intimidating witnesses, prosecutors say

"What the defendant may not do... is seek to corruptly influence witnesses and interfere with a fair trial through attempted public harassment and shaming," prosecutors said.

By REUTERS
29/07/2023

US wants FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried jailed pending trial

The purpose of Wednesday's hearing was in part to consider what Kaplan called "the adequacy and continuation of the current bail conditions."

By REUTERS
26/07/2023

'Verified human': Worldcoin users queue up for iris scans

Worldcoin's data-collection is a "potential privacy nightmare," said the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a US privacy campaigner.

By REUTERS
25/07/2023

Prosecutors accuse FTX's Bankman-Fried of witness tampering

The prosecutors argued that Bankman-Fried was trying to malign Ellison's credibility, and that such conduct could chill witnesses from testifying and taint the jury pool.

By REUTERS
21/07/2023

North Korean hackers breached a US tech company to steal crypto

North Korea has previously denied organizing digital currency heists, despite voluminous evidence - including UN reports - to the contrary.

By REUTERS
20/07/2023

Israel seizes millions in Iran Quds Force, Hezbollah crypto assets

This was Israel's largest seizure of cryptocurrency from those groups to date, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said.

North Korean hackers stole $100 million in recent cryptocurrency heist

Elliptic said that more than 5,500 digital wallets were hit by the hackers, who the firm said were part of the North Korean cybercrime gang often called Lazarus.

By REUTERS
13/06/2023

US charges two Russians in hack of Mt. Gox crypto exchange

The department in a statement said Alexey Bilyuchenko, 43, and Aleksandr Verner, 29, were charged with conspiring to launder approximately 647,000 bitcoins from their hack of Mt. Gox.

By REUTERS
09/06/2023

Elon Musk accused of insider trading by investors in Dogecoin lawsuit

Investors said Musk trade profitably at their expense through several Dogecoin wallets that he or Tesla controls.

By REUTERS
01/06/2023

Israel seized Binance crypto accounts to 'thwart' Islamic State - report

The owner of the two Islamic State-linked Binance accounts seized by Israel was a 28-year-old Palestinian called Osama Abuobayda.

By REUTERS
04/05/2023
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