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May 21, 2025
Crypto News, Finance

Russia Moves to Classify Crypto as Property for Seizure in Criminal Cases

In a significant regulatory development, the Russian Ministry of Justice is drafting legislation to classify cryptocurrency as property, enabling law enforcement to seize digital assets in criminal cases. The...

May 16, 2025
Crypto News, Finance

What Should Worry Users More: The Coinbase Data Leak or Its Delayed Discovery?

Coinbase, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, is facing a serious credibility test following a major data breach that may have started months before its public disclosure. While...

May 15, 2025
Crypto News, Finance

Coinbase Rejects $20M Ransom Demand, Launches Bounty Hunt for Attackers

Coinbase has become the latest target of a high-profile extortion attempt, with attackers demanding $20 million in Bitcoin in exchange for withholding allegedly stolen customer data. CEO Brian Armstrong...

April 27, 2025
Crypto News, Finance

UN Warns: Southeast Asia Crime Syndicates Build Custom Infrastructure, Stablecoins for Global Fraud

Transnational cybercrime syndicates based in Southeast Asia are evolving rapidly, leveraging cryptocurrency and custom-built blockchain services to scale their global fraud operations, according to a new United Nations report....

April 24, 2025
Crypto News, Finance

Sam Bankman-Fried Transferred to Low-Security Prison After Two Weeks in ‘Victimville’

Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced co-founder and former CEO of collapsed crypto exchange FTX, has been transferred to a low-security prison in California following a brief but notable stint at...

April 4, 2025
Crypto News, Finance

Scottish Police Report 2,000% Surge in Crypto-Related Crimes Since 2019

Police Scotland has reported a staggering 2,000% increase in cryptocurrency-related criminal cases since 2019, raising alarms over how serious and organized crime groups are rapidly adopting digital assets to...

March 29, 2025
Blockchain, Crypto News

Coinbase, Kraken Lead 34-Firm Push to Stop DOJ from Prosecuting Web3 Developers

A coalition of 34 leading crypto companies, including Coinbase, Kraken, Ledger, Exodus, and Uniswap Labs, has issued an open letter to U.S. lawmakers, urging them to push back against...

March 1, 2025
Crypto News, Finance

U.S. Lawmaker Hosts Tigran Gambaryan at State of the Union Address

Congressman French Hill has invited Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan as his guest to the upcoming State of the Union address. Gambaryan’s attendance highlights his eight-month ordeal in a Nigerian...

March 1, 2025
Crypto News

South Korea Launches Official Crypto Crime Prosecution Task Force

South Korea has formally established a Joint Investigation Unit (JIU) for Virtual Asset Crimes under the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office. The unit will specialize in investigating and prosecuting...