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Co-founder of fake cryptocurrency scheme sentenced to 20 years in US prison
A federal judge in New York sentenced the co-founder of the purported cryptocurrency OneCoin to 20 years in prison on Tuesday for what prosecutors ... Banking & Finance -
Bitcoin at almost two-month low as rate concern lingers
Bitcoin reached an almost two-month low as risk aversion weighs on the cryptocurrency market with global government bond yields climbing to the ... Technology -
South Korea launches interagency probe team to tackle rising crypto-currency crimes
South Korea launched an interagency investigation unit to tackle crypto-currency crimes on Wednesday amid a surge in illegal activities in the market ... Technology -
ABO Digital to bring alternative financing structures to region’s crypto market
Alpha Blue Ocean, based in the Bahamas and Dubai, UAE, has announced the launch of a new investment company, ABO Digital, that will provide ... Technology -
India discussing global crypto regulation with G20 : Minister Sitharaman
India is discussing with Group of 20 members ways to develop a standardized global framework for regulating cryptocurrencies, Finance Minister Nirmala ... Economy -
Crypto lending teeters on brink of extinction after Genesis collapse
The bankruptcy of crypto’s marquee lender, Genesis Global Capital, may be one more blow than the industry can withstand, at least in its current ... Technology -
Hong Kong crypto mogul aims to raise $1 bln for Web3, metaverse investment fund
Animoca Brands Corp. is looking to raise about $1 billion this quarter for its new Web3 and metaverse investment fund, sharply scaling back its ... Technology -
Bitcoin at $200,000 projections flop as coin ends year down 60 pct at $16,500
A year ago, crypto analysts, riding high from the successes of 2021, had big hopes for Bitcoin, with some of them seeing the token hitting $100,000 or ... Technology -
Binance CEO Zhao warns bumpy road ahead in message to his staff, amid ‘crypto winter’
Binance Holdings Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Changpeng Zhao warned his colleagues to expect tough months ahead and said the firm will overcome ... Technology -
Binance CEO Zhao flags possible $1 bln and more for distressed digital assets sector
Binance Holdings Ltd. is aiming for a roughly $1 billion fund for the potential purchase of distressed assets in the digital-asset sector, its Chief ... Technology -
Ethereum co-founder Buterin warns against Singapore’s crypto regulations
Singapore’s ambition to become a hub for digital assets might not work out because of its skeptical approach toward cryptocurrencies, Vitalik Buterin, ... Technology -
Bahamas authorities scrutinize FTX collapse
The collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX is the subject of scrutiny from government investigators in the Bahamas, who are looking at whether any ... Technology -
Luna crypto token founder Do Kwon, no longer in Singapore, says he’s not ‘on the run’
Do Kwon, the founder of the collapsed Luna and TerraUSD tokens, said he’s not “on the run” hours after Singapore police stated that he was no longer ... Technology -
Crypto businesses leaving Japan due to high corporate taxes, top entrepreneur says
Japan should reduce corporate taxes on crypto to prevent entrepreneurs leaving the country, one of the nation’s most high-profile crypto ... Technology -
Millennials hunting returns drive risk-hungry investing in India
An impatient Indian investor class, largely driven by millennials, is leaping into riskier investments from peer-to-peer lending to cryptocurrencies ... Features -
Warning against cryptocurrency, India central bank chief says tulips have more value
India’s central bank chief delivered a stark warning against investing in cryptocurrencies, saying they lacked the underlying value of even a tulip - ... Economy -
Abu Dhabi crypto firm Hayvn in talks for series B funding, eyes IPO
Abu Dhabi-based crypto trading firm Hayvn is in talks with institutional investors to anchor a series B funding round that would value it at $400 ... Gulf -
Crypto donations soar to groups backing Ukraine’s government: Report
Bitcoin donations have soared to Ukrainian volunteer and hacking groups, some of which have supplied equipment to government forces, according to a ... World News -
Crypto platform Wormhole hit by $320 mln hack, sector’s fourth-largest on record
Hackers have stolen cryptocurrency worth more than $320 million from a decentralized finance platform, the fourth-largest crypto heist on record and ... Technology -
India to launch state-backed ‘digital rupee,’ tax cryptocurrency up to 30 pct
India will introduce a state-backed “digital rupee” and impose a 30 percent tax on profits from virtual currencies, the government announced ... Economy -
Dogecoin to be accepted as payment for Tesla merchandise: Elon Musk
Tesla Inc merchandise can be bought using the digital currency dogecoin, the electric-car maker’s Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said in a tweet on ... Technology -
Former Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit says all banks will think about crypto trading
All major financial institutions will soon be thinking about trading cryptocurrencies, according to Vikram Pandit, chairman of The Orogen Group and ... Economy -
‘Squid Game’ cryptocurrency $SQUID crashes, scammers cash millions
The cryptocurrency token $SQUID, inspired by the South Korean Netflix megahit Squid Game, crashed on Monday in an apparent scam, news outlets have ... World News -
China to add cryptocurrency mining to ‘negative list’ of industries
China has added cryptocurrency mining to a draft list of industries in which investment is restricted or prohibited, although it reduced the number of ... Technology -
New blockchain-focused venture capital fund closes oversubscribed at over $100 mln
True Global Ventures (TGV), a venture capital firm based in Singapore, announced Wednesday that it had closed its True Global Ventures 4 Plus (TGV 4 ... Technology -
Cyber-criminals steal $94 mln from Japanese crypto exchange Liquid
Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid said on Thursday it was hit by hackers in a theft estimated at more than $94 million, the latest crypto ... Technology -
Crypto platform Poly Network rewards hacker with $500,000 ‘bug bounty’
Poly Network, the cryptocurrency platform which lost $610 million in a hack earlier this week, confirmed on Friday it had offered the hacker or ... Technology -
Messi joins crypto craze, Paris St Germain signing fee includes fan tokens
Soccer star Lionel Messi’s signing on fee at Paris St Germain includes some of the French club’s cryptocurrency fan tokens, in the latest big name ... Life -
Polish police HQ staffer steals electricity for crypto-mining operation
Polish police on Friday said they had uncovered a bitcoin mining operation in their own headquarters in Warsaw.“A civilian employee, not a police ... Life -
British police seize record $408 million haul of cryptocurrency
British police have seized record hauls of cryptocurrency totaling $408 million as part of an investigation into money laundering after organized ... World News