A U.S. citizen has pled guilty before a federal court to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, in connection with his peer-to-peer Bitcoin sales. A U.S. citizen has pled guilty before a federal court to operating an “unlicensed money transmitting business” via LocalBitcoins.com, according to a Department of Justice (DoJ) press release published Oct. 29. […]
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The estate of the now-deceased rapper Ol’ Dirty Bastard is planning to launch its O.D.B. Coin in December. The estate of infamous Wu-Tang Clan rapper Ol’ Dirty Bastard (O.D.B.) confirmed its Ol’ Dirty Bastard Coin (O.D.B.) will launch Dec. 1, music industry Magazine Vents reported Tuesday, Oct. 23. Originally announced in March and named Dirty […]
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At a recent event in Minneapolis, CFTC chairman Christopher Giancarlo noted increased enforcement actions last year, partly due to fraudulent crypto cases Christopher Giancarlo, the chairman of U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (СFTC), said in an Oct. 2 speech that enforcement actions and fines increased significantly in the last fiscal year. Giancarlo presented at the […]
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The U.S. Department of Justice has charged seven officers from Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate with crypto-funded crimes. The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has charged seven officers from Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) with cryptocurrency-funded global hacking and related disinformation operations. The indictment was filed by the grand jury at the Western District of Pennsylvania […]
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A new report from cybersecurity experts at FireEye claims a North Korea-led cyber campaign has swindled banks of hundreds of millions of dollars since 2014, and continues to operate as an “active and dangerous” entity. Analysts estimate the group has attempted to steal more than $1.1 billion. According to Wednesday (Oct. 3) reports in the […]
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Crypto exchange Poloniex will remove margin and lending products for its U.S.-based customers in order to comply with regulatory requirements. U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange platform Poloniex will remove margin and lending products for its customers in the U.S and delist three digital assets, according to an announcement published October 3. Poloniex is a cryptocurrency trading platform […]
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On Friday (Sept. 30), LendingClub officially closed the door on a two-year chapter in its corporate history that its current board and founding team would probably like to forget. Both the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have officially ended a two-year investigation of LendingClub, its subsidiary LC Advisors (LCA), […]
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), working in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Justice, announced on Thursday (Sept. 27) that it is mailing 1,179,803 refund checks totaling more than $505 million to people who were deceived by a payday lending scheme operated by AMG Services, Inc. and Scott A. Tucker. In a press release, the […]
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