2022-5-2 18:01 |
A new Senate bill strives to keep the “spirit of blockchain” while combating crime, but critics call it ill-conceived, redundant and unworkable.
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Randi Zuckerberg, the former director of market development and spokesperson for Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg’s sister, has recently published a new crypto-endorsing music video titled “We’re all gonna make it.
2022-3-4 17:00 | |
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Crypto scammers made away with $14.00 billion (£10.34 billion) in the past year, setting a new record for the highest amount pinched from the industry. Blockchain analytics company Chainalysis disclosed this news through its annual Crypto Crime report, noting that the crypto space recorded a 79% rise in the amount of money lost to scams […] The post Scammers pinched a record $14B from the crypto market in 2021 appeared first on Invezz.
2022-1-8 20:37 | |
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is introducing new rules to promote cryptocurrency development while curbing digital currency scams targeting investors in the country. Under the new rules, crypto scammers will face prison time for up to 5 years and a penalty of up to AED 1 million (just over $272k), starting January 2, 2022.
2021-12-30 20:14 | |
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Losses from crime and theft associated with decentralized finance applications jumped 7 times in a year to reach $10.5 billion, according to a new study.
2021-11-28 12:39 | |
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Fraudulent activities have been running rampant on Decentralized Finance (DeFi) platforms, according to new research conducted by crypto analysis firm Elliptic. The losses have amounted to up to $10.
2021-11-19 13:32 | |
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New York just got its latest Mayor, ending the reign of the outgoing mayor, Bill de Blasio who himself will be looking to take up the city’s governorship position in 2022. Adams, who strode to victory on the wings of the Democrat party — New York’s predominant party, has promised to fight crime, tackle COVID-19, […]
2021-11-7 17:40 | |
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The Department of Justice will soon have two new tools on its belt to combat cybercrime. A cryptocurrency enforcement team will go after cybercrime while a separate department will go after those who fail to report such crimes.
2021-10-7 08:52 | |
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The EU is stepping up its anti-money laundering (AML) game and crypto monitoring with the introduction of a new agency. European Commission Proposes New Anti Money Laundering Regulator Documents seen by Reuters confirmed that the EU bloc is taking a tougher stand on money laundering, terrorist financing, and organized crime.
2021-7-9 19:39 | |
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Russia’s prosecutor general, Igor Krasnov, says new crypto regulations are needed to combat corruption as — in his view — digital assets are often used to facilitate crime.
2021-7-7 13:28 | |
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Banking institutions in South Korea have reportedly requested to not be held accountable for crimes linked to cryptocurrencies such as money laundering. According to local media, financial regulators are now developing rules that could relieve Korean banks from responsibility when screening the crypto exchanges they work with.
2021-6-28 14:00 | |
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Iran is using Bitcoin mining to circumvent and lessen the effect of the economic sanctions that the U. S. and other countries have applied to the country since 2006, according to a new study by Elliptic, a blockchain analytics and financial crime compliance firm.
2021-5-23 14:31 | |
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Iran is using Bitcoin mining to circumvent and lessen the effect of the economic sanctions that the U. S. and other countries have applied to the country since 2006, according to a new study by Elliptic, a blockchain analytics and financial crime compliance firm.
2021-5-23 13:00 | |
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State regulation of crypto ATMs is poor and federal laws aren't much better, the commission said in a report.
2021-2-22 15:01 | |
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The Financial Crime Network (FinCEN) enforces new guidelines for cryptocurrency users in the US. Digital asset owners will report to foreign financial or virtual asset service providers whether they own more than USD 10,000 worth of cryptocurrency.
2021-1-3 16:13 | |
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Crypto-artist Kevin Abosch on a recent ‘crime,’ the state of digital art, and a new generation of art collectors
2020-11-17 01:54 | |
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Crypto-artist Kevin Abosch on a recent ‘crime,’ the state of digital art, and a new generation of art collectors
2020-11-16 01:54 | |
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Bitstamp, one of the leading crypto exchanges based in Europe, has introduced a new insurance policy against online crypto thefts and other crimes for digital assets held online. The insurance policy comes in the wake of several exchange hacks leading to the theft of millions worth of digital assets.
2020-10-21 22:23 | |
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The new policy means user funds are protected both on- and offline.
2020-10-19 12:10 | |
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Monero (XMR) price is trading nearly 5% lower this week after an impressive rally that resulted in a new 2-year high. The digital asset focused on privacy has also found itself in the Europol’s latest organized crime report.
2020-10-18 00:27 | |
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The DoJ’s guidance around cryptocurrency enforcement, that cites "crime" and "criminals" 168 times, has been poorly received.
2020-10-10 07:17 | |
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Crypto businesses in the UK are set to come under even greater scrutiny based on new plans by regulators in the country. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) continues to mandate strict compliance with financial laws for all cryptocurrency activities in the UK.
2020-8-26 23:00 | |
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A U. S. Pentagon-created war game features a rather strange, but somewhat likely, narrative involving a revolution and Bitcoin. In the role-playing theatrical aimed at new military joinees, the underlying narrative involves crime fighters going head-to-head with a discontent Generation-Z, which ultimately starts using Bitcoin.
2020-6-8 13:07 | |
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Canada is now legally recognizing cryptocurrency exchanges and payment processors as Money Service Businesses (MSB). The new regulation, which is the amendments to Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act passed in June 2019 was enacted on June 1st, 2020.
2020-6-4 22:03 | |
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The Citizen app, which normally fights crime, is now tracing coronavirus cases. Is your data safe with a powerful private company?
2020-5-21 20:53 | |
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A new report by Intsights and Ciphertrace delves into the way cybercrime and crypto intersect in Latin America. The report offered valuable insights into the threat landscape and challenges with enforcement in Latin American nations.
2020-2-28 14:00 | |
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The crypto asset community seems to have lost its proverbial mind over a recent MTV show. During the episode of “True Life Crime”, producers of the show labelled a relatively new “influencer” to the industry a “crypto expert”.
2020-2-21 01:00 | |
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President Trumps’ new budget for 2021 claims a consolidated Treasury and Secret Service will be more efficient in tackling cryptocurrency-enabled crime
2020-2-12 13:00 | |
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The recent remake of Warcraft III appears to be a buggy crime against gaming. Not content with ruining their own legacy, Blizzard has now decided to ruin their customers' creativity. The post Greedy Blizzard Owns Your New Game Mode Ideas Now appeared first on CCN.com
2020-1-29 22:33 | |
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Criminals have used XRP to carry out their illicit activities, though hardly to the same degree as bitcoin, according to a new report from blockchain sleuthing firm Elliptic.
2019-11-21 16:00 | |
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The 2019 National Proceeds of Crime Conference (NPOCC) held in Brisbane, Australia from November 13-15 addressed “Globalisation and Digitisation of the Criminal Economy,” and featured 200+ delegates hearing from representatives of organizations such as the Australian Federal Police, Singapore and New Zealand police, United States Department of Justice, and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
2019-11-15 20:15 | |
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Uber revealed a number of new safety features for its app, including 911 texts, rider PIN numbers, and on-trip reporting. All of this sounds like it’s designed to help keep the rider safe, but recent reports suggest Uber is less interested in protecting the customer than it’d want you to believe.
2019-9-27 02:12 | |
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The FATF ‘Travel Rule’ that cryptocurrency proponents have described as “absurd” will result in a mass shift to compliance among Bitcoin exchanges, new data claims. FATF Rules Move Closer To Law In a report issued on September 9, Crystal Analytics, the dedicated offshoot of mining giant Bitfury, forecast possible consequences of cryptocurrency rules likely to become law across the globe by June 2020.
2019-9-10 16:00 | |
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The Dutch central bank has today announced it must begin supervising cryptocurrency companies (including wallet providers) under the fifth European anti-money laundering directive, which came into effect in July.
2019-9-3 13:07 | |
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Cryptocurrencies provide a "new layer of secrecy that favors the criminals," said a top-ranking staffer of the UN's Office on Drugs and Crime.
2019-8-30 05:00 | |
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NASA is reportedly investigating what’s said to be the first ever instance of a space crime. According to a report by The New York Times, the space organization is currently looking into a claim that astronaut Anne McClain improperly accessessed the bank account of her estranged spouse Summer Worden outside the confines of earth — while aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
2019-8-26 08:29 | |
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A new database called the Blockchain Litigation Database is making easier for law firms to provide legal services to crypto-sector clients concerned about compliance issues with the SEC and CFTC.
2019-8-7 23:12 | |
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare fans, rejoice! Infinity Ward is bringing back killstreaks, but in keeping with the game’s controversial rollout, what should have been a universally-popular announcement has many questioning whether Activision went too far.
2019-7-30 20:05 | |
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Because it’s mostly untraceable and irreversible, cryptocurrency is still the number one choice for criminals to carry out or hide criminal activity or ill-gotten gains. The last few weeks have seen a slowly increasing number of cities in the U.
2019-7-15 20:29 | |
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In a bid to enlighten high-ranking police personnel on the workings of blockchain technology and equip them with the critical skills required to carry out investigations concerning Bitcoin-linked crimes, India’s national police academy, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA), has introduced a new educational course, reports Hard Fork on July 7, 2019.
2019-7-9 23:00 | |
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By CCN Markets: In a legislative move that only Bizarro World could love, the New York State Senate has passed a bill that makes possession of a flamethrower for recreational use a crime. The bill now moves to the Assembly.
2019-6-22 00:00 | |
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By CCN: The FBI officially expanded the QuadrigaCX case, in which the founder suspiciously died, and more than $100 million in cryptocurrency was lost, to the United States today. The agency took to Twitter to ask for US-based victims of the crime to come forward.
2019-6-5 09:33 | |
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By CCN: Donald Trump slammed London mayor Sadiq Khan as he touched down in the UK on Monday. The president referred to Khan as “nasty” and compared the “stone cold loser” to a shorter version of “dumb and incompetent” New York Mayor Bill de Blasio.
2019-6-3 12:30 | |
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Bitcoin’s history is rife with hacks and heists, sometimes resulting in six-figure bitcoin losses and businesses going bankrupt, unable to pay their customers back. A new video by Bitcoin. com explores the largest bitcoin heists in history and explains how each one was pulled off.
2019-6-1 07:22 | |
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By CCN: Crypto-oriented phone scams are alive and well across the country. One sneaky tactic involves posing as law enforcement, a crime in and of itself, and then blackmailing victims into paying Bitcoin to avoid legal troubles.
2019-5-3 20:01 | |
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A series of op eds by Kyle Torpey addressing some of the oft-repeated arguments against BitcoinBitcoin’s core value proposition is that it is an uncontrolled, apolitical money.
2019-4-30 20:16 | |
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The number of illegal activities in the world of digital assets has always kept law enforcement agencies on their toes. New reports revealed that the Financial Crime Enforcement Network [FinCEN] of the United States has penalized Eric Powers, a peer to peer Bitcoin [BTC] trader for violating the Bank Secrecy Act and its sub-clauses, including, […] The post Bitcoin [BTC]: Financial Crime Enforcement Network raises penalty on trader for violating banking norms appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-4-20 22:30 | |
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Not to be confused with the Token Taxonomy Act, the Digital Taxonomy Act of 2019 introduced by Representative Darren Soto would allocate funds to the Federal Trade Commission to help stop crime related to cryptocurrency and digital assets.
2019-4-11 20:26 | |
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A second U.S. bill on crypto taxonomy offers to allocate $25 million to the FTC from 2020 to 2024 to prevent crypto crimes
2019-4-10 19:28 | |
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The world of crypto and blockchain technologies evolves every day, and along with it, criminals also find new forms of delinquency. However, crime does not pay, and the field of cybersecurity also evolves at a.
2019-4-10 10:50 | |
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Hacked cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex said it has mostly completed restoration efforts and is preparing to resume operations after suffering the major hack on Nov. 10.
A security breach has resulted in the loss of 2,675.73 XMR from Monero’s community crowdfunding wallet. The cause and source of the breach remain unidentified.
Decentralized finance (DeFi) is a rapidly growing sector that offers users unprecedented access to financial services without the need for intermediaries. However, this newfound freedom comes with a cost: DeFi protocols are increasingly being targeted by hackers.
FTX took the decision as a proactive measure to prevent any potential future incidents or additional harm following the recent hack.
Top-100 DeFi tokens had another mixed week, with most of the tokens trading in a similar range as last week with minor price fluctuation.
According to initial analysis by Peckshield, the root cause for the hack was the new CurveLPOracleV2 contract.
Trezor doesn’t plan to introduce any private key recovery tools, as it has provided all possible means to help users secure the seed phrase, CEO Matej Zak said.