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FinCEN says illicit use of crypto by criminals creates new ‘opportunities’ for detection
The US Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued a stark warning to US financial firms, warning them about the increasing use of crypto by Mexican drug cartels to purchase chemicals used to manufacture fentanyl. дальше »
2024-6-24 02:46 | |
Mexican Cartels Using BTC, ETH, USDT, Other Tokens to Buy Fentanyl Ingredients: U.S.
Criminal organizations in Mexico have been using several popular digital assets to buy the materials needed to make the drug fentanyl, according to the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), which cited the use of bitcoin and other tokens in a Thursday advisory. дальше »
2024-6-21 20:08 | |
Las Vegas CEO faces 127 years for crypto laundering linked to cartels and charity fraud
The CEO of a Las Vegas Internet company could face a 127-year prison sentence following his conviction for laundering over $4 million with Bitcoin, funds connected to Mexican cartels, and a hacked charity, according to the Department of Justice. Martin… дальше »
2024-3-7 12:43 | |
U.S. Treasury sanctions Ethereum wallet tied to Sinaloa drug cartel
Sinaloa, one of the largest drug cartels in the world, is a major supplier of fentanyl in the U. S. The sanctioned wallet has facilitated transactions worth tens of thousands of dollars. The The post U. дальше »
2023-9-27 14:30 | |
Mexican Drug Cartels Sneak In $25 Billion A Year Using Bitcoin To Fund Operations
It’s unsurprising that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have found their way into the dangerous realm of drug cartels. According to law enforcement officials, cryptocurrency is developing as a new front in Latin America’s fight against gangs vying for control of massive illicit marketplaces for sex, drugs, guns, and people. In Mexico, it has been reported […] дальше »
2022-3-14 15:19 | |
Is Bitcoin A Tool For Criminals? Drug Cartels Prefer Banks
A report from The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) shows that bitcoin is not the preferred method for drug cartels and other criminal groups to launder money, they rather use banks. This opposes the widespread narrative that claims the digital coin creates the opportunity for crime. дальше »
2022-3-12 02:59 | |
Dogecoin Co-Founder Criticizes Crypto World, States It Is Managed by Powerful Cartels
In a recent twitterstorm, Dogecoin founder co-founder Jordan Palmer stated he wouldn’t return to the cryptocurrency world. Palmer unleashed harsh criticisms of the cryptocurrency industry, calling it “hyper capitalistic,” and managed by “powerful cartels” of wealthy figures. дальше »
2021-7-16 08:30 | |
5 Major Banks Exposed for Moving Trillions for Mobsters, Onecoin, and Drug Cartels
According to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), five major global banks have been exposed funneling trillions of dollars in criminal funds in the recently leaked FinCEN Files. дальше »
2020-9-23 19:30 | |
Australian Federal Police Take Hold of Artillery Dealer’s Bitcoin, Flip into Major Profits
Drug cartels and other criminal activities are mostly associated with Bitcoin trading. This is to raise funds to enhance their criminal activities. In the event, however, when the police confiscate $BTC from these illegal activities, where do they go? In Australia, for instance, it’s has been disclosed that in one scenario, the police collected a 20-fold […] дальше »
2019-10-25 00:21 | |
Blockchain Ledgers Are Unlocking the Next Level of Forensics
Cryptocurrency gets a bad rap, and the media loves to associate virtual currencies with criminal activity. But an immutable ledger is actually more useful as a tool to fight crime than it is for would-be criminals, as researchers, law enforcement and criminals are learning very quickly all over the world. дальше »
2019-7-23 00:24 | |
EOS CEO Calls for 1 Token 1 Vote, Claims It’s “Critical to the Ongoing Integrity” of the Cryptocurrency
1 token 1 vote eliminates the ability for vote trading to cement cartels If a whale voted for 2 people, each would receive 50% of their votes Brendan Blumer, the Chief Executive Officer of Block.One, the company behind the 6th largest cryptocurrency of market cap $5.7 billion spoke about the importance of 1 EOS token […] дальше »
2019-5-19 18:56 | |
Bitcoin-Bashing Banking ‘Cartels’ Fined €1 Billion For Currency Manipulation
The European Commission has fined five banks, including the anti-Bitcoin JP Morgan, a total of over €1 billion for currency rigging. Traders clubbed together into ‘cartels’ to manipulate the foreign exchange market between 2007 and 2013. дальше »
2019-5-17 19:00 | |
Trump’s Cartel Crackdown Threatens to Amplify Headaches for Banks and Crypto Startups
In a recent interview with right-wing media outlet Breitbart News, President Donald Trump said his administration is “very seriously” considering designating Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs). дальше »
2019-3-18 22:40 | |
Mexican Narcos Are Using Chinese Crypto Money Laundering Syndicates
A recent Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on Border Security and Immigration has revealed that Mexican drug cartels are now more than ever relying on Chinese cryptocurrency money landering networks. дальше »
2019-1-12 21:26 | |
Lisk (LSK) about to dismantle delegate cartels – new roadmap is out
Lisk issues with centralization and with its DPoS system being controlled by a pool that owns more than 53% of the network, thus having full control over the consensus, transactions, votes, and delegates, have been a public secret for quite some time. дальше »
2018-11-22 17:45 | |
How Cartels May Control EOS and Fundamentally Threaten its Survival
There is evidence that a small group of block producers (miners) control the entire EOS network. These block producers have the power to censor transactions, blacklist individuals, and ensure they remain in power. дальше »
2018-11-16 15:30 | |
Paraguay’s Economic Debt Crisis Could End with Bitcoin Mining as a Big Boost to the Bottom Line
Paraguay has had several hydroelectric towns that many had associated them with the drug cartels, ammunition and also smuggling. But now it has become the new home for the crypto miners in the market who have been connected to a very sophisticated network involved with mining crypto coins for their owners. It is finally giving […] дальше »
2018-11-14 02:43 | |
Bitcoin Mining May Trigger the End of Paraguay’s Economic and Debt Crisis
Paraguay’s hydroelectric powered-towns, long associated as dugouts for drug cartels, smuggling, and ammunition rackets, are now home to miners connected in a sophisticated network circuitry to mine cryptocurrencies for their owners. дальше »
2018-11-12 16:00 | |
Credit Card Cartels Landed With $6.2 Billion Price-Fixing Bill
Visa and Mastercard have run up the mother of all credit card bills. The monopolistic payment providers had been embroiled in a long-running lawsuit instigated by merchants protesting their excessive fees. дальше »
2018-9-20 06:25 | |
Bitcoin 2018 vs Bitcoin 2019: The Ever-Changing Narrative of Bitcoin
A look At The Ever-Changing Narrative Of Bitcoin Throughout the decade since Satoshi Nakamoto’s whitepaper release, the narratives of bitcoin has changed. For example, back in the early days, Bitcoin technology was supposed to eradicate the current banking cartels and remove money from the state’s power as well. At least that’s what the early bitcoiners […] дальше »
2018-8-20 14:11 | |
Analysts: Bitcoin isn’t replacing fiat currency anytime soon
For the past few years, through boom and bust, hype cycles and FUD (and just about anything in between), we’ve heard that Bitcoin is what’s next. Evangelists say it’s the logical successor to fiat currency, a long-overdue replacement to paper cash that’s overstayed its welcome. дальше »
2018-8-7 22:27 | |
Governance, Part 2: Plutocracy Is Still Bad
Coin holder voting, both for governance of technical features, and for more extensive use cases like deciding who runs validator nodes and who receives money from development bounty funds, is unfortunately continuing to be popular, and so it seems worthwhile for me to write another post explaining why I (and Vlad Zamfir and others) do not consider it wise for Ethereum (or really, any base-layer blockchain) to start adopting these kinds of mechanisms in a tightly coupled form in any significant way. дальше »
2018-7-21 23:03 | |