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Binance.US to Delist Digital Asset Tokens TRON, Spell
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Binance.US to Delist Digital Asset Tokens TRON, Spell

The U.S. arm of cryptocurrency exchange Binance said it will remove digital asset tokens TRON and Spell from its trading platform, sending the prices of both down sharply on Wednesday. Binance.US said the move was the result of a periodic review and that factors it regularly considers can include trading volume and liquidity, changes in...

ICO Organizer Alan Stollery Sentenced to 4 Years in US Prison for Fraud
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ICO Organizer Alan Stollery Sentenced to 4 Years in US Prison for Fraud

Titanium Blockchain (TBIS) CEO Alan Stolleri has been sentenced to 4 years and 3 months in prison for a $21 million cryptocurrency fraud, according to a press release from the US Department of Justice. Stolleri raised this amount during the initial offering (ICO) of BAR tokens from investors from the US and other countries. Titanium...

Singapore Police Began the Investigation against Terraform Labs
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Singapore Police Began the Investigation against Terraform Labs

The Singapore police launched an investigation against Terraform Labs and its founder Do Kvon, writes Bloomberg with reference to the email received from law enforcement agencies. The Singapore Police report says that the head of the Terra project is now not in the country, his exact location is unknown. The native of South Korea Kwon...

Former FTX CTO Pleads Guilty
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Former FTX CTO Pleads Guilty

Former FTX engineering director Nishad Singh pleaded guilty to fraud while working for the bankrupt crypto exchange, Reuters reported. He also agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in an investigation into FTX founder Sam Bankman-Freed. Singh became the third of the former FTX group executives to claim responsibility for the illegal operations that led to the...

SEC Accused the Creator of the Collapsed Stablecoin Ust of Fraud
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SEC Accused the Creator of the Collapsed Stablecoin Ust of Fraud

A US regulator has sued blockchain platform Terraform Labs and its founder Do Kwon, alleging they raised billions of dollars from investors by selling securities to them under the guise of cryptocurrencies. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has accused Terraform Labs and its founder Do Kwon of running a multi-billion dollar fraud scheme....

Google Ads-Supplied Malware Drains Influencer’s Entire NFT Crypto Wallet
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Google Ads-Supplied Malware Drains Influencer’s Entire NFT Crypto Wallet

An influential NFT user claims to have lost a “life-changing amount” of his net worth in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and cryptocurrencies after accidentally downloading malware found through a Google ad search. A pseudonymous influencer known on Twitter as “NFT God” posted a series of tweets on 14 January describing how his “entire digital livelihood” was...

Cross-border Crypto Scammers on Hit List for EU Agencies
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Cross-border Crypto Scammers on Hit List for EU Agencies

By the end of 2022, scammers shifted their focus to duping crypto investors who were desperately trying to recoup their year-long losses. An international law enforcement operation led by European government agencies joined crypto entrepreneurs and businesses to curb cross-border crypto scams in July 2022, uncovering a criminal network operating through call centres. Law enforcement...

Crypto Losses in 2022 Dropped 51% YoY
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Crypto Losses in 2022 Dropped 51% YoY

Immunefi’s Crypto Losses 2022 report found that over USD 3.9 billion was ‘lost’ last year. While that might seem like a whopping amount of capital to lose track of, it’s down 51.2% compared to 2021, when over USD 8 billion was stolen, the report found.