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A BlackRock filing suggesting the asset manager was creating an XRP (XRP) exchange-traded product caused a 12% spike in XRP, which it quickly lost after the filing was confirmed as fake.The saga lasted an hour late on Nov. 14 as X (Twitter) users picked up on a Delaware filing showing
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A number of firms claiming to offer artificial intelligence (AI) assisted crypto trading services have been hit with allegations of being “fraudulent investment schemes” by a California financial regulator, with two accused of using actors and AI to impersonate CEOs.On April 19 the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation
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The company behind stablecoin Tether (USDT) has rebuffed a report by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) claiming it had ties to entities that faked documents and used shell companies to maintain access to the banking system.On Mar. 3 the WSJ reported on leaked documents and emails purportedly revealing that entities
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The wife of crypto evangelist and computer programmer John McAfee has responded to a claim made by an ex-girlfriend that her husband faked his death and was currently in hiding.John McAfee died in a Spain prison cell in June 2021 while awaiting extradition to the United States on charges including
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The Macalinao brothers used a web of bogus identities to create the illusion of a dev community, juicing value on the Saber protocol and Solana blockchain. Now they're moving to Aptos. Source
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Venezuelan authorities are on the lookout for a scammer accused of disappearing with 23.66 Bitcoin (BTC) worth $1.15 million from his clients’ accounts after faking his own kidnapping.On Aug. 29th, Douglas Rico, director of Venezuela’s Scientific, Criminal and Criminal Investigations Corps (CICPC) issued a statement asserting that 23-year-old, Andrés Jesús
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The whistleblower from defunct cryptocurrency firm Bitsonar has reappeared after going missing for three days in Kyiv, Ukraine, saying law enforcement faked his kidnapping – and murder – to foil a genuine attempt on his life. Yaroslav Shtadchenko went missing last Thursday, with video evidence suggesting he had been abducted. He
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Cryptocurrency exchange HitBTC has denied allegations that it froze Brazillian investment startup Atlas Quantum’s funds, claiming the evidence is forged.Atlas Quantum claims the exchange froze $20.7MIn a Twitter argument which began on Oct. 2, the exchange said it had no record of blocking the accounts of Atlas Quantum. The latter
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