Delaware DOJ Freezes Wallets, Accounts in 'Pig Butchering' Crypto Scams
A total of 23 entities including wallets, accounts and individuals, were traced in this stealthier version of a common crypto romance scam. Original Source
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India's Enforcement Directorate Freezes $1.5M in Bitcoin in Gaming App E-nuggets Case
The ED alleges the accused was transferring part of the money overseas by using "cryptocurrency exchange," the ED said. One dummy account was opened in Indian exchange WazirX from where crypto purchased was transferred to an account in Binance. A balance of as many as 77.6 Bitcoins worth Rs 128
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Crypto Exchange FTX Freezes Under Strain of CPI Volatility
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX experienced a period of downtime during Tuesday's CPI print. Source
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India Freezes Peter Thiel-Backed Vauld’s Crypto and Bank Assets Worth $46 Million – Regulation Bitcoin News
India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) has frozen crypto exchange Vauld’s crypto and bank assets worth about INR 370 crore ($46,439,181). Vauld halted deposits and withdrawals last month. The Indian law enforcement agency is reportedly investigating more than 10 cryptocurrency exchanges. Indian Authority Freezes Another Cryptocurrency Exchange’s Assets The Enforcement Directorate (ED), a
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Crypto Exchange Hotbit Suspends Service After Law Enforcement Freezes Its Funds, Subpoenas Senior Managers – Exchanges Bitcoin News
Crypto exchange Hotbit has announced the suspension of trading, deposits, withdrawals, and funding on its platform. The exchange said law enforcement has frozen some of its funds and subpoenaed some senior managers as they investigate a criminal case involving the exchange’s former employee. Hotbit Suspends Trading, Deposits, Withdrawals Cryptocurrency exchange Hotbit announced
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Defi Attacker Siphons $570,000 From Curve Finance, Crypto Exchange Fixedfloat Freezes 112 Ethereum – Bitcoin News
Reports indicate that the decentralized finance (defi) protocol Curve was hacked for $570,000 in ethereum after people noticed that Curve’s front end was exploited. The attackers then tried to launder the funds via the crypto exchange Fixedfloat, and the trading platform’s team managed to freeze $200K worth of the stolen
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Crypto Lender Hodlnaut Freezes Withdrawals, Citing Market Conditions
The crypto lender has also withdrawn its application to be regulated in Singapore. Source
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India Freezes Crypto Exchange Wazirx’s Bank Assets — Binance Claims Acquisition of Wazirx Was ‘Never Completed’ – Exchanges Bitcoin News
A major Indian cryptocurrency exchange, Wazirx, has had its bank assets of more than $8 million frozen by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED). The exchange was supposedly acquired by Binance in 2019. However, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) now claims that the acquisition was “never completed.” Wazirx, however, maintains that
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Indian Government Raids Director of Binance-Owned Crypto Exchange WazirX, Freezes $8.14M
"WazirX failed to give the crypto transactions of the suspect fintech APP companies and reveal the KYC. a search operation was conducted under PMLA on 3.8.2022 and it was found that Mr Sameer Mhatre, Director WazirX, has complete remote access to the database of WazirX, but despite that he is
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US Bankruptcy Judge Freezes Crypto Hedge Fund Three Arrows Capital’s Assets – Regulation Bitcoin News
A federal judge in a New York bankruptcy court has frozen the assets of crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC). “A key part of this motion is to put the world on notice that it is the liquidators that are controlling the debtor’s assets at this stage.” Bankruptcy Judge Freezes
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