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DOJ charges exec over ‘cherry picking’ scheme involving crypto futures

The former CEO of a Miami-based investment firm has pled guilty to a conspiracy to commit commodities fraud involving crypto futures contracts and now faces up to five years in prison. In an Oct. 12 statement, the United States Department of Justice said that Peter Kambolin, the former CEO of Systematic

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FTX crypto exchange reports data breach involving claims agent Kroll

Defunct crypto exchange FTX has announced a cybersecurity breach involving its bankruptcy case claims agent, Kroll, in which limited, non-sensitive customer data of specific claimants was exposed. FTX said it is actively overseeing the situation, assuring that account passwords, systems and funds remain unaffected.The struggling crypto exchange utilized the X

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Hong Kong Court Declares Crypto as Property in Case Involving Defunct Gatecoin

Liquidators sought directions from the court on whether the crypto held by Gatecoin should be treated as property held on trust or "if no trust existed, the digital assets should be made available to the general body of creditors," according to the Hogan Lovells report. The exchange held crypto upwards

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US REPO task force names crypto as target in efforts involving $58B in sanctioned assets

The United States Treasury has announced deputies of the multilateral Russian Elites, Proxies, and Oligarchs, or REPO, Task Force have targeted crypto in Russian entities’ attempts to evade sanctions.In a March 9 announcement, the U.S. Treasury said the task force had blocked or frozen more than $58 billion worth of

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Illuvium DAO blocks NFT pack-opening event involving 3AC founder Su Zhu

The community supporting Illuvium, an interoperable blockchain game, has demonstrated the power of decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) after blocking a scheduled nonfungible token (NFT) pack-opening event between Illuvium CEO Kieran Warwick and Three Arrows Capital (3AC) founder Su Zhu.Warwick was scheduled to go against Zhu in what’s called an “Influencer

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Crypto Incidents Involving Exit Scams, Hacks, and Code Exploits Reach Record Low in December 2022 According to Certik – Bitcoin News

According to blockchain security company Certik, the number of cryptocurrency incidents involving exit scams, hacks, and code exploits in Dec. 2022 was the lowest monthly figure of the year. Certik noted that the combined incidents amounted to $62.2 million “lost to exploits, hacks, and scams.” Record Low Cyber Attacks in December

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