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Crime

US Treasury says lawful crypto users may use mixers for financial privacy

March 2026 Treasury report draws new line between crypto privacy and crypto crime.

4 weeks ago

Crime

Israeli authorities redirects frozen Hamas cryptocurrency funding to state treasury

Israeli authorities are clamping down on the Hamas group funding in response to the recent attack it suffered.

2 years ago

Crime

Avalanche project Stars Arena suffers $2.9M exploit, leaving smart contract with just $0.051

Stars Arena has advised users to refrain from depositing funds on the platform, which is still under DDOS attack.

2 years ago

Legal

Gary Wang faced up to 50 years in prison before plea deal and is still not guaranteed leniency

The FTX co-founder admitted to several instances of criminal activity in the exchange's dealings with Alameda Research and is fully cooperating with prosecutors.

2 years ago

Crime

SBF Trial: Grounded private jets worth combined $70M may be forfeit in Bankman-Fried trial

High-flying crypto executive's expensive toys on the line in legal proceeding.

2 years ago

Crime

FTX exploiter converts another $25M worth of ETH to BTC, total up to $100M

The transactions occurred with a gap of roughly eight hours, with the tokens converted to BTC through THORChain Router — a bridge protocol to Bitcoin.

2 years ago

Rumors

JPEX converts user stablecoins to native token without notice: Report

The South China Morning Post reported claims of the Hong Kong exchange replacing USDT with its native token in customer accounts.

2 years ago

Crime

U.S. Department of Justice charges eight Chinese companies using crypto to facilitate fentanyl trade

The U.S. Treasury also sanctioned several participants and their crypto addresses in connection to the charges.

2 years ago

Legal

Prosecutors say plea deal was never considered for Sam Bankman-Fried

Unlike some of his associates, who have pled guilty in exchange for leniency, Bankman-Fried received no such offers.

3 years ago

Alex Mashinsky’s criminal trial set for September 2024

Legal 3 years ago

Binance assists Royal Thai Police in massive crypto scam crackdown, leading to recovery of over $270M

Crime 3 years ago

SBF Trial: Lawyers file last ditch requests to judge including barring Ukrainian testimony

Crime 3 years ago

SBF Trial: Judge says Sam Bankman-Fried cant blame FTX lawyers in opening remarks

Legal 3 years ago

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Crime News

US Treasury says lawful crypto users may use mixers for financial privacy

Israeli authorities redirects frozen Hamas cryptocurrency funding to state treasury

Avalanche project Stars Arena suffers $2.9M exploit, leaving smart contract with just $0.051

Gary Wang faced up to 50 years in prison before plea deal and is still not guaranteed leniency

SBF Trial: Grounded private jets worth combined $70M may be forfeit in Bankman-Fried trial

FTX exploiter converts another $25M worth of ETH to BTC, total up to $100M

JPEX converts user stablecoins to native token without notice: Report

U.S. Department of Justice charges eight Chinese companies using crypto to facilitate fentanyl trade

Prosecutors say plea deal was never considered for Sam Bankman-Fried

Alex Mashinsky’s criminal trial set for September 2024

Binance assists Royal Thai Police in massive crypto scam crackdown, leading to recovery of over $270M

SBF Trial: Lawyers file last ditch requests to judge including barring Ukrainian testimony

SBF Trial: Judge says Sam Bankman-Fried cant blame FTX lawyers in opening remarks