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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

Legal

Former OpenSea exec claims insider trading laws cannot apply to NFTs

Nate Chastain is under trial for exploiting OpenSea's NFT data for his personal trades and has requested the court to dismiss his case on a technicality based on Carpenter wire fraud theory.

4 years ago

Hacks

Ronin bridge Hackers used ChipMixer to launder over $73M of stolen funds

Ronin bridge hackers, the Lazarus Group found a new home in ChipMixer after using the protocol to launder 3,460 BTC stolen from the Ronin bridge

4 years ago

Hacks

NEAR Rainbow Bridge defends weekend attack costing hacker 5 ETH

NEAR/ETH bridge defended an attack in 31 seconds over the weekend that resulted in the attacker losing funds and no loss of user funds.

4 years ago

Crime

Developers could be punished for code created to commit crime, says Dutch regulator

The comments of FIOD, which arrested a Tornado Cash developer last week, could have far-reaching impacts on all blockchain developers.

4 years ago

Legal

Do Kwon hires lawyer in preparation for defense in South Korea

Do Kwon recently claimed South Korean prosecutors were yet to contact him nor file any charges against him.

4 years ago

Crime

Dutch Authority says arrested Tornado Cash developer suspected of involvement in financial crimes

The FIOD confirmed that the arrested Tornado Cash developer was suspected of being involved in the hiding of criminal financial transactions and facilitating money laundering.

4 years ago

DAOs

Tornado Cash DAO shuts down as it “can’t fight the US” and keep contributors safe

According to a member of the Tornado Cash team, the DAO has been shut down as it "can't fight the US" and contributors are scared of being prosecuted

4 years ago

Legal

India’s ED freezes $46 million of Vauld’s funds on money-laundering charges

Vauld's entity in India failed to conduct due diligence on funds sent through the exchange and was uncompliant with India's Enforcement Directorate.

4 years ago

Alameda-owned RenVM confirms it’s ‘impossible to launder any assets’ through Ren Bridge, debunking claims of $540M in money laundered

Technology 4 years ago

Curve Finance front end UI compromised following DNS hack – users advised to exercise caution

Hacks 4 years ago

US vows to ‘aggressively pursue’ crypto mixers following Tornado Cash sanctions

Crime 4 years ago

Nomad Bridge offers 10% bounty to recover stolen funds, whitehat hackers have returned $22M so far

Hacks 4 years ago

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Crime News

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

Former OpenSea exec claims insider trading laws cannot apply to NFTs

Ronin bridge Hackers used ChipMixer to launder over $73M of stolen funds

NEAR Rainbow Bridge defends weekend attack costing hacker 5 ETH

Developers could be punished for code created to commit crime, says Dutch regulator

Do Kwon hires lawyer in preparation for defense in South Korea

Dutch Authority says arrested Tornado Cash developer suspected of involvement in financial crimes

Tornado Cash DAO shuts down as it “can’t fight the US” and keep contributors safe

India’s ED freezes $46 million of Vauld’s funds on money-laundering charges

Alameda-owned RenVM confirms it’s ‘impossible to launder any assets’ through Ren Bridge, debunking claims of $540M in money laundered

Curve Finance front end UI compromised following DNS hack – users advised to exercise caution

US vows to ‘aggressively pursue’ crypto mixers following Tornado Cash sanctions

Nomad Bridge offers 10% bounty to recover stolen funds, whitehat hackers have returned $22M so far