Scams
Friendly fraud warning as resurgent travel businesses explore new crypto horizons
Travel firms that embrace crypto can also be hopeful of progress on the payment fraud front.
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Tokenization
Here are the facts on the alleged sabotage on the DMR Token
Dreamr's team claims that their associates who helped with the DMR tokens sabotaged the token release process, causing the value to decrease by 93% while maximizing their own profits.
Crime
FBI takes precautions as crypto crime increases 80%. Are the figures as bleak as they sound?
A study by Chainalysis has revealed that crypto-related crimes hit their all time high. As a response, the FBI created the "Crypto Task Force" to combat illicit activities within the crypto space.
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Legal
Coinbase clarifies they were already participating in Russian sanctions
Coinbase reveals that they have been blocking sanctioned individuals and entities since their inception.
Crime
The Crypto Crime Series: Money laundering underpins all forms of cryptocurrency crime
DeFi has taken on a bigger role in money laundering, but centralized exchanges still dominate.
Crime
The Crypto Crime Series: NFT wash trading is harder than you think
Most NFT wash traders have been unprofitable, but there's still big money to be made in selling non-fungibles to yourself.
NFTs
Recent “phishing attack” drops OpenSea numbers
OpenSea disagrees with the data from DappRadar, says data on Dune Analytics are more correct.
Crime
UK police recover $5.4 million lost in crypto scam
The U.K.'s Greater Manchester Police has recovered and returned $5.4 million so far from a crypto scam that totaled more than $20 million.
Crime
The Crypto Crime Series: Illicit activity represents only 0.15% of the market
Illicit activity reached its all-time low in share of all crypto activity last year.
