In one of the harsher sentences ever meted out for being involved in a Bitcoin scam, a Singaporean man will be facing a three-year jail term and also corporal punishment,…
Cryptocurrency has in recent years become the new face of criminal transactions, from money laundering and fraudulent schemes to financing global terrorism. News of cryptocurrency being seized in raids by…
Russia’s crypto industry is constantly on tenterhooks as the country’s financial regulator and government continues to propose laws which will in no uncertain terms severely impact businesses in the sector.…
A major player in the global institutional investments scene Fidelity Investments filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on August 26 for the launch of its new Bitcoin…
According to Chinese news media Weixin, 21 mining farms in Inner Mongolia, China, have been affected by the province’s latest directive to stop providing electricity supply subsidies for the crypto…
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is seeking to introduce a new requirement for crypto exchanges and wallet providers operating within its jurisdiction to combat money laundering, which they believe…
The man responsible for an alleged crypto Ponzi scheme back in 2017, Benjamin Reynolds, may be charged with $572 million in penalties for the fraudulent scheme, that is, if the…
Singapore’s DBS Bank recently released a quarterly report on the state of cryptocurrency and central bank digital currency (CBDC) with a focus on how this nascent industry will possibly impact…
The Association of Cryptocurrency Enterprises and Start-ups Singapore (ACCESS) has introduced a Code of Practice for crypto-related businesses in the country in collaboration with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)…
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has reportedly seized assets used to fund three terrorism campaigns, namely the al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas's military wing, al-Qaeda, and the Islamic State of Iraq…