Most criminal cryptocurrency is funneled through just 5 exchanges
A few big players are moving a “shocking” amount of currency in a tight market. Enlarge (credit: Eugene Mymrin/Getty Images) For years, the cryptocurrency economy has been rife with black market sales, theft, ranso.....»»
BitConnect Founder Indicted Over $2.4 Billion Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme
From the Hindustan Times: BitConnect founder Satish Kumbhani was indicted by a U.S. grand jury on charges he orchestrated a global Ponzi scheme that raised $2.4 billion from investors in a fraudulent cryptocurrency investment platform, according to a.....»»
UK Intelligence Agencies Are Investigating Cryptocurrency Transactions
MattSparkes writes: Bitstamp, Europe's largest cryptocurrency exchange, says it has handed over information on some of its customers to the UK's intelligence agencies, MI5 and MI6. The news suggests that bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are being u.....»»
China Tightens Law To Jail Those Found Raising Funds Though Crypto Sales
China announced powers to jail those found guilty of raising funds via token sales as it expands its crackdown on crypto. From a report: China's highest court amended its interpretation of the country's Criminal Law to make raising money from the pub.....»»
Utility Promising To Restore Mining Performance on Nvidia GPUs Actually Malware
Web3 is Going Great reports: The popular Tom's Hardware and PC Gamer websites both ran articles about a utility called "Nvidia RTX LHR v2 Unlocker", which claimed to increase the artificially-limited cryptocurrency mining performance of its RTX graph.....»»
Russia May Use Cryptocurrencies To Evade US Sanctions
"The availability of non-bank financial trading in cryptocurrency may allow Russia to avoid the worst of the sanctions coming after their invasion of Ukraine this week," writes Slashdot reader 14erCleaner, sharing a non-paywalled link to the New York.....»»
1Password update will stop you becoming a crypto disaster story
1Password wants to help users keep their cryptocurrency as secure as possible......»»
This new mining tool could spell bad news for the GPU market
A new cryptocurrency-based tool has appeared to completely remove mining hash rate limits placed on certain Nvidia GeForce RTX video cards......»»
Examining the deterrence effect of whistleblowing
Whistleblowers are not only helping to disclose immoral or criminal acts but also to deter offenders. Niels Johannesen, an economics professor from the University of Copenhagen and Tim Stolper, a former research associate at the Max Planck Institute.....»»
DNA analysis of elephant ivory reveals trafficking networks
As few as three major criminal groups are responsible for smuggling the vast majority of elephant ivory tusks out of Africa, according to a new study......»»
TrickBot malware has been taken over by this notorious criminal gang
The Conti ransomware group is now in control of TrickBot and has hired many of its former top members......»»
Study finds most unemployed young men have criminal records
More than half of unemployed American men in their 30s have a history of being arrested or convicted of a crime, a stigma that poses a barrier to them participating in the nation's labor force, according to a new RAND Corporation study......»»
Why diversified Bundles are the smart way to invest in crypto
Investment Bundles from Revix offer some cover because it's still early in the cryptocurrency game......»»
Cryptocurrency in 2022: looking ahead
Is crypto adoption really outpacing the internet? Which sectors are worth watching? Here's what you need to looking out for......»»
A Crucial Clue in the $4.5 Billion Bitcoin Heist: A $500 Walmart Gift Card
Federal investigators spent years hunting for clues in the 2016 hacking of the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange, when thieves stole bitcoin now worth $4.5 billion. In the end, what helped lead them to two suspects was something much more quotidian: a.....»»
Bipartisan Senate Proposal Raises Alarm Over El Salvador"s Bitcoin Adoption
Senators Jim Risch, Bob Menendez, and Bill Cassidy's Accountability for Cryptocurrency in El Salvador (ACES) Act would require a State Department report on mitigating risks to the U.S. financial system from El Salvador's adoption of Bitcoin as legal.....»»
Cryptocurrency is Akin To a "Ponzi Scheme", Warns India"s Central Bank
A top official of India's central bank has compared cryptocurrency to a "Ponzi scheme" and suggested an outright ban in its sharpest criticism just weeks after the government proposed taxation of the virtual digital asset and paved way to recognize i.....»»
Don’t let Reese Witherspoon make you crazy
Feeling bombarded with ads for cryptocurrency and the metaverse? You're not alone. Enlarge / Actress Reese Witherspoon during an interview on Thursday, December 17, 2021. (credit: NBC) At 12:24 pm on January 11, the actor and.....»»
SEC Ratchets Up Crypto Crackdown
Crypto startup BlockFi agreed to pay $100 million to settle allegations from the SEC and state regulators that it illegally offered a product violating securities law. From a report: This is the largest-ever penalty against a cryptocurrency firm and.....»»
UK makes first seizure of NFTs in tax crackdown
British tax authorities said on Monday they had made their first seizure of non-fungible tokens in a crackdown on suspected criminal activity to hide money......»»
GPU availability and pricing sees significant improvement in February
Last month, a rise in Ethereum mining difficulty coupled with tumbling cryptocurrency values saw GPU prices trend downward for the first time in months. The decline has continued for the last few weeks, but it’s still too early to celebrate a retur.....»»