Almost All $1.7B Crypto Stolen In 2022 Has Come From DeFi: Chainalysis
North Korean crypto hackers have already had their biggest year ever, stealing $840 million, according to a new Chainalysis report...
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Russian Crypto Mining Giant Bitriver Considers Challenging US Sanctions
Russia’s Bitriver, one of the largest operators of crypto mining data centers, may take legal action against the U.S. over the dec...
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Indie Russian news firm raises $250K in crypto after sanctions cripple finances
Russian independent media Meduza has managed to raise $250,000 in funding in order to continue providing unbiased news on the war...
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Canadian Bitcoin Firm, Shakepay, Gains New Security Certificate
Shakepay, a Montreal-based technology company that enables Canadians to buy and earn bitcoins, has gained the System and Organizat...
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Majority of Russia’s Financial Pyramids in Q1 Linked to Crypto, Scammers Exploit Sanctions Topic
Many of the financial pyramids identified in Russia during the first quarter of the year have been associated with cryptocurrencie...
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For the crypto industry, supporting sanctions is an opportunity to rebrand
Failure to align with the wider financial services industry by enforcing sanctions against Russia will come at a high cost for the...
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US Treasury Sanctions First Crypto Mixer
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued its first-ever sanctions on a crypto mixe...
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Moody’s: Cryptocurrencies Unlikely to Help Russia Evade Sanctions
Russia’s ability to employ cryptocurrencies to circumvent international sanctions is restricted by the limited size of the crypto...
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Crypto mixer sanctioned by US Treasury for role in Axie Infinity hack
The crypto mixer is said to have processed $20.5 million out of the $620 million taken by North Korean Lazarus Group hackers.
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Mining Capital Coin CEO Indicted for $62 Million Crypto Scam
The US Department of Justice announced on Friday that the CEO of Mining Capital Coin, dubbed ‘MCC’, a crypto mining and investment...
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US Treasury Issues First Sanctions Against a Cryptocurrency Mixer
OFAC claims that crypto mixing service Blender has links to North Korean hackers and was used to launder funds stolen from Axie In...
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US Accuses North Korea of Cyber Fraud, Sanctions Crypto Mixer, Blender
The United States has accused North Korea of using the virtual currency mixer, Blender.io, to support its “malicious cyber activit...
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Treasury Sanctions Crypto Mixer Over North Korean Attacks
The Office of Foreign Assets Control said that North Korean hackers had recently used Blender to launder digital assets. U.S. Trea...
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OpenSea Suffers Discord Exploit Promoting YouTube NFT Scam
The leading NFT marketplace OpenSea today confirmed it is investigating a potential vulnerability in its Discord server.
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OpenSea Discord server hacked, users warned to be vigilant of phishing scams
The hacker's initial post, which was published in the announcements channel, claimed that OpenSea had “partnered with YouTube to b...
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Cronos DeFi Project MM.Finance Suffers $2M Exploit
Mad Meerkat Finance, the largest ecosystem of DeFi applications on the Cronos blockchain, has been exploited for around $2 million...
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Ape-themed airdrop phishing scams are on the rise, experts warn
As the crypto community notices and calls out such scams, the fraudsters tend to turn off replies to their tweets to prevent being...
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Report: 100,000 Cubans Are Using Cryptocurrencies to Bypass Financial Sanctions
On May 2, 2022, a report stemming from the broadcast television and radio network the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), 100,000...
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