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Taiwan police arrest 14 suspects who allegedly ran a crypto scam worth $5.4 million, report says
14 people have reportedly been arrested by police in Taiwan in connection with a $5.41 million cryp…
Emily Graffeo
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Metallica warns its fans about a crypto scam after a fan lost more than $25,000 in bitcoin on a fake Metallica-themed YouTube channel
A Twitter user shared a picture of a phony Metallica channel with 42,000 subscribers purporting to …
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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Carry Minati’s YouTube channel hacked as part of bitcoin scam reflects why Steve Wozniak is suing the platform
Less than two weeks after Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and other verified Twitter accounts wer…
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A Coinbase user lost $11.6 million in under 10 minutes after falling for a fake-notification scam, the US Attorneys Office said
A Coinbase user bought 200 bitcoin, then got a fake notification from a scammer and lost $11.2 mill…
Kevin Shalvey
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New Jersey man tried to hire a hitman for $20,000 in Bitcoin to kill a 14-year-old boy planning to testify against him in a child-pornography case
John Michael Musbach found a murder-for-hire website on the dark web and paid to hire a killer, but…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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The US Justice Department is selling $56 million worth of crypto seized in massive bitcoin investment fraud case
The $2 billion BitConnect scheme is the largest cryptocurrency fraud ever criminally charged, the J…
Natasha Dailey
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Crypto scammers have reportedly stolen ₹1000 crore off Indian users by posing as fake exchanges
The CoinEgg scam uses fake domains and social media accounts to coax users into investing in fake e…
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UK law enforcement has reportedly seized $435 million worth of crypto in criminal investigations in the last 5 years
The London Metropolitan Police discovered most of the illicit bitcoin, seizing £294 million, or $39…
Natasha Dailey
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Chinese crypto addresses have sent over $2 billion to scammers in the last 2 years, report says
Transactions, however, have since fallen due to the absence of large-scale Ponzi schemes like the P…
Isabelle Lee
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What is Bitcoin and how can one invest in India?
While cryptocurrencies are inherently volatile, the trust Bitcoin has been able to garner with t…
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Bitcoin ‘mixing’ is getting a reputation for money laundering as another service admits to illegal activity
The man behind the Bitcoin mixing service Helix, Larry Deen Harmon, has pleaded guilty to charges o…
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Vitalik Buterin says 'shame on bitcoin maximalists' who support El Salvador's president in forcing businesses to accept the cryptocurrency
Forcing businesses to accept a particular cryptocurrency goes against the the ideals of freedom imp…
Shalini Nagarajan
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Indian investors have lost nearly ₹1,000 crore to fake cryptocurrency exchanges
Cyber-security company CloudSEK said it has uncovered an ongoing operation involving several phi…
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PMC Bank scam: Sanjay Raut's wife Varsha deposes before ED in connection with the money laundering probe
According to ED sources, she arrived at the financial probe agency office here in the afternoon.…
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Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein: All the latest on the NYC couple arrested over alleged Bitfinex $4.5B bitcoin-laundering plot
Everything to know about the husband and wife techies that have been arrested and accused of launde…
Rob Price,Becky Peterson
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A couple in Canada were reportedly scammed out of $21,000 after getting a call from an AI-generated voice pretending to be their son
The couple reportedly received a call from someone claiming to be a lawyer, saying their son was in…
Britney Nguyen
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London's massive public transport body is cracking down on crypto ads after meme token floki inu's campaign flooded the city's travel system
London's transport authority is tightening its rules on crypto ads after a campaign for an unregula…
Camomile Shumba
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El Salvador is pushing for the use of Bitcoin with ATMs, digital wallets and free money — but participation is not ‘mandatory’
El Salvador’s President, Nayid Bukele, is leaving no stone unturned in trying to get the country’s …
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Not so hot: Bitcoin's 50% plunge since April puts it far behind lumber, copper and US banks for the year
Once up more than 120% for the year, bitcoin's two-month slide means its 2021 returns lag behind a …
Harry Robertson
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US regulator SEC sues five Bitconnect promoters in a $2 billion crypto trading Ponzi scheme
After three years of investigations, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sued fi…