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The creator of a cryptocurrency called AriseCoin was sentenced to 5 years in prison for $4 million fraud scheme
Jared Rice, Sr. lied and said AriseBank is the world's "first decentralized banking platform" based…
Isabelle Lee
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Hong Kong police arrest four over alleged $155 million Tether money laundering scheme
The suspects, aged between 24 and 33, had opened numerous bank accounts to make crypto transactions…
Harry Robertson
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The SEC busted a mother-son crypto Ponzi scheme that lured investors with an AI 'supercomputer' that promised 30% returns
Since May 2018, Joy Kovar, 86, and her son Brent Kovar, 54, raised more than $12 million from at le…
Isabelle Lee
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Dogecoin scammers pocketed millions by exploiting Elon Musk's 'SNL' appearance through giveaway schemes on YouTube, a report says
During "Saturday Night Live," people who searched "Elon Musk SNL" on YouTube could see livestreams …
Shalini Nagarajan
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50 cryptocurrency and NFT terms you need to know
Web3 Youtuber Aprilynne Alters shares a list of crypto and NFT words and definitions so that even t…
Aprilynne Alter
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Chinese police arrest 63 people accused of laundering $1.7 billion in cryptocurrency via tether stablecoin
Police in China confiscated about $19 million worth of proceeds after investigating a money-launder…
Carla Mozée
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Six reasons why India’s central bank believes cryptocurrencies threaten financial stability
The Reserve Bank of India states that private cryptocurrencies pose a threat to financial stability…
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Explainer: Why is America's largest crypto exchange Coinbase in trouble?
The dumping of over 1.4 million shares of Coinbase earlier this week by crypto evangelist Catherine…
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Black investors say crypto is still key to building wealth even as digital assets see steep sell-off in 2022
Black investors are twice as likely to say crypto is their best investment option, according to a s…
Jennifer Sor
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Hackers pulled off a $620 million crypto heist by tricking an engineer into applying for a fake job and opening an offer letter containing spyware, report says
After multiple interview rounds, hackers posing as recruiters sent an Axie Infinity engineer an off…
Hannah Towey
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The CFTC just charged a bitcoin firm with operating the 'largest ever fraud' involving the cryptocurrency
Mirror Trading International offered investors returns as high as 10% a month through a trading "bo…
Jennifer Sor
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Adam Neumann is back with a new crypto-climate scheme
The biggest story in tech right now is that investors are cashing in on a lucrative industry with a…
Jordan Parker Erb
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Mark Cuban to be deposed over his promotion of Voyager crypto 'Ponzi scheme' in class action lawsuit
Cuban touted Voyager on multiple occasions, previously calling the now-bankrupt crypto lender "as c…
Jennifer Sor
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Facebook’s fake crypto ads are being taken to court by Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest
In more bad news for Facebook, Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest has filed a criminal case agai…
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Elon Musk says he's been supporting Dogecoin in response to people who are 'not that wealthy' asking him to do so
Musk is a vocal supporter of Dogecoin and recently said he'll keep buying and backing it amid the c…
Sarah Jackson
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Crypto lender Celsius hires lawyers to help it restructure its finances, after it froze withdrawals of customer deposits: report
Celsius' customers have reportedly withdrawn more than $2.5 billion in assets this year as crypto p…
Zahra Tayeb
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Dogecoin creator says it 'annoyed' him when Elon Musk tried to send the cryptocurrency 'to the moon'
"He has a tendency to latch onto communities that he can then kind of absorb into his cult of perso…
Grace Kay
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Binance says it's trying to hunt down the Squid Game crypto token scammers
Binance, one of the largest crypto exchanges, has set up a team to try and track down the Squid Gam…
Camomile Shumba
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Dogecoin spikes after Elon Musk says he'll keep buying the cryptocurrency
The coin, heavily championed by the Tesla founder, has lost two-thirds of its value since the start…
Ryan Hogg
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Binance touted Terra lending as 'safe and happy' just weeks before the stablecoin collapse
Binance told investors on April 6 lending their Terra tokens was a "safe and happy investment." The…