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U.S. DOJ Wins Motion To Prevent Proposed Sam Bankman-Fried Witnesses From Testifying in FTX Trial

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has successfully won a motion to prevent Sam Bankman-Fried’s proposed expert witnesses from testifying…

September 22, 2023

Mt. Gox Extends Repayment Deadline of Estimated $3,700,000,000+ in Bitcoin (BTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Payout

Defunct crypto exchange Mt. Gox is extending its deadline to repay about $3.7 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC) and Bitcoin…

September 21, 2023

Stanford University Says It Will Return All of Sam Bankman-Fried’s Donations: Bloomberg

Stanford University will reportedly return millions of dollars worth of gifts it received from bankrupt crypto exchange platform FTX. According…

September 20, 2023

Former Deutsche Bank Executive Faces 30 Years in Prison for Crypto Fraud: DOJ

A former executive of German financial giant Deutsche Bank has been handed a 30-year prison sentence for his role in…

September 20, 2023

Crypto Exchange CoinEx Promises Generous Bug Bounty Reward to Hacker Following $70,000,000 Exploit

Days after suffering a security breach, crypto exchange CoinEx is attempting to reach out to the hackers responsible for the…

September 19, 2023

Five Arrested for Scheme That Robbed $76,000,000 From Victims of Crypto and Gold Scam: Report

Five people have reportedly been arrested in Thailand for allegedly fleecing millions of dollars from victims in a crypto and…

September 18, 2023

Crypto Exchange Gemini Says Investment Giant DCG Is Using Misleading Assertions in Bankruptcy Plan

Digital asset exchange Gemini says venture capital firm Digital Currency Group (DCG) is engaging in deceptive practices to avoid fulfilling…

September 17, 2023

US Government Slams Sam Bankman-Fried’s Lawyers for Proposed Questions to Court Jurors

The US Government is countering the attorneys of former FTX chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried, saying that they’re asking jurors “unnecessarily…

September 17, 2023

Billionaire Mark Cuban Suffers $870,000 in Losses to Crypto Hack: Report

Business magnate Mark Cuban has reportedly been hacked to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of digital…

September 17, 2023

North Korean Hackers Tapping Russian Crypto Exchanges To Funnel Illicit Digital Assets, According to Chainalysis

A market intelligence firm says that hackers from North Korea are using Russian crypto exchanges known to launder money to…

September 16, 2023