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[Link] SBF tries to revise bail conditions after judge noted suspicious VPN use

Read: 3/3/2023 arstechnica.com

A few weeks ago, disgraced FTX founder Samuel Bankman-Fried was in danger of losing his bail package and potentially being jailed until October.

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[Link] Ukraine Canceled Crypto Airdrop Because Unethical Investors Wanted ‘Profit’

Read: 13/3/2022 www.vice.com

Soon after Russia invaded Ukraine, crypto donations started to pour in from around the world as people rushed to help the country in its defense against a foreign aggressor.

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[Link] New Music Industry Takedown Service Targets NFT and ‘Metaverse’ Piracy

Read: 13/3/2022 torrentfreak.com

Italian anti-piracy group Digital Content Protection has launched a new service that helps rightsholders to police NFT platforms, Web 3.0 projects, and metaverse precursors.

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[Link] We Filmed at a Bitcoin Conference in 2013. Here's What Those People Are Doing Now

Read: 13/3/2022 www.vice.com

This article is a writeup of the first episode of CRYPTOLAND, Motherboard’s documentary series about how cryptocurrency is affecting culture, politics, the environment, and our shared future. Watch it on Motherboard’s YouTube.

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[Link] Canadian accused of unleashing NetWalker ransomware extradited to US

Read: 13/3/2022 www.theregister.com

US prosecutors on Thursday said they have extradited a Canadian man to America to face charges that he conspired to distribute ransomware. Sébastien Vachon-Desjardins, 34, of Gatineau, Quebec, was detained by Canadian authorities on January 27, 2021.

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[Link] Brother and sister charged with cryptocurrency fraud in New York

Read: 9/3/2022 www.theguardian.com

US authorities on Tuesday filed criminal charges against a cryptocurrency executive and civil charges against him and his sister, accusing them of defrauding retail investors out of millions of dollars with a digital token known as Ormeus Coin.

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[Link] Woman Who Allegedly Laundered $1B in Bitcoin Was Cringe YouTube Rapper

Read: 8/2/2022 www.vice.com

On Tuesday, the U.S. government accused Ilya Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife, Heather Morgan, 31 of laundering around $1 billion in cryptocurrency stolen in the 2016 Bitfinex hack. As it turns out, Morgan did not exactly keep the low profile you would expect of an alleged criminal.

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[Link] Crypto Co-Founder Revealed to Be Infamous Fraudster, Investors Shaken

Read: 30/1/2022 www.vice.com

Investors are shaken after the co-founder of a multi-billion dollar cryptocurrency protocol was accused of being a serial scammer with a record of conviction and deportation, and the co-founder of a fraudulent Canadian exchange that imploded.

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[Link] RBA governor Philip Lowe signals central bank is open to retail digital currencies

Read: 9/12/2021 www.theguardian.com

Australia’s Reserve Bank has flagged support for a retail form of digital currency, with governor Philip Lowe outlining ways that tokens, rather than regular dollars, might circulate more freely in the economy.

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[Link] AOC Says She Doesn't Own Bitcoin to Do Her Job 'Ethically'

Read: 8/12/2021 www.vice.com

On Monday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez clarified on Instagram that she does not hold any digital assets or tokens, including Bitcoin, and said she doesn’t believe policymakers should be able to hold financial products like stocks.

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[Link] The Head of Facebook's Failed Cryptocurrency Is Leaving the Company

Read: 1/12/2021 www.vice.com

David Marcus, the head of Facebook's cryptocurrency projects, announced on Twitter Tuesday he was leaving by the end of the year.

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[Link] Tolkien estate vanquishes Lord of the Rings themed cryptocurrency

Read: 25/11/2021 arstechnica.com

The estate of JRR Tolkien, the author of the Lord of the Rings, has successfully vanquished a cryptocurrency that styled itself as “The One Token That Rules Them All.

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[Link] India Has Millions of Crypto Investors. A Proposed Ban Has Them Petrified.

Read: 25/11/2021 www.vice.com

In a move that has led to panic selling among local crypto investors, the Indian parliament announced on Nov. 23 that it is deliberating a bill that seeks to “prohibit all private cryptocurrencies in India” to pave the way for a single official digital currency to be issued by the government.

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[Link] Australian cryptocurrency investors can’t be trusted to keep transaction records themselves, the ATO says

Read: 24/11/2021 www.businessinsider.com.au

As first-time investors continue their rush on cryptocurrencies, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) says it can no longer rely on taxpayers to navigate the complex world of income tax, capital gains, and blockchain record keeping on their own.

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[Link] Research Center: Limiting Anonymity Helps to Expose Terrorists (and Pirates)

Read: 22/11/2021 torrentfreak.com

The International Center for Law and Economics believes that cloud hosting providers and related services should do more to deter illegal activity. Responding to an inquiry from the U.S.

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[Link] Swedish Officials Call For EU-Wide Ban On ‘Proof of Work’ Crypto Mining

Read: 16/11/2021 www.vice.com

The call came in a letter published last week signed by the directors of Sweden’s Financial Supervisory Authority and Environmental Protection Agency, which promotes “stability and efficiency” in the country’s financial system.

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[Link] The US Government Made It Illegal to Buy These NFTs

Read: 10/11/2021 www.vice.com

The U.S. government put 57 cryptocurrency addresses and one exchange on the OFAC sanctions list on Monday for facilitating ransomware and money laundering.

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[Link] Australia's largest bank is getting into cryptocurrency. Here's why its competitors aren't

Read: 4/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

After one major Australian bank this week announced it'll give customers the option of trading crypto currencies, such as Bitcoin, on its existing banking app, you might have expected others to follow. However, they have told the ABC they will not at this stage.

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[Link] An $8K Shiba Inu Investment Turned Into $5.7 Billion. But Can They Cash Out?

Read: 29/10/2021 www.vice.com

In the fast-moving world of cryptocurrencies, kingdoms can rise and crumble in the space of months or days. It’s in that spirit that Shiba Inu (SHIB), a Dogecoin-inspired token, surged past its original inspiration by market cap this week, which is the total value of all tokens in circulation.

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