Man arrested over alleged crypto scam
A 25-year-old man has been arrested after a 43-year-old reported being defrauded out of €200,000 in an alleged cryptocurrency scam, police said on Wednesday. According to...
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Bitcoin moves towards Satoshi’s payment dream
Satoshi Nakamoto would be proud. Adolescent bitcoin may finally be repaying its creator’s faith. The 15-year-old cryptocurrency has filled many roles – from source of...
Stablecoin regulatory crackdown sends warning to industry
The US Security and Exchange Commission’s warning shot on Binance’s stablecoin over whether or not it is a security could offer a hint at what...
Cryptoverse: Tether tightens grip on wobbling world of stablecoins
The world of stablecoins is suddenly looking shaky. Seismic shifts may be afoot in the $137 billion market after New York-based Paxos Trust Company, which...
Cryptoverse: Punk apes and a resurrection of NFTs
It’s alive! The NFT market is twitching out of its torpor, defying reports of its demise. Total NFT sales on the ethereum blockchain – which...
Explainer: What is ‘staking,’ the cryptocurrency practice in regulators’ crosshairs?
Crypto companies offering their customers eye-popping yields through so-called “staking” products are earning the ire of the US securities regulator who says such services should...
Record-breaking 2022 for North Korea crypto theft, UN report says
North Korea stole more cryptocurrency assets in 2022 than in any other year and targeted the networks of foreign aerospace and defense companies, according to...
Is bitcoin out of the woods? Consider the options
Have bitcoin and ether finally turned a corner? It’s looking that way, if crypto options traders are anything to go by. The volume of bitcoin...
FTX sues Voyager Digital to claw back $446 million in 2022 loan payments
Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX sued crypto lender Voyager Digital on Monday, seeking to claw back $445.8 million in loan repayments that FTX made before collapsing...
EU lawmakers back ‘prohibitive’ capital rules for cryptoassets
European Union lawmakers backed a draft law on Tuesday to implement the final leg of post-financial global bank capital rules, adding “prohibitive” requirements to cover...
