Are crypto and blockchain safe for kids, or should greater measures be put in place?
Age verification and educations around the implications of blockchain technology should be enforced for minors dabbling in the crypto space.
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Age verification and educations around the implications of blockchain technology should be enforced for minors dabbling in the crypto space.
As mainstream adoption of crypto increases, blockchain forensics is enabling law enforcement to recover stolen crypto, making the space more secure.
The NFT Platform famous for minting Jack Dorsey’s first tweet has halted NFT operations amidst counterfeiting and illicit activity calls.
In 2021 alone, victims within the FBI San Francisco division’s territory lost more than $64 million to romance scams, compared to just over $35 million in 2020.
Findings from Chainalysis shows the NFT space to be prone to wash trading, but most traders are not profiting.
“No tech support and only useless calls, where is my money," said Luis Guardado in a direct appeal to El Salvador President Nayib Bukele.
The year 2021 has seen an increase in “rug pulls,” a new scam capable of luring both early adopters and new crypto investors.
Under the pretext of holding corrupt actors accountable, the new taskforce will address crimes related to the criminal misuse of cryptocurrency.
“This liquidation is the largest single recovery of a cryptocurrency fraud by the United States to date,” said the Justice Department.
According to reports, the founder of the now-defunct Silk Road 2 marketplace has forfeited more than half-million dollars worth of bitcoin to British authorities. White’s Silk Road 2 admin handle…