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Coinbase reportedly spent approximately $7.6 million on personal security for CEO Brian Armstrong in 2025, a more than 20% increase from the year before. This is according to the company’s…
A crypto holder known online as Sillytuna said on March 5 that attackers stole about $24 million worth of tokens after threatening him with violence during a real-world robbery. The…
Cryptocurrency payments to suppliers of fentanyl precursor chemicals began falling in mid-2023, months before overdose deaths declined. This pattern suggests that blockchain data may provide an early signal of disruptions…
As global attention remains fixed on the continued release and scrutiny of emails and documents tied to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, attention has turned to how exploitation networks operate and…
The US Department of Justice announced that Ramil Ventura Palafox, the CEO of Praetorian Group International (PGI), was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Prosecutors stated that Palafox operated a…
A South Korean court has sentenced Jong-hwan Lee, CEO of a local crypto asset management firm, to three years in prison for manipulating cryptocurrency prices to secure illicit profits. The…
Illicit cryptocurrency activity surged to record levels in 2025, as criminal-linked addresses received at least $154 billion over the year. According to blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis, this is a 162%…
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) has formally designated crypto-enabled fraud as a global criminal threat, following the adoption of a new resolution at its General Assembly, which aims to tackle…
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists’ (ICIJ) Coin Laundry investigation found illicit funds were funneled through major cryptocurrency exchanges, including Binance, OKX, Coinbase, Kraken, Bybit, and Kucoin, as part of…
A former Digital River employee has been ordered to pay more than $45,000 back to his previous employer after unlawfully using company computing systems to mine cryptocurrency. Joshua Paul Armbrust,…