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OFAC Blacklists Iran-Based Nemesis Admin, 49 Crypto Addresses in Post-Takedown Sanctions

The U.S. Department of the Treasury blacklisted 49 bitcoin (BTC) and monero (XMR) addresses connected to Behrouz Parsarad, an Iran-based figure accused of overseeing the defunct Nemesis darknet marketplace (DNM),…

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Kiyosaki Predicts Historic Crash, Gensler’s Crypto Crackdown, and More — Week in Review

Robert Kiyosaki predicts historic crash, Gary Gensler sets aggressive crypto crackdown, crypto bloodbath results in $1.5 billion liquidated, and more in this Week in Review. Week in Review Robert Kiyosaki…

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Monero Decrypted? Japanese Police Report Breakthrough in Flow Analysis Development

The Japanese National Police Agency’s Cyber Special Investigation Division announced the arrest of a suspect accused of money laundering, computer fraud, and credit card phishing crimes. Japanese authorities disclosed that…

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Privacy Coin Monero Tops Payments at European Online Retailer Shopinbit in June

According to Shopinbit, a European online retailer that accepts cryptocurrency for transactions, monero (XMR) was the favored payment method in June. Shopinbit reported that XMR accounted for over 74% of…

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4 Years After the 2017 Law Enforcement Takedown, Alphabay Is Once Again the King of Darknet Markets

Following the demise of the largest darknet marketplace (DNM) in mid-July 2017, the underground market Alphabay returned in August 2021, and during the last year, Alphabay has managed to once…

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A Look at One of Crypto’s Greatest Mysteries — Bytecoin’s Alleged Premine and the Puzzling Nicolas Van Saberhagen, and Cryptonote Team

When Bitcoin first launched, the community was extremely small and it slowly grew during the first two years until the project’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, left the community for good. During…

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Crypto Economy’s Top Privacy Coins Take a Hit After US Government Banned Tornado Cash

Following the U.S. government prohibiting the use of the ethereum mixing service Tornado Cash, the crypto economy’s top privacy coins lost more than 8% in USD value the following evening…

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