Tether freezes $225M USDT linked to romance scammers amid DOJ investigation
The stablecoin issuer reported the illicit funds had been used by a Southeast Asia-based crime syndicate responsible for a “pig butchering” romance scam.
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The stablecoin issuer reported the illicit funds had been used by a Southeast Asia-based crime syndicate responsible for a “pig butchering” romance scam.
Alex Tapscott says Web3 offers “a set of tools” that can be used to “build new business models, to create new kinds of organizations [and] to transform existing industries.”
The six individuals, supported by crypto exchange Coinbase, have taken a case involving the U.S. Treasury sanctioning Tornado Cash to federal appellate court.
Under U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, former Economic Secretary Andrew Griffith will become the next minister of state in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
Navin Gupta, managing director of South Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) at Ripple, told Cointelegraph that education and introducing non-speculative use cases can help crypto companies navigate through…
The Blockchain Association claimed the U.S. Treasury overstepped its authority in proposing crypto tax rules difficult or impossible to follow by many in the space.
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The SEC commissioner said the regulator’s actions “forced a group of entrepreneurs to abandon what they built,” with LBRY announcing in October it planned to wind down operations.
The former FTX CEO reportedly said the donations made in his name came from “loans from Alameda Research” as part of efforts to influence U.S. regulations on crypto.
As the final witness in his defense case, the former FTX CEO placed some of the blame for the crypto exchange’s failure on Gary Wang and Nishad Singh.