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From Mainstream Success to Physical Threat: How Bitcoin’s Surge Created a New Criminal Class

While the cryptocurrency sector has flourished under newfound U.S. government legitimacy, this “golden age” has been shadowed by a brutal emerging trend: the surge of “wrench attacks.” Mainstreaming the Target…

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Cyber Gang Spent $4M on Nightclubs, $9M on Exotic Cars in $263M Crypto Fraud, DOJ Says

U.S. authorities have charged 12 additional defendants in a sprawling RICO conspiracy involving over $263 million in cryptocurrency thefts, money laundering, and coordinated home invasions, according to a superseding indictment…

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