Summer Heats Up in Crypto Crime Craze

The only thing hotter than the temperature this July is the crypto crime spree impacting the world of decentralized finance…

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New Bill Freaks Out Art/NFT Market While Making Others Giddy

Every media outlet on earth has to have an angle or a hook specific to its audience, or what some…

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Does Coin Center’s Lawsuit Against the US Treasury Make Sense?

Advocacy group challenges tax amendment designed to curb money laundering One step forward, two steps back is not just a…

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Is Snoop Dogg the Sensei of NFTs?

What does it say about the NFT marketplace when Snoop Dogg is considered a dominant force and voice? I suppose…

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El Salvador’s ‘Bitcoin as Fiat’ Experiment is Tanking

In certain circles El Salvador was hailed as a cryptocurrency haven when its president, Nayib Bukele, established it as the…

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The Vancouver Model is Canada’s Hottest Money Laundering Machine

From a money laundering perspective Canada today could be compared to Afghanistan and Malta, two countries where basically anything goes…

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Do Kwon is No Kenneth Lay, Not Yet Anyway

Regardless of the heinous crimes they are suspected of being guilty of committing, society’s gangsters and fraudsters have historically only…

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Ex OpenSea Exec Makes Money Laundering History

A former employee of the NFT marketplace OpenSea, Nathaniel Chastain of New York, was recently arrested and formally charged with…

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NFT Thieves Turn Bored Ape Yacht Club into a Seedy Tavern

Things move so quickly in the decentralized world that one day a certain product or service is the hottest name…

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Radio Shack Returns as a Crypto Swap

One thing I love about cryptocurrency and the whole concept of decentralization, the metaverse and Web-3 is the creativity in…

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Hong Kong Phooey: Virtual Money Laundering Syndicate Foiled

A crime syndicate based in Hong Kong(HK) paid ‘digital mules’ up to $1,000 each to have them open virtual bank…

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I Want My, I Want My NFT…Money Back, Please

Imaging applying Moore’s Law to the NFT. It would have been hard to imagine if, in 2020, you had told me that…

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NASDAQ Article Says Regulation Won’t Affect Crypto’s Core Values

Meanwhile the SEC Expands its Crypto Enforcement Unit On Monday the SEC issued a press release announcing it had added 20 new…

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What Happens When Your Virtual Twin Robs an NFT Pool?

The old saying, when one door closes another one opens, is remarkably true, especially if you are a 21st century…

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Crypto Mining, the Environment & China’s Crystal Ball

A debate is simmering below the surface of the constant hype surrounding cryptocurrency. Is cryptocurrency and especially crypto mining harmful to…

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Bitcoin Will Be a Regulated Security by 2024

The White House recently issued an executive order that, in essence, said the federal government will spend the next few months studying…

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Why Are Bitcoin Mixers Legal?

Tornado Cash is the perfect name for a cryptocurrency mixer, or what’s also known as a tumbler. What does a mixer…

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Is Bitcoin a Pump & Dump?

The Game Stock (GME) stock scandal, which played itself out publicly in a subreddit channel called Wall Street Bets (WSB), was originally labeled by…

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