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No Way to Police All Cryptocurrency Fraud, CFTC Commissioner Says

A top U.S. regulator said on Tuesday there is no way to police all cryptocurrency fraud because there is so much, though her agency is working on several big cases. Christy Goldsmith Romero, one of five commissioners at the Commodity …

FTX’s Crash Exposes Insurance Black Hole That Risks Impeding Crypto Sector Recovery

A long road lies ahead to repair confidence in crypto after unprecedented bankruptcies and hacks, including the major challenge of giving investors a way of insuring against such events. Stock brokerage accounts often come with some cover against outcomes like …

Insurers Denying Coverage to FTX-Linked Crypto Firms as Contagion Risk Mounts

Insurers are denying or limiting coverage to clients with exposure to bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, leaving digital currency traders and exchanges uninsured for any losses from hacks, theft or lawsuits, several market participants said. Insurers were already reluctant to underwrite …

FTX Founder Bankman-Fried Arrested in Bahamas at Behest of U.S. Prosecutors

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas at the behest of U.S. prosecutors on Monday, the day before he was due to testify before Congress about the abrupt failure last month of one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency …

How Crypto Giant Binance Became a Hub for Hackers, Fraudsters and Drug Traffickers

BRATISLAVA – In September 2020, a North Korean hacking group known as Lazarus broke into a small Slovakian crypto exchange and stole virtual currency worth some $5.4 million. It was one of a string of cyber heists by Lazarus that …

Cops Struggle to Keep Up With ‘Staggering’ Levels of Crypto Seizures

One spring day in a village just west of London, residents saw a man being muscled into a car in front of a nearby house. He reappeared with cuts and bruises 13 hours later, but the cops had already discovered …

Brother, Sister Charged in $124 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud

U.S. authorities on Tuesday filed criminal charges against a cryptocurrency executive and civil charges against him and his sister, accusing them of defrauding retail investors out of millions of dollars with a digital token known as Ormeus Coin. In papers …

New Crypto Coalition Vows to Address Potential for Fraud

A group of major cryptocurrency firms including Coinbase, Circle, Anchorage Digital and Huobi Global are forming a new coalition aimed at cracking down on market manipulation in an effort to instill trust in the burgeoning digital asset industry. The Crypto …

Hackers Seize $80M of Digital Assets From Qubit in Latest DeFi Attack

More than $80 million of digital assets were swiped from a decentralized finance platform in the latest hack of cryptocurrency trading marketplaces. A blockchain extension by Qubit Finance, a DeFi lending firm, was exploited by a hacker on Thursday night, …

Cryptocurrency Crime Hit Record $14 Billion in 2021: Research

Crime involving cryptocurrencies hit an all-time high of $14 billion last year, blockchain researcher Chainalysis said on Thursday, a record that comes as regulators call for more powers over the fast-growing sector. Crypto received by digital wallet addresses linked to …