Cryptocurrency Archive

CoinDesk and TechCrunch report U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) action against Sinbad.io, calling it a money laundering tool used by the “Lazarus” state-sponsored hackers used to move a “significant” portion of the $620 million in crypto stolen from Axie Infinity last year.

Last week, Changpeng Zhao agreed to step down as CEO of the massive cryptocurrency exchange Binance — part of a plea deal with the DOJ for breaking anti-money-laundering laws.

What if we really have already found every criminal who runs a cryptocurrency exchange?

But now the question is: to where? Kwon faces charges in both the US and South Korea in connection with the collapse of the Terra stablecoin and its sister token Luna.

In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, Genesis alleges Gemini, a crypto exchange owned by the Winklevoss twins, made “significant withdrawals” before Genesis filed for bankruptcy, contributing to a “run on the bank.”

Another one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges joins Coinbase and Binance in facing charges of operating as an unregistered securities exchange, as well as accusations (PDF) of commingling customers’ crypto assets and cash with its own and even allegedly paying expenses directly from bank accounts that held customer cash.

Following a jury’s conviction of former FTX boss Sam Bankman-Fried on fraud charges, the Wall Street Journal reports that several former FTX employees, including former general counsel Can Sun, are involved in launching a new cryptocurrency exchange based on Dubai.

With this stage of Sam Bankman-Fried’s big crypto fraud trial over after the jury found the former FTX boss guilty, The Verge reporter Elizabeth Lopatto joined the Crypto Critics’ Corner podcast to discuss everything that went on in the courtroom.

“We are currently investigating the Poloniex hack incident,” confirmed infamous hype man Justin Sun in a tweet. As we reported last year, Sun purchased “Polo” because of its gray-area approach to know-your-customer rules. Somewhat ironically, he is now offering a “white hat bounty” to the hacker.

Seriously, you’ll have to guess; this press release is completely inscrutable.

The Bored Ape Yacht Club has concluded its investigation into what caused at least 15 convention attendees to suffer eye pain, vision problems, and sunburnt skin during ApeFest 2023, determining that UV-A emitting lights were likely behind the injuries.