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Australia's Federal Police (AFP) has seized $6.4 million in cryptocurrency discovered during a global crackdown on a secret messaging app. The effort is codenamed Operation Kraken. The cryptocurrency exchange Kraken said the name has nothing to do with their entity and the AFP said Kraken was not under investigation. Australia's police has confiscated $6.4 million

Aug 28, 2020 at 11:00 UTCUpdated Aug 28, 2020 at 11:06 UTC(ev/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)Shiv Malik is the author of two books, the co-founder of the Intergenerational Foundation think tank and a former investigative journalist for the Guardian. He currently evangelizes about a new decentralized data economy for the open source project Streamr.  Who controls…

The imitation site is not authorized by EY and affected users have been advised to avoid at all costs.(JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock)Feb 10, 2021 at 3:03 a.m. UTCUpdated Feb 10, 2021 at 3:14 a.m. UTCEY, Quadriga Law Firm Warn of ‘Imitation’ SiteA website imitating the defunct cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX has been posted online as of Tuesday, hoping to…

Wintermute Trading is asking Yearn Finance for a 12-month loan of YFI tokens as it hunts for extra yield.But voters are rejecting the market maker’s advances, calling the deal unfavorable.Wintermute Trading, one of the biggest market makers in crypto, has hit some governance roadblocks as it hunts for yield across decentralized finance (DeFi) – an…

A Belgium-based think tank is arguing that the EU should create a single standard for cryptocurrency rules in a report sent to finance ministers within the economic bloc. Bruegel, based in Brussels, the Belgian capitol, believes that the EU needs "common rules" on cryptocurrencies, as well as how tokens are distributed and traded, Reuters reported…

A group of bitcoin developers is fighting a lawsuit in the UK alleging they wrongfully refused to help Craig Wright’s crypto company retrieve billions of dollars worth of bitcoin that the company allegedly lost in a hack, a Monday court filing shows.Lawyers for 12 developers told the UK High Court that the company, Tulip Trading,…

As part of our special NFT series, we asked the artist Coldie to make an image of Pascal Gauthier, the CEO of crypto hardware-wallet maker Ledger.Click here to view and bid on the NFT created by Coldie. The auction will begin on Monday, 12/4 at 12p.m. ET and ends 24 hours after the first bid

news Two executives from South Korean crypto exchange Komid have been handed down jail time for faking trading volume and deceiving investors. According to a report from CoinDesk Korea, the firm’s CEO Hyunsuk Choi received a three-year sentence for his role in the crime, as well as for embezzlement. Another member of the team, Park…

Also: Ether is jumping off, taking DeFi tokens with it.Feb 5, 2021 at 5:39 p.m. UTCUpdated Feb 5, 2021 at 5:43 p.m. UTCBlockchain Bites: The Weird and Wonderful in Crypto This WeekThree storiesThe big news of today, in context.1. The crypto-bank connection is strengthening. Seattle-based Protego Trust Bank has received conditional approval for a trust…