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Aug 31, 2020 at 19:10 UTCThe SSU detains the alleged contract killing buyer. (Screenshot/YouTube)Bitsonar Whistleblower Says Law Enforcement Faked His Murder in Attempt to Protect HimThe whistleblower from defunct cryptocurrency firm Bitsonar has reappeared after going missing for three days in Kyiv, Ukraine, saying law enforcement faked his kidnapping – and murder – to foil…

Most jurisdictions still aren’t fully complying with international anti-money laundering norms for crypto, standard-setter the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has said .“Almost three quarters of jurisdictions are only partially compliant or not compliant with the FATF’s requirements” for virtual assets, according to a statement issued following a regular plenary meeting of the watchdog, chaired…

In 2021, daily liquidations worth billions of dollars occurred due to retail mania, with 80% of futures trading collateral margin in bitcoin. Retail investors are now more "smart money," having evolved to strategically buy the dips and sell the peaks in bitcoin. Retail investors currently hold approximately 15% of the circulating bitcoin supply, equating to

Jun 29, 2020 at 12:28 UTC(Alex Segre/Shutterstock)First Mover: The Return of the Bitcoin Retail Investor (And Why That’s a Good Thing)Since the end of 2017, the assumed trajectory was that well-heeled financial institutions would take the reins from retail investors, becoming the main driving force and primary investor class in crypto. But a report out last week…

Lawyers for Grayscale, a crypto asset manager, criticized regulators on Monday for approving a leveraged bitcoin-based exchange traded fund (ETF) amid the company's lawsuit over the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) rejection of its own spot bitcoin ETF application, according to a letter the company tweeted.The letter, addressed to the U.S. Court of Appeals…

Bitcoin (BTC), the world's largest cryptocurrency by market value, has climbed to levels not seen since May 2022 on Friday amid quiet trading in traditional markets, the day after the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday.The cryptocurrency briefly touched $38,000 earlier Friday morning but retreated to levels around $37,800. BTC has now held above the $38,000 threshold for

Singapore’s Startale Labs has received a $3.5 million investment from Sony Network Communications, the Japanese giant’s internet services company."I am excited to strengthen further our collaboration with Startale Labs, a company with advanced Web3 technologies and expertise. We have already been cooperating with Startale Labs by jointly hosting incubation programs, aiming to promote the development…

A new addition to the current convergence trend between crypto and traditional finance is Midas, a stablecoin backed by U.S. Treasuries that's planning to unleash its stUSD token on decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms like MakerDAO, Uniswap and Aave in the coming weeks, according to a presentation deck seen by CoinDesk.The Midas stablecoin project intends to

Exploiting DeFi protocols has long become crypto’s most popular type of crime, while traditional exchange hacks have become far less frequent. But cybercriminals haven’t lost all interest in the good old digital robbery.The recent hack of a crypto payment processor CoinsPaid shows that the most industrious cybercriminal groups in the world are still willing to…