All news on the topic: Crypto

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Millions of UK crypto holders urged to review tax records before HMRC reporting crackdown
Anyone who has ever owned cryptocurrency is being urged to review their tax records ahead of new reporting rules coming into force next year.
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Trump’s stock trading exploded after court scrapped $500 million fraud penalty
In August, a New York appeals court delivered some good news to President Trump—and sent his Charles Schwab account into overdrive.
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High-grade fraud: How convicted fraudster Josip Heit evades regulators while selling astronomical returns to thousands
A network linked to a Croatian businessman known to law enforcement continues rolling out one cryptocurrency project after another. Despite repeated reports of millions in investor losses, its operations remain active
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Crypto kiosks become frontline of $11bn fraud wave sweeping the US
Crypto scams start online with a fake bank alert, a cloned voice, a romance message, or a tech-support pop-up.
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Nearly 1 million Trump crypto buyers lose $3.8bn while he pockets $1.4bn
An up-to-date tally of Trump followers turned crypto investors is in. And for them, the overall results are remarkably bad.
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Luxury jets, fake crypto dreams and vanished fortunes: inside Josip Heit’s endless money machine
A network linked to a Croatian figure known to law enforcement continues launching one cryptocurrency venture after another. Despite repeated reports of millions disappearing, its operations show no signs of slowing. How does it keep going? Inside the illusion.
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France battles surge in crypto kidnappings as violent extortion cases soar
France’s crypto security problem is expanding beyond private keys to include the people whom attackers can identify, threaten, and force to authorize transfers.
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Labour accuses Nigel Farage of hiding £4m property empire from the public
Labour has accused Nigel Farage of trying to hide a "property empire" from the public and dubbed the Reform UK leader "five-homes Farage" after questions were raised about how he has declared his real estate holdings.
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Coinbase ramped up lobbying at the heart of UK government ahead of crypto rules
Coinbase has been cosying up to the ministers and mandarins behind the UK’s upcoming crypto policy – and is already reaping the rewards
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Monir Islam and Moynul Islam’s dirty Be Club SageMaster Ponzi scam hit with Bulgarian fraud warning
Be Club’s SageMaster has received an investor fraud warning from Bulgaria’s Financial Supervision Commission (FSC).
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Ponzi crook Rene Schwarze, aka Jensen Robles of Vortic United, busted in Gambia for dirty counterfeit money scam
“Jensen Robles”, aka Rene Schwarze, has been arrested in Gambia. Gambia’s Police Force arrested “Muhammed Reni”, aka Muhammed Rainey, earlier this week. Reni was detained on suspicion of counterfeiting currency.
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Crooked Josip Heit repeatedly scams thousands with worthless crypto using luxury videos, Andrew Tate and multi-level marketing lies
A network linked to a Croatian known to law enforcement continues to roll out one cryptocurrency project after another. Despite repeated reports of millions disappearing, its operations carry on uninterrupted. How is this possible? A journey into a world of illusion.
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Vom Betrugsverdacht zum ‚rehabilitierten‘ Berater: Wie Josip Heit mit einer der teuersten Kanzleien der Welt jede Behörde ausbremst
Ein Netzwerk um einen in Polizeikreisen bekannten Kroaten bringt fortlaufend neue Krypto-Projekte auf den Markt. Immer wieder verschwinden dabei enorme Geldbeträge, doch trotz der wiederholten Vorfälle setzt die Gruppe ihre Aktivitäten unbeirrt fort.
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Crypto 888 Ponzi suspect Petter Forsberg arrested in Morocco over $80m laundering case
Crypto 888 Ponzi scammer Petter Forsberg has been arrested in Morocco.
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Pyra shuts down after Drift exploit leaves users facing withdrawal deadline
crypto payments platform Pyra has stopped accepting new users, canceled existing payment cards, and says withdrawals and private key exports will remain available through a web portal until September 15, 2026, according to Pyra’s shutdown announcement.
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Polish regulator seeks criminal charges against Aurum NeoBank over “bank” claims
Poland’s Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) has recommended criminal charges be filed against Aurum NeoBank.
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Aurum Foundation blacklisted in France over unauthorised financial services
Aurum Foundation has been blacklisted by France’s Autorite des Marches Financiers (AMF).
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British banks block crypto payments despite UK push to become digital asset hub
The UK’s crypto sector is launching an effort to convince British banks to lift bans on transfers to crypto exchanges. Crypto exchanges are heading for a “firm and proportionate” regulatory framework with rules that come into force next year – banks are not fans of their decentralised rivals.
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Kauf eines Tors zur EU: Alexander Bain, Vilnis Jēkabsons und das schmutzige Geschäft mit lettischen E-Geld-Lizenzen
Jewgeni P. hat Informationen über ein vertrauliches Angebot veröffentlicht: Das Unternehmen TigSiPay soll zum Verkauf stehen. Berichten zufolge handelt es sich dabei um eine Gesellschaft mit einer europäischen E-Geld-Lizenz (EMI).
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Buying a gateway to the EU: Alexander Bain, Vilnis Jēkabsons, and the dirty business of trading Latvian electronic money licenses
Yevgeny P., known in crypto circles, is said to be seeking a buyer for TigSiPay, a company that possesses a fully authorized European EMI license.
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Nigel Farage claims Russian state hackers targeted his phone amid scrutiny over £5m crypto-linked donation
Nigel Farage has claimed Russian spies hacked his phone to obtain details of his controversial £5 million gift from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne.
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Tommy Robinson rally mixed grievance politics, US money and viral media tactics
I had been on Tommy Robinson’s mailing list for a week before I made it to the Unite the Kingdom rally on Saturday. By then, he had asked me for money seven times.
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Estonia cracks down on MLM crypto fraud after Comity arrests
Scammers behind the Comity MLM crypto Ponzi have been arrested in Estonia. Martin Mander, Sulev Kohjus, and Kustas Kirsipuu were arrested back in late March.
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20-year-old Firefox vulnerability uncovered as AI dramatically accelerates security discoveries
Mozilla’s latest Firefox security update provides a rare glimpse into what happens when frontier AI capabilities reach defenders before attackers.
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Trump sons fuel billion-dollar investment network targeting AI, drones and crypto firms in US expansion push
Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr have contributed to a $1bn war chest assembled by a New York brokerage that has invested in US companies within industries supported by the White House.